Short course announcement : Researching Sexual Health and Rights

Researching Sexual Health and Rights:
An Advanced Course
Hanoi, August 30 – September 3, 2010

In the wake of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, questions of sexual health have received increasing attention in research, policy and programming. Research on human sexuality is, however, a challenging endeavor, especially so since problems related to sexuality can be personally sensitive and politically fraught. This short course invites experienced Vietnamese researchers to reflect on sexuality as an object of knowledge: How can we approach and conceptualize matters related to intimate human experiences and practices? The course will adopt an interdisciplinary approach, combining anthropology and public health.

Aim and contents
Researching Sexual Health and Rightsaims to strengthen the capacities of Vietnamese researchers to conduct critical research on problems related to human sexuality in general and sexual health and rights in particular. The course offers an overview of different research approaches to sexuality; discusses the linkages between sexual health and sexual rights; and addresses the particular ethical and methodological challenges that research on sexuality entails. Throughout the course, particular attention will be paid to sexual health as a public health issue and to questions of risk, vulnerability and inequality.

The short course is organized by the ENRECA project ‘REACH’ (Strengthening Population and Reproductive Health Research in Vietnam), as a collaboration between the Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen and Centre for Population Information and Documentation (CPID), General Office for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP). The course will be held in Hanoi and taught by Associate Professor Tine M. Gammeltoft, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen.

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[Bourse] Scholarships for MA and PhD students.

If you are working on a MA or PhD thesis during autumn 2010 and need some inspiration, literature or simply just time to write on your thesis, then NIAS has something to offer: the Nordic Scholarship!

The Nordic Scholarship covers inexpensive travel to Copenhagen, two weeks board and accommodation plus a working place at NIAS! A perfect chance to concentrate on your thesis, have inspirational talks with our researchers or collect material in Northern Europe's most comprehensive Asian studies library.

More information about SUPRA students' experiences at NIAS and practical information as well as application form.
NB: SUPRA scholarships are primarily for students from NNC member institutions.

Deadline for application: 1 June 2010
For more information, please contact Erik Svanström, SUPRA student Assistant.

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Proposition d'emploi / Job post - Professor in the Anthropology of Asia.

Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
Professorship in the Anthropology of Asia

 

The Department of Anthropology invites applications for the position as Full or Fixed-term (5 years) Professor in the Anthropology of Asia.

We seek a candidate with strong teaching and research experience in Asia and Asian matters, who will contribute with both classical and innovative anthropological perspectives to the development of new courses and research programs within the multi-disciplinary "Asian Dynamics Initiative" (ADI), and play an active role in fostering visionary and effective research collaboration with relevant partners throughout the world.

 

A detailed description of the "Asian Dynamics Initiative", which is hosted by the faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences, is available at www.asiandynamics.ku.dk/english .

 

Please find further information about professorships in: Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2007, found at: http://www.ubst.dk/lovgivning/ny_stillingsstruktur_eng.pdf
(Full Professor see 4.1; Professor with Special Responsibilities, see 4.2).

The deadline for applications including material is 06 April, 2010 at 12.00. Material received after the deadline will not be taken into account.
Electronic applications are not accepted. The application and publications must be sent by regular mail and include a reply e-mail address.

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