Postdoc Announcement: Computers & Culture
Jason Pontius
The University of Chicago
1999 - 2000 Sawyer Seminar
COMPUTER SCIENCE AS A HUMAN SCIENCE:
THE CULTURAL IMPACT OF COMPUTERIZATION
AUTUMN 1999:
Synesthetic Education and the Cultural Organization of the Senses
WINTER 2000:
Human/Computer Creoles and Cultures
SPRING 2000:
Moral and Political Economies of Computer Cultures
The Franke Institute for the Humanities of the University of Chicago
invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship which will
run from mid-September to mid-June 1999-2000 as part of the Sawyer
Seminar on “Computer Science as a Human Science: The Cultural Impact of
Computerization.” The successful applicant will be expected to
participate actively in the Seminar and present a paper at one of the
three conferences held throughout the academic year. The stipend is
$32,000. All applicants are expected to have received the Ph.D. degree
within the past five years and no later than 1 September 1999. To apply
please submit a c.v.; a chapter-length piece of work; statement (1-3
double-spaced pages) about your research and one or more of the
Seminar’s themes; and have 3 letters of recommendation sent. The
application deadline is 15 FEBRUARY 1999.
Send application to:
Sawyer Seminar Program
Franke Institute for the Humanities
The University of Chicago
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637 USA
For more information:
email <sawyer-...@uchicago.edu> or see our website at
<http://humanities.uchicago.edu/sawyer/CSasHS>