CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE
 
JOB POSTING – Teaching Assistant: 
 
EMERGENCY POSTING
LCT 202Y1Y
Forms of Representation
 
This course explores representation as a cultural and political problem.  Representation is both a means of depicting or constructing reality and a means of constituting individual and collective subjectivities.  We will consider literary and other modes of representation in their historical contexts.
 
Texts will span a broad historical range and are expected to include: Homer’s The Odyssey, Aristotle’s Poetics, Dante’s Inferno, Russian Formalist literary theory, Eliot’s The Waste Land, Barthes’s Mythologies, Mahasweta Devi’s Imaginary Maps, and Foucault’s The History of Sexuality, vol 1.
 
Location:  St. George Campus 
Estimated course enrolment:  80
Hours of work: 47.50 
Class schedule: Lecture:  Monday 12-2                                                       
Tutorials: M 2-3, M 3-4, M 4-5 M 5-6 
 
Dates of appointment: September 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023 (two month term)
Salary:  $47.64 per hour  
 
Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of previous experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.
 
Note: Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this position.
 
Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks. At least some instruction will take place online.
 
Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (agardner@chass.utoronto.ca).
 
Closing date for applications September 15,  2023
 
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.
 
Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.  Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting
 
The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
 
The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application. The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

 


CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE
JOB POSTING – Teaching Assistant
 EMERGENCY POSTING
LCT 202Y1Y
Forms of Representation

 This course explores representation as a cultural and political problem.  Representation is both a means of depicting or constructing reality and a means of constituting individual and collective subjectivities.  We will consider literary and other modes of representation in their historical contexts.

 Texts will span a broad historical range and are expected to include: Homer’s The Odyssey, Aristotle’s Poetics, Dante’s Inferno, Russian Formalist literary theory, Eliot’s The Waste Land, Barthes’s Mythologies, Mahasweta Devi’s Imaginary Maps, and Foucault’s The History of Sexuality, vol 1.

Location:  St. George Campus
Estimated course enrolment:  80
Hours of work: 119
Class schedule: Lecture:  Monday 12-2                                                       
Tutorials: M 2-3, M 3-4, M 4-5 M 5-6
Dates of appointment: December 1, 2023 to 30 April 2024
Salary:  $47.64 per hour  

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of previous experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Note: Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this position.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks. At least some instruction will take place online.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (agardner@chass.utoronto.ca).

 Closing date for applications:  September 12,  2023

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

 Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.  Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting

 The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

 The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.


CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE

 Teaching Assistant: one position
LCT 205H1S
Empires II

This course examines literary representations of intercultural encounters in the context of imperial conquest and hegemony from the emergence of the modern nation-state through more recent developments in globalization. We will consider four novelists (Aphra Behn, Herman Melville, Chinua Achebe, and Shusaku Endo), each writing from a distinct cultural perspective, who represent encounters with the “Other” at different points in the history of imperialist expansion. We will frame our analysis of these literary authors with reference to several key 20th-century philosophical reflections on the relationship between the self and others. Drawing on phenomenological examinations of the same theme in the work Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Fanon, Buber, and Levinas, we will attend to the novel’s special power as a medium for encountering and imagining the Other in the context of colonial expansion and globalization.

Primary texts may include works by:

Montaigne, Aphra Behn (Oroonoko), Melville (Moby Dick), Achebe (Things Fall Apart),  and Endo (Silence). Critical works by Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Fanon, Levinas, and Buber.

Location: St. George Campus
Estimated course enrolment:  45
Hours of work: 110  hours
Class schedule:  Lecture: T 10-12 Tutorials: T 12-1, T 1-2
Dates of appointment: 1 January 2023 to 30 April 2024
Salary:  $47.64 per hour as per CUPE agreement

Qualifications MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of prior experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Note:  Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this position.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks. 

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca).

Closing date for applications:  September 12, 2023

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.  Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

 The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

 The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.



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updated: June 12, 23


CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE
JOB POSTING – Teaching Assistant: Two positions

LCT 202Y1Y
Forms of Representation

This course explores representation as a cultural and political problem.  Representation is both a means of depicting or constructing reality and a means of constituting individual and collective subjectivities.  We will consider literary and other modes of representation in their historical contexts.

