From: snewman-AT-cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:12:48 +0800
Subject: Re: [postanarchism] Grad Schools


Thanks James,
The academic job situation's pretty bad here in Australia as well - especially 
for pol theorists of the pomo-anarchist persuasion.
I've heard some good things about Santa Cruz. So what is your dissertation on?
Saul

Quoting James Rowe <jkrowe-AT-cats.ucsc.edu>:

> Hi Saul,
> 
> I think it would be fucking great if you were teaching here. Unfortunately
> not many positions are opening up. Politics hired two new theorists (at the
> junior level) last year, and HistCon made a hire the year before.
> Unfortunately I didn't discover this list until this summer, otherwise I
> would have sent out the postings.
> 
> I will definitely keep my eyes peeled for any more openings.
> 
> I think this place (city and school) are cool, but my overall sense is that
> most of this decade's cutting edge critical thought, as is probably already
> the case, will be generated outside the US. Santa Cruz is about as far out
> of the US, in the US, one can get, but its still tough to think clearly
> when
> so many US American folks (good folks, working folks...) support Bush and
> Co. Without breaking into 'Oh Canada,' up north even frat boys have an
> anti-imperialist tinge these days.
> 
> godspeed,
> 
> James
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Saul Newman" <snewman-AT-cyllene.uwa.edu.au>
> To: <postanarchism-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 1:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [postanarchism] Grad Schools
> 
> 
> >
> > Hi James,
> > Speaking of universities, are there any academic jobs going there in the
> > Humanities and Social Science programs at Santa Cruz? Is there room for
> one
> > more pomo with an anarchist bent?
> > Best,
> > Saul Newman
> >
> > At 01:14 AM 17/10/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> > >This discussion is past due, but what the hell.
> > >
> > >I'm in the 3rd year of a grad program in Politics at UC Santa Cruz. I
> like
> > >this school and generally reccomend it.
> > >
> > >The History of Consciousness program is the big draw, but a number of
> the
> > >programs in the Social Sciences and Humanites are strong and have a pomo
> > >bent. If folks want more info, feel free to contact me.
> > >
> > >I also want to make a plug for my alma mater (sp?) -- The University of
> > >Victoria in British Columbia. The Political Science department is
> starting a
> > >PhD program, and they already have a cool MA program in Cultural, Social
> and
> > >Political Thought. The department just made some impressive
> > >'acquisitions' -- they got back R.B.J. Walker (the editor of
> Alternatives:
> > >Global, Local, Political) and Karena Shaw, nabbed Arthur Kroker, and
> James
> > >Tully. Warren Magnusson, who has been there throughout, is excellent.
> Its
> > >not clear there is a better place to do critical political theory (or
> just
> > >plain 'theory') in Canada. Walker, Shaw, and Magnusson have made
> academic
> > >careers out of discursively bashing the state-form from a pomo
> perspective.
> > >Kroker is a major communication/technology theorist, and while Tully can
> be
> > >hard to read (as a person, not his books) he is a fat name political
> > >theorist who does a nice Foucault. And Victoria's beautiful to boot.
> > >
> > >Expensive if you're not canadian, but the exchange rate helps. The dept
> has
> > >some money too.
> > >
> > >If you're looking for somewhere to practice engaged anti-state
> theorizing
> > >with a pomo twist, I'm not convinced anywhere is better.
> > >
> > >godspeed,
> > >
> > >James
> > >------------------------------------------------
> > >We die with unlived lives in our bodies.
> > >
> > >Norman O. Brown
> >
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> >
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