globaloutlookdh-l February 2014

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New Vacancy: Assistant Professor, French Applied Linguistics or Francophone studies, University of Lethbridge (Deadline March 17, 2014)
by Daniel O'Donnell 04 Feb '14

04 Feb '14

Hi all, An entry-level job that might be of interest to members of this list, deadline for applications March 17, 2014. I have spoken to the chair and am told that an interest in DH and/or la francophonie would be welcome (i.e. two potential interests of people on this list). The core requirements are skill/experience in teaching second language learners, especially at the junior level, and demonstrable interest in and ability to teach French Phonology/Phonetics. Canadian residents must be given preference according to the law, though international candidates will be considered. The ad says that "there will be internal candidates for the position," but I have just spoken to the chair and she tells me that that language was inserted by mistake by Human Resources after proofing and will be removed ASAP (the ad just went up at the end of the business day). She assures me that this is very much an open search and that all qualified applicants, including international candidates, will be considered seriously. For my own part, let me add that candidates with a background in DH will find the University of Lethbridge to be very active in the field. We are in the process of approving research centres in the Digital Arts and Humanities and Digital Scholarly Communication and the University of Lethbridge is host to both Digital Medievalist and GlobaloutlookDH.org. I would certainly look forward to working with a successful candidate with Digital Humanities experience, though I have no influence on the search. -dan ------------------ The Department of Modern Languages at the University of Lethbridge invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in French at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin 1 July 2014, subject to budgetary approval. The successful candidate will have a PhD in French, Linguistics or relevant field with a specialization in either French linguistics or francophone studies, and a proven ability to teach French phonetics and phonology. A secondary specialization in French as a second language and expertise in educational technology are assets. Responsibilities include teaching intermediate French phonetics/phonology, French language and culture courses at all levels, as well as upper-level courses in the field of expertise. We seek an individual with native or near-native fluency in French and excellent command of English, with an excellent teaching record and evidence of scholarly potential. The Department of Modern Languages is a collegial and dynamic unit comprising French, Japanese, Linguistics and Spanish. Located in southern Alberta, near the Rocky Mountains, Lethbridge offers a sunny, dry climate that is agreeably mild for the prairies, excellent cultural and recreational amenities, and attractive economic conditions. Founded in 1967, the University has an enrollment of over 8,000 students from around the world. Our student body has grown by 50 percent in the last 10 years, phenomenal growth among institutions in Canada. Despite this growth, we have remained true to who we are - student-focused, research-intensive, and grounded in liberal education. For more information about the University please visit our website at http://www.uleth.ca. The successful applicant will have teaching responsibilities mainly at the undergraduate level. The University aspires to hire individuals who have demonstrated considerable potential for excellence in teaching, research and scholarship. New faculty members are eligible to apply for university funding in support of research and scholarly activities. The position is open to all qualified applicants, although preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. There will be internal candidates for this position. The University is an inclusive and equitable campus encouraging applications from qualified women and men including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities and Aboriginal persons. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a letter of application including statements of teaching and research interests, and names and contact information for at least three referees. Send this material and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent directly to Dr. Inge Genee, Chair, Department of Modern Languages, The University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, T1K 3M4. Phone: (403) 380-1809, Fax: (403) 329-5187, Email: inge.genee(a)uleth.ca Located in southern Alberta, near the Rocky Mountains, Lethbridge offers a sunny, dry climate that is agreeably mild for the prairies, excellent cultural and recreational amenities, and attractive economic conditions. Founded in 1967, the University has an enrollment of over 8,000 students from around the world. Our student body has grown by 50 percent in the last 10 years, phenomenal growth among institutions in Canada. Despite this growth, we have remained true to who we are - student-focused, research-intensive, and grounded in liberal education. For more information about the University please visit our website at http://www.uleth.ca <http://www.uleth.ca/>. The successful applicant will have teaching responsibilities mainly at the undergraduate level. The University aspires to hire individuals who have demonstrated considerable potential for excellence in teaching, research and scholarship. New faculty members are eligible to apply for university funding in support of research and scholarly activities. *The position is open to all qualified applicants, although preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. There will be internal candidates for this position. The University is an inclusive and equitable campus encouraging applications from qualified women and men including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities and Aboriginal persons.* Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a letter of application including statements of teaching and research interests, and names and contact information for at least three referees. Send this material and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent directly to Dr. Inge Genee, Chair, Department of Modern Languages, The University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, T1K 3M4. Phone: (403) 380-1809, Fax: (403) 329-5187, Email: inge.genee(a)uleth.ca <mailto:inge.genee@uleth.ca> - See more at: http://www.uleth.ca/hr/jobs/french#sthash.POeZn7zz.dpuf Located in southern Alberta, near the Rocky Mountains, Lethbridge offers a sunny, dry climate that is agreeably mild for the prairies, excellent cultural and recreational amenities, and attractive economic conditions. Founded in 1967, the University has an enrollment of over 8,000 students from around the world. Our student body has grown by 50 percent in the last 10 years, phenomenal growth among institutions in Canada. Despite this growth, we have remained true to who we are - student-focused, research-intensive, and grounded in liberal education. For more information about the University please visit our website at http://www.uleth.ca <http://www.uleth.ca/>. The successful applicant will have teaching responsibilities mainly at the undergraduate level. The University aspires to hire individuals who have demonstrated considerable potential for excellence in teaching, research and scholarship. New faculty members are eligible to apply for university funding in support of research and scholarly activities. *The position is open to all qualified applicants, although preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. There will be internal candidates for this position. The University is an inclusive and equitable campus encouraging applications from qualified women and men including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities and Aboriginal persons.* Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a letter of application including statements of teaching and research interests, and names and contact information for at least three referees. Send this material and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent directly to Dr. Inge Genee, Chair, Department of Modern Languages, The University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, T1K 3M4. Phone: (403) 380-1809, Fax: (403) 329-5187, Email: inge.genee(a)uleth.ca <mailto:inge.genee@uleth.ca> - See more at: http://www.uleth.ca/hr/jobs/french#sthash.POeZn7zz.dpuf -- --- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539

