[Commlist] International Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Scholars in “ArabMedia” and “Digital Media in the Global South”

The Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern 
University in Qatar (#IAS_NUQ) is seeking outstanding candidates for two 
postdoctoral fellowships focused on (1) research and program development 
on Arab Media and on (2) Digital Media in the Global South.

Founded in 2020 by a team led by NU-Q Dean and CEO Marwan M. Kraidy, the 
Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern 
University in Qatar (#IAS_NUQ) produces and promotes evidence-based 
storytelling focused on the histories, cultures, societies, and media of 
the Global South. From our Arab location, our inclusive vision of 
globality recognizes the diversities and inequalities that shape the 
societies we inhabit and study. We harness traditions from the liberal 
arts, media, communication, and journalism to forge multi-disciplinary 
and multi-modal approaches to knowledge that are locally relevant and 
globally resonant.

We synthesize deep expertise, interdisciplinary inquiry, and creative 
mediamaking to stimulate critical conversations about enduring questions 
and emerging challenges that confront the Global South and its 
enmeshments in global structures and flows of people, goods, words, 
images, and ideas. Our core commitments are to amplify NU-Q faculty and 
student scholarship and mediamaking, to boost undergraduate research, 
mentor students who plan to pursue advanced graduate degrees, and forge 
pathways to the professoriate locally and globally. To these ends, 
#IAS_NUQ hosts fellows (undergraduate, postdoctoral, faculty) who work 
on individual or collaborative projects, produce multi-lingual and 
multi-modal #IAS_NUQ_Press scholarship, and organize lectures, 
screenings, and workshops.

#IAS_NUQ Fellows work in our state-of-the-art NU-Q campus in Education 
City, Doha. Opportunities for local collaboration abound with the 
proximity of many universities, libraries, museums, and media.

*The Postdoc at #IAS_NUQ*

#IAS_NUQ Postdoctoral Scholars integrate primary sources and linguistic 
and regional expertise in theoretically inflected, historically 
informed, comparative, translocal, and transnational scholarship and 
mediamaking focused on the Global South. Candidates incorporating 
non-Western theories, sources, and contexts, are especially welcome. Our 
research and reading groups have focused on Arab media, critical 
security, southern digitalities, youth and media, and epistemologies of 
the Global South. We recommend that applicants familiarize themselves 
with our mission 
<https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/research/ias_nuq/index.html> and 
research themes 
<https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/research/ias_nuq/research.html>.

#IAS_NUQ Postdoctoral Scholars work on their own research, collaborate 
with members of the community, and contribute to #IAS_NUQ program 
development. They may be asked to teach one undergraduate course per 
year depending on needs and interests. They present and publish a piece 
of scholarship or mediamaking with #IAS_NUQ Press. Fellows are provided 
a competitive stipend and research fund, housing, health insurance, a 
workspace, a computer, and library access. In addition, #IAS_NUQ will 
subsidize relocation expenses.

For the “Arab Media” postdoc, we are interested in candidates whose work 
focuses on Arab media and information in their broader political, 
social, and cultural contexts. Since this position entails program 
development connecting Arabophone, Francophone, and Anglophone scholarly 
communities, knowledge of Arabic and English is a requirement, and a 
working knowledge of French is highly desirable. An active research 
agenda on Arab media is a requirement. This candidate will work directly 
on a research program development funded by the Carnegie Corporation of 
New York and led by Dean Kraidy.

For the “Digital Media in the Global South” postdoc, we are interested 
in candidates whose work focuses on digital culture, critical data and 
infrastructure studies, and activism and social change, in their broader 
political, social, and cultural contexts in Africa, Asia, or Latin 
America, and other marginalized contexts worldwide. Applicants focused 
on Arab digital media are actively encouraged to apply. Knowledge of 
language(s) relevant to research context required.

All our postdocs are residential fellowships. #IAS_NUQ strives to be an 
inclusive community of scholars driven by intellectual curiosity and 
exchange and rooted in the life of Northwestern University in Qatar, 
partner institutions in Education City, Doha, and Qatar. To foster 
mentoring and collaboration at all levels, we expect Postdoctoral 
Scholars to be fully engaged in the life of the institute. Postdoctoral 
Scholars are therefore expected to work at our world-class facilities on 
the NUQ campus in Education City at least four days a week. #IAS_NUQ 
Postdoctoral Scholar appointments are renewable for up to three years 
contingent on meeting program requirements and successful yearly 
progress review.

*Eligibility*

We welcome applications from scholars who would have completed their PhD 
by summer 2023.

*Application*

A complete application consists of:

 1. *Cover Page* – Include your name and contact information,
    dissertation supervisor name and contact information, defense date
    (if degree not awarded), and 100-word project abstract.
 2. *Research Proposal* (not to exceed 1,000 words) – Include research
    questions, topic significance, theoretical framework, methodological
    design, clear description of primary sources and necessary language
    skills, and work plan with projected date of project completion.
 3. *Statement of institutional fit* (not to exceed 250 words) – Explain
    how your project aligns with #IAS_NUQ’s mission, fits with one or
    more of our research themes, and contributes to interdisciplinary
    knowledge. Please refer to our mission and themes listed on our
    website. In addition, for the Arab Media postdoc, please explain (50
    words) administrative experience.
 4. *CV* (not to exceed two single-spaced pages, minimum font size 11) –
    List degrees, peer-reviewed publications, academic non-peer-reviewed
    publications, creative and public scholarship, invited talks,
    conference papers, other relevant qualifications, specific research,
    and language skills.
 5. *Project bibliography* (not to exceed one single-spaced page,
    minimum font size 11) – Include primary and secondary sources.
 6. *Letters of recommendation* – Three are required, including one from
    the dissertation supervisor, stating unequivocally expected date of
    PhD defense (if degree not yet awarded).
 7. *Up to two publications* (not to exceed 50 pages in total) –
    Published peer-reviewed articles preferred.

*Timeline*

All materials except reference letters must be sent as a single PDF 
document to (ias /at/ qatar.northwestern.edu) 
<mailto:(ias /at/ qatar.northwestern.edu)>** by February 1, 2023. Because of 
the volume of applications, we are unable to read drafts of submissions. 
Incomplete or late applications will not be considered. Applicants 
should arrange for their letters of recommendation to be sent to the 
same address by the same date. We expect to contact finalists for phone 
interviews by February 15and make final decisions in March.

*Additional Information*

If you have additional questions, please email us at 
(ias /at/ qatar.northwestern.edu) <mailto:(ias /at/ qatar.northwestern.edu)>. Kindly 
do not contact #IAS_NUQ staff individually.

*Contact: *(ias /at/ qatar.northwestern.edu) <mailto:(ias /at/ qatar.northwestern.edu)>

*View call online: *https://bit.ly/IASPostdocCall 
<https://bit.ly/IASPostdocCall>

*View more about #IAS_NUQ:* 
https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/research/ias_nuq/index.html 
<https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/research/ias_nuq/index.html> **

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