Texts will span a broad historical range and are expected to include: Homer’s The Odyssey, Aristotle’s Poetics, Dante’s Inferno, Russian Formalist literary theory, Eliot’s The Waste Land, Barthes’s Mythologies, Mahasweta Devi’s Imaginary Maps, and Foucault’s The History of Sexuality, vol 1.

Location: St. George Campus
Estimated course enrolment: 80
Hours of work: 190 hours
Class schedule: Monday 12-2
Tutorials: T0101 TBA , T0102 R 2, T0103 R 3, T0104 R 4
Dates of appointment: 1 September 2023 to 30 April 2024
Salary: $47.24 per hour

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of previous experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Note: Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this position.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks. At least some instruction will take place online.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (agardner@chass.utoronto.ca).

Closing date for applications:  June 30, 2023

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

 Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.  Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting

 The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

 The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

 The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3


CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE

Teaching Assistant: one position
LCT 203H1F
Empires I

Course Description

What is colonialism and how is it related to “empires?” Why and how are the European empires that developed in the early modern period so often associated with “race” and racialization? In this course we will explore the early stages of European colonialism and the long-term impact of the transformations it inaugurated. The rise of Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French empires will be studied by readings of a variety of literary texts. We will discuss issues relating to capitalism, colonialism, gender, the rise of racializing discourses, and forms of resistance against oppressive colonial rule. Students will acquire a strong set of interpretative and writing skills, will learn to situate the literature we discuss in a broad, historical framework, and will be encouraged to think critically about contemporary manifestations of the issues we take up.

Methods of evaluation: two short essays (15 each); one in-class commentary (25%); a final take-home essay (20%); participation (25)

Location: St. George campus
Estimated course enrolment: 45
Hours of work: 110 hours
Class schedule: Lecture: T 10-12 , Tutorials: T 12, T1,
Dates of appointment: 1 September 2023 to 31 December 2023

Salary: $47.24 per hour

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of previous experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Note: Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this position.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

If during the application and/or selection process you require accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ms. Aphrodite Gardner, Business Officer at the Centre for Comparative Literature aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

Closing date for applications: June 30, 2023

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting
The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.


CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE

Teaching Assistant: one position
LCT 205H1S
Empires II

This course examines literary representations of intercultural encounters in the context of imperial conquest and hegemony from the emergence of the modern nation-state through more recent developments in globalization. We will consider four novelists (Aphra Behn, Herman Melville, Chinua Achebe, and Shusaku Endo), each writing from a distinct cultural perspective, who represent encounters with the “Other” at different points in the history of imperialist expansion. We will frame our analysis of these literary authors with reference to several key 20th-century philosophical reflections on the relationship between the self and others. Drawing on phenomenological examinations of the same theme in the work Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Fanon, Buber, and Levinas, we will attend to the novel’s special power as a medium for encountering and imagining the Other in the context of colonial expansion and globalization.

Primary texts may include works by:

Montaigne, Aphra Behn (Oroonoko), Melville (Moby Dick), Achebe (Things Fall Apart),  and Endo (Silence). Critical works by Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Fanon, Levinas, and Buber.

Location: St. George Campus
Estimated course enrolment: 45
Hours of work: 110 hours
Class schedule: Lecture: T 10-12 Tutorials: T 12, T 1
Dates of appointment: 1 January 2023 to 30 April 2024
Salary: $47.64 per hour as per CUPE agreement

Qualifications MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of prior experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Note:  Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this position.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks. 

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca).

Closing date for applications:  June 30, 2023

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

 Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.  Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

 The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

 The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.


CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE
JOB POSTING – Teaching Assistant: Two positions

LCT 202Y1Y Forms of Representation

This course explores representation as a cultural and political problem. Representation is both a means of depicting or constructing reality and a means of constituting individual and collective subjectivities. We will consider literary and other modes of representation in their historical contexts.

Texts will span a broad historical range and are expected to include: Homer’s The Odyssey, Aristotle’s Poetics, Dante’s Inferno, