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The Sexuality Project at Northwestern (SPAN) is seeking a facilitator to lead a small, focused reading group (consisting of 15 to 18 people) on a theme of their choosing that will meet during Winter Quarter 2021. We invite applications from any faculty member with a continuing appointment who has research and teaching interests in the area of sexuality studies, broadly construed. Themes that address new research areas and directions will be particularly welcome. This year, we invite faculty members to submit either an individual application or a joint application with another faculty member, post-doctoral fellow, or advanced graduate student.

The facilitator(s) will, in consultation with the Co-Directors of SPAN, select a topic in the area of sexuality studies as well as a set of readings (3-4 articles/chapters per week) that explore this topic.

The reading group will meet five times during Winter Quarter on the following Thursdays from 5:00-6:30 pm: January 14, January 28, February 11, February 25, and March 4.

We are currently planning for all meetings to be held online, but that is subject to change, so please prepare your proposal accordingly. The reading group facilitator(s) must attend each session and actively engage in and promote the discussion of the assigned readings.

The facilitator(s) of the Reading Group will receive a total research stipend of $7500. Faculty members only will have the option of having their stipend converted into an equivalent amount of summer salary.

Application deadline: Monday, October 19, 2020. 

To apply, please send your name, department/program, contact information, and a brief description of your proposed topic (as well as a set of representative readings) to Cassilyn Ostrander at sexualities@northwestern.edu.

For information on reading groups from past years, please click here.

The Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN) is pleased to announce the availability of a limited amount of financial support to graduate students to assist with expenses related to research activities during the academic year including but not limited to books, equipment, and other supplies.  Students are invited to apply for up to $250 in support to offset expenses incurred in conducting research related to sexuality or sexual orientation.

Deadline: October 26, 2020

For application instructions and detailed information, please click here.

The Sexualities Project at Northwestern helps graduate students to publicize their work and findings. Students are invited to apply for up to $500 in funding to offset expenses to attend conferences where they present work related to sexuality or sexual orientation.

Deadline: October 19, 2020

For application instructions and detailed information, please click here.

Ray Noll
Ph.D.
Political Science and Anthropology
University of Chicago
ray.noll@northwestern.edu

Renee Shelby
Ph.D.
History and Sociology
Georgia Institute of Technology
renee.shelby@northwestern.edu

Click here to learn more about our incoming postdocs.

Ryan Dohoney (Music Studies)
“Sexuality, Sound and Space”

Amy Partridge (Gender and Sexuality Studies)
“Pleasure (in the archives)”

Paola Zamperini (Asian Languages and Cultures)
“Global Pornographies: A Transnational Approach”

Click here for more info.

Alyssa Lynne (Sociology)
“Transnationalizing Gender, Medicine, and Standardization: Gender-Affirming Healthcare in Thailand and the United States”

Jennifer Porter-Lupu (Anthropology)
“Bodily Care in Crisis: Household Medicine Use and Access in Washington, D.C., 1890-1930”

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Check out the write-up in Northwestern Now — November 2018

Four sexuality researchers talk shop

Northwestern fosters an interdisciplinary approach to studying and understanding sexuality.

Check out the write up in Northwestern Now — November 2018

New leadership, expanded direction

SPAN co-director Gregory Ward seeks undergraduate involvement and input.