The University of British Columbia offers a Visiting Scholar Program as an integral part of its Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies (CWaGS). Scholars working in these areas are encouraged to apply to spend leave time (one to six months) in affiliation with the Centre. The goal of the Centre is to stimulate feminist research and to facilitate interchange of ideas and collaboration among scholars, at UBC and elsewhere. Scholars will be expected to participate in the activities of the Centre and to give a public lecture during their term.
The Visiting Scholar Program is open to faculty, both untenured and tenured, as well as to independent scholars who are engaged in critical work on women and gender who are not currently working on a higher degree at any institution and who reside in areas outside BC’s Lower Mainland. Some funding for travel expenses (to a maximum of $3,000 CDN) is available for scholars from developing countries. In its selection of visitors, the Centre hopes to create a diverse community of junior and senior scholar-researchers. The Centre is particularly interested in applicants who are situated within existing Women’s Studies centres that might be interested in forging future international links. Get full application details.
Tineke Hellwig (Professor, Asian Studies) with Visiting Scholar BJD Gayatri from Indonesia.
