The purpose of The Center of Excellence for Gender and Women’s Studies, formerly known as Gender Forum, is to gather all the Sabancı University members who are interested in gender and women’s studies under an umbrella organisation for collaboration, networking and research opportunities. The Center intends not only to promote the widespread recognition and increased effectiveness of existing research and activities, but also to allow interdisciplinary collaboration, as well as the initiation and support of new projects in the gender and women’s studies fields.
The Gender and Women’s Studies Center, shortly known as SU Gender, which was founded in March 2010 and has been awarded the status of center of excellence in April 2015, is open to all Sabancı University academic and administrative employees, students, and alumni. Since its establishment, the interdisciplinary and flexible structure of SU Gender that is supported by different faculties and programs of Sabancı University has enabled the realisation of new and diverse projects, both academic and non-academic, including community outreach and awareness-raising programs.
SU Gender has also provided institutional support for various efforts against discrimination and gender inequality and enabled their implementation. It has established itself as a center of research, project development, and community involvement, open to innovative ideas and willing to collaborate and form partnerships with international and national institutions. Since 2010, SU Gender has organised a number of conferences, ranging from women photographers to gendered memories of war, and conducted original awareness and outreach projects with high school teachers, white- and blue-collar workers, business executives, and university students.
http://sugender.sabanciuniv.edu/konferanslar
http://genderforum.sabanciuniv.edu/en/conferences
The main research and outreach areas of the Center of Excellence for Gender and Women’s Studies are:
- Gender and education
- Gender in science and academia, with a special focus on gender equality in the academia
- Gender-based violence
- Gender and sexuality
- Gender, politics and cultural memory
- Gender and literature
SU Gender will welcome a fellow who is interested and experienced in research and civil society work in the field of gender. The fellow would be expected to support the ongoing projects and activities as part of SU Gender team. If the fellow is interested in conducting their own research project in one of the research areas of SU Gender, that would also be supported.
Proposed fellowship activity for current projects and activities:
- Supporting the research of Curious Steps Project on gender, memory and space; develop new stories and locations perhaps around Armenian memory of Istanbul http://genderforum.sabanciuniv.edu/en/curious-steps
http://cinsadimlar.org/ - Supporting the organization of the annual international conference, International Women’s Day, gender awareness outreach campaigns on and off campus
http://genderforum.sabanciuniv.edu/en - Supporting the research and awareness campaigns of “business against domestic violence”
- Supporting the research on gender equality in the academia and developing gender-action plan
- Optional: 4 h/week Eastern Armenian language class for a group of people (max. 10) who have basic knowledge of the language and letters.
EXPECTED PROFILE
SU Gender will welcome a fellow who is interested and experienced in research and civil society work in the field of gender. The fellow is expected to be a graduate student, post-doctorate researcher or visiting academic from a university in Armenia or a feminist-activist scholar from an NGO. Competency in English is required.
CONDITIONS OF THE FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
SU Gender is based in the main Tuzla campus of Sabanci University and is open from 9am to 5pm. Conditions of the fellowship will be determined in consideration of the academic calendar, timetable of the projects the fellow will be contributing to, as well as the needs of the fellow. Weekends are usually off unless there is a conference or a project activity (especially the Curious Steps project requires some weekend meetings). Weekend hours will be substituted with time off during the week.
PROPOSED TIME FOR THE FELLOWSHIP
4 - 8 months between October 2017- March 2018