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Volunteers for nomination committee sought
by Daniel O'Donnell 04 Feb '14

04 Feb '14

Hi all, In addition to candidates for the executive, we are also looking for volunteers to assist on a nominations committee. The function of this committee would be to help ensure we have diversity in the candidate pool--by encouraging people who might make good candidates but are perhaps too shy to run, for example. We don't expect that there would be much work involved: during the nomination period, members would consult with the returning officer and encourage potential candidates to run. When the nomination period closes, members of the committee would review the candidates with the returning officer and, if there were not enough or if it was thought that the pool was not diverse enough, solicit additional nominations to fill out the slate. The Nominations committee s chaired by the returning officer. This year is it Mia, who was hired for the purpose. In future years, it would be a member of the executive who was not up for election. Members of the nominations committee should probably not be planning to stand for election since they might be in a conflict of interest otherwise. An important rule at GO::DH, however, is that we are flexible and accommodating about things like this and assume that people do their best. If you are interested in serving on the nominating committee, please email Mia at nominations(a)globaloutlookdh.org--but be sure to indicate that you'd like to serve on the nominating committee rather than be a candidate for election! -dan -- --- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539

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Call for nominations (please circulate)
by Daniel O'Donnell 04 Feb '14

04 Feb '14

Global Outlook::Digital Humanities is holding elections under its new bylaws. In subsequent years, we are supposed to hold our elections in January. For this first year, the elections are being held in February. The new bylaws require an elected executive of 8 members. In this first year, all 8 positions are vacant. In subsequent years, half the board will come up for election, meaning we'll always have some continuity. The executive chooses a chair from among its membership and appoints all the officers the organisation requires. The executive is responsible for setting policy for the organisation. Anybody who is a subscriber to globaloutlookdh-l may stand as a candidateand/or vote in the election . As always at GO::DH, we are really eager to encourage regional, linguistic, economic, and cultural diversity among our governing body, so we especially encourage people who feel their communities are not reflected in the broader world of DH to stand for election. The elections will follow a two week nomination period. The nomination period closes February 15. You can nominate anybody who is a member of the globaloutlookdh-l list, including yourself, as a candidate, though we ask that you check with your nominee first. Although this is our first nomination period, experience at other organisations suggests that self-nominations will be the norm rather than the exception. For this first year, half the people elected to the board will be elected to a one year (renewable) term and half will be elected to a two year (renewable) term. In submitting nominations, could you indicate if you or your nominee would prefer a one or a two year term. The returning officer for this election is Mia Angelica Alcantara-Santiago. Please send nominations to her at nominations(a)globaloutlookdh.org. -- --- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539

