Opportunities
The Opportunities section is provided as a public service. If you or your institution have an opportunity that may be of interest to our members and visitors, please contact us with the details. If approved, we will add it to our site and share your opportunity on our social media platforms.
2023 Call for Nominations for the H.S.A. Board (Dec. 1, 2023)
The members of the Board of Directors of the Haitian Studies Association are elected by the general membership by electronic balloting and serve a three-year term. Board members can be re-elected for additional terms. The Board is composed of elected and advisory members, as well as a student representative, who, in turn, elect the Secretary and Treasurer. The officers of the Board of Directors are the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The Advisory Board is composed of the current Executive Director, the immediate Past President, and the Editor of the Journal of Haitian Studies (JOHS). Collectively, these members are the governing body of the Haitian Studies Association.
CALLS FOR PAPERS: “The ‘Weaponization’ of Ethnic Studies” (Dec. 15, 2023)
Kalfou is seeking submissions that address what Sunaina Maira describes as the “weaponization” of Ethnic Studies against itself. Despite the proliferation of “DEI” statements and agencies, we continue to see the neutralization of antiracist and antisexist discourses in order to perpetuate injustice. In various ways, such neutralization attempts to delegitimate radical struggles and the knowledge they produce.
CALLS FOR PAPERS: “Kalfou at the Crossroads” (Dec. 15, 2023)
Kalfou is a gathering space for collaboration between academic researchers, community organizations, and insurgent artistry. The crossroads are a site for dreaming together about what a better world might look like and taking action to make that better world a reality.
At these crossroads, Kalfou is specifically seeking SHORT salvos (500–5,000 words) to serve as idea incubators for the challenges we face today.
Université d’État d’Haïti – Appel à communication (15 sept 2023)
Sous le patronage du Rectorat de l’Université d’État d’Haïti et du Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et des Cultes, l’Institut d’Études et de Recherches Africaines d’Haïti (IERAH) et la Chaire UNESCO en Histoire et Patrimoine de l’Université d’État d’Haïti (CUHP-UEH), en partenariat avec l’Académie Diplomatique Jean Price Mars et la Société Haïtienne d’Histoire, de Géographie et de Géologie (SHHGG), organisent un Colloque international sur la Contribution d’Haïti à l’émancipation des peuples (Lutte globale contre l’esclavage et la colonisation). Ce colloque aura lieu en format hybride, en ligne et sur place au local du Campus Henri Christophe de Limonade (CHCL), et se veut multidisciplinaire (faisant appel particulièrement aux Sciences-Sociales et Humaines, entre autres : l’histoire, l’anthropologie, l’ethnologie, la sociologie, les études littéraires, l’histoire de l’Art, la philosophie, la politique, l’économie, etc).
Stanford University – Assistant Professor of Caribbean Studies (Oct. 1, 2023)
The newly-formed Department of African and African American Studies (DAAAS) at Stanford University is searching for scholars who research and teach in the field of Caribbean Studies, to be appointed at the rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor. The term of appointment is expected to begin on September 1, 2024. Applications will be accepted through October 1, 2023.
We welcome applications from candidates who concentrate on the broadly defined oceanic and land-based Caribbean region – encompassing the diverse array of cultural and linguistic legacies that mark the region – in the humanities and the arts. Applicable fields may include, but aren’t limited to: history; literary, cultural, media or film studies; anthropology; linguistics; music; religious studies; philosophy; environmental humanities; art history or visual studies; or interdisciplinary studies. We are focused on identifying exceptional scholarship rather than looking for a specific thematic or disciplinary specialization.
Re-situer et restituer Haïti : Nouvelles connexions (9 oct 2023)
Appel à Communication
« Dire Haïti et sa littérature autrement, c’est se demander, à travers les mots de ses écrivains et de ses écrivaines, quel éclairage peut apporter aujourd’hui au monde francophone, sinon au monde tout court, l’expérience haïtienne », déclare l’écrivaine haïtienne Yanick Lahens dans sa leçon inaugurale de la chaire annuelle des Mondes Francophones (2018-2019) au Collège de France. Ce colloque s’inscrit, à l’instar du propos de Lahens, dans une urgence de dire Haïti autrement. Urgence de « dire » et « autrement » pour tenter de sortir le pays de l’économie à la fois du silence et de la diffamation qui entoure le discours sur lui depuis le succès de la révolution haïtienne qui abolit l’esclavage et mit fin au colonialisme français sur l’île caribéenne.
The Haitian Women’s Collective – Research Fellow
The Haitian Women’s Collective-theHWC.org, a fiscal program of Diaspora Community Services, seeks an intern to act as a Research fellow.
The ideal student would work with HWC to develop data profiles and conduct research on women and girl issues and join a team of women dedicated to transforming development and addressing priorities for women in Haiti.
Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) – Program Manager
Florida International University is seeking a dedicated Program Manager to lead our outreach and engagement efforts and help preserve cultural heritage through the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC).
The ideal candidate will have a passion for Caribbean history and will be able to collaborate effectively with universities and cultural heritage institutions to advance the scholarly use of dLOC’s collections.
The Program Manager will also play an important role in organizing programming that celebrates the traditions and culture of the Caribbean diaspora and will work closely with local organizations and the dLOC team to support these efforts.
Journal of Haitian Studies Special Issue – Call for Papers (Apr. 15, 2023)
This special issue emerges from the Sexualities Working Group of the Haitian Studies Association, a group of Haitian and U.S. American scholars and practitioners who have, since 2015 in different configurations, mobilized in coalition toward the rights to live creatively for Haitian LGBTQ/M-community, Vodouyizan, and all those who do not conform to sexual/gendered norms. Responding to a call made by our Haitian activist interlocutors to support their on-the-ground endeavors through increased dissemination of research on the construction and performance of genders and sexualities in Haiti, the editorial collective hopes this special issue will document, share, and collectivize mutual commitments to bolstering the work of queer crusaders and all those who dare to live creatively in Haiti and its diasporas.
ICLS – Haitian Creole Language Instructor
We currently have a full-time opening for Haitian Creole Language Instructor II (LI2) at Department of Sate’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI). This position is to support a test kit project for the Language Testing Administration (LTA) at FSI. This position is scheduled to start on 3/1/2023, and temporarily scheduled to end on 8/31/2023 with a high likelihood of possible/further extensions.
This is a full-time position (8 hours a day / 40 hours per week / Mon-Friday). This position is 100% telework, but selected candidate(s) will be required to come to Washington DC area to get their DOD badge issued, and the appropriate Government computer account setup.
Call for Papers: Haiti and Africa: Unearthing and Exploring the Roots, Connections, and Possibilities (Feb. 15, 2023)
The keynote presentation, panels and roundtables will focus on the historical connections between Haiti and Africa, and the cultural, political, social, and economic specificities of Haiti that derive directly and indirectly from those connections. The conference will explore how the transatlantic slave trade and the colonial era, through the revolutionary and the post- independence shape contemporary Haitian realities. Papers will also seek parallels and intersections among contemporary Haitian and African realities as emergence of shared colonial and neocolonial experiences, and take stock of current intellectual, cultural, political, and economic links and gaps between Haiti and Africa.
University of Toronto Scarborough – Associate Professor/Professor of Black Feminist History (Jan. 16, 2023)
The Department of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the area of Black Feminist History. The appointment will be at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor, with an expected start date of July 1, 2023, or shortly thereafter.
Caribbean Development Bank Scholarship (Nov. 28, 2022)
To further CDB’s support of procurement capacity building in the Caribbean and to develop the strategic design and utilisation of public procurement, CDB is pleased to offer, through technical assistance funds provided by the Government of the Republic of Italy, a scholarship for a candidate to complete the International Master in Public Procurement at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. The programme runs from March 2023 to February 2024. The selected candidate would be required to be based in Rome for a period of 4.25 months.
2022 Call for Nominations for the H.S.A. Board (Nov. 7, 2022)
The members of the Board of Directors of the Haitian Studies Association are elected by the general membership by electronic balloting and serve a three-year term. Board members can be re-elected for additional terms. The Board is composed of elected members (including a student representative), and advisory members who, in turn, elect the officers of the board. The elected officers of the Board of Directors are the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The Advisory Board is comprised of the current Executive Director, the immediate Past President, and the Editor of the Journal of Haitian Studies (JOHS). Collectively, these members are the governing body of the Haitian Studies Association.