Deadline to Apply: Monday, September 10th, 2018.

The City Amplified: Radical Archives and Oral Histories seeks a highly organized, digital humanities savvy, current graduate student at the Graduate Center, CUNY in the Humanities or Humanities-related social sciences to work on a publication that reflects the year-long work of the City Amplified Working Group. The publication will be published in both physical and digital formats.

The City Amplified: Radical Archives and Oral Histories brings together oral historians, artists, archivists, and scholars to examine, engage, and re-assess how radical archiving practices can amplify the rich range of oral history based, public humanities projects occurring across the city. Under the City Amplified umbrella, we meet as a working group, organize public events, and create independent studies opportunities for CUNY undergraduates. It is generously supported by the Mellon Seminar on Public Engagement and Collaborative Research from the Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Continue reading Deadline Sep 10 | Call for Applications: Editor Opportunity for The City Amplified →

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Film and Digital Media Review Editor
Deadline extended to September 1, 2018

The Italian American Review is looking for a review editor for film and digital media.

The film and digital media review editor researches potential documentary (not feature) films and websites for assessment, engages potential reviewers, arranges the reviews, and does initial edits, while serving as the main point of contact between reviewers and the IAR editorial staff. This editor should be familiar with current issues concerning Italian American studies and should have published works on the topic of film.

This position requires editorial, organizational, and communications abilities. This position is a nonpaying volunteer role, in keeping with the practice of academic journal publishing. The IAR is looking for a three-year commitment starting September 2018.

The Italian American Review (IAR), a bi-annual, peer-reviewed journal of Queens College’s John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, publishes scholarly articles about the history and culture of Italian Americans, as well as other aspects of the Italian diaspora. The journal embraces a wide range of professional concerns and theoretical orientations in the social sciences and in cultural studies.

For more information, see the Publications page on the Calandra Institute’s website, under Italian American Review[r20.rs6.net], where you can find PDFs of published reviews[r20.rs6.net]. If you are interested in taking on the duties of this editorial position, please send your CV to Managing Editor Rosangela Briscese at rosangela.briscese@qc.cuny.edu. The deadline for applications is September 1, 2018.