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When citing emails, do people silently correct typos?
by Daniel O'Donnell 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

I have a question for advice from this group that might have political implications. In an article I'm about to submit, I cite a number of discussions on this list and humanist about the use of language, especially English. The authors are both native English speakers and non-native speakers and, as is typical in emails, there are a number of small typos. solecisms, and the like. Currently, I have a note at the first citation indicating that "as is normal in as conversational a medium as email correspondence, the quoted passages have small typographical errors and other solecisms. These have not been corrected or otherwise noted." My reason for this is that I don't want to put in a lot of sic or corrections in square brackets. Although I'm a terrible typo offender myself, the case can be more politicised it seems to me when dealing with non-native speakers. I'm uncomfortable acting either as judge or, worse, in my case, calling attention to "errors"--especially since I think they are really more issues of register than actual errors. I could silently correct them, of course, as well, but I don't like that either, in case what I think is an obvious correction turns out to misrepresent something. What do other people think? I've seen /sic/ used before as a form of ad hominem attack and so I generally really hate using it if I can avoid it. But since it also seems nuts to pepper the correspondence with square brackets (and since that could have the same effect as a lot of sics), I don't want to do that either. Is there a better solution than simply flagging the register difference, as I currently do? -- --- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539

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Call for Volunteers (Nomination Committee) and Nominations for election to the Global Outlook::Digital Humanities executive
by Daniel O'Donnell 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

In the period December 2013-January 2014, proposed bylaws were circulated for comment to the community (the bylaws can be found here: http://www.globaloutlookdh.org/proposed-bylaws/). These bylaws had been approved by the ad hoc executive we established a year ago to oversee the first year of the organisation. The bylaws establish the procedure by which GO::DH shall be governed in the future. They call for the election of an 8 member executive, from which a chair shall be chosen. The executive will also be responsible for appointing all officers. Normally, the executive will be elected to staggered two year terms, with half the executive up for election each year. For the first year, all positions on the executive are open: half the vacancies will be for a one year (renewable) term, the other half for a two year (renewable) term. Normally, the nominations and elections will occur in January. For a variety of reasons, not least of which was the need to circulate the bylaws for comment, we are one month late this year. I have recently been given funding to hire an administrative assistant, Mia Angelica Alcantara-Santiago, who has agreed to serve as returning officer and chair of the nominations committee for this first election (in future years, these positions will be held by a member of the executive who is not up for reelection). We would like, therefore, to open nominations for candidates for the executive of GO::DH. Any member of our mailing list may stand for election and self-nominations are very welcome. If you would like to nominate somebody for election (including yourself), please email Mia Angelica at caedmon(a)uleth.ca. She will need the name and email address of the nominee. Please ensure that your nominee is willing to stand for election. Please also ask the nominee if they would prefer to stand for a one or a two year term (both terms are renewable; in the future, all terms will be two years). In keeping with the goals and mandate of GO::DH, we strongly encourage diversity in our nominees: there are no linguistic, geographic, or other requirements for office and we encourage nominees from all countries and speakers of all languages to apply. Nominations will close February 15. A ballot will then be prepared with the candidates names and members of the mailing list will be asked to select up to eight names for election. The ballot will close, one week after it opens and the first elected GO::DH executive will be announced. In addition to candidates for election, we are also looking for a few people to assist in the nominations process. Members of the nomination committee will be expected to help ensure we have as diverse a pool of candidates as possible by encouraging people from under-represented groups to put their names forward. Members of the nomination committee should not stand for election themselves. If you are willing to serve on the nominations committee, please contact Mia Angelica at caedmon(a)uleth.ca Thanks in advance to all nominees and members of the nomination committee! -dan -- --- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539

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Must reads in Global DH?
by Daniel O'Donnell 02 Feb '14

02 Feb '14

For something I'm writing, I need to provide up to 10 suggestions for further reading, suitable for undergraduates interested in Global DH. Any suggestions? I can produce 10, but in the spirit of this list, I thought it might be nice to hear what others suggest. I can't see why we couldn't include blogs and similar sources. -dan -- --- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539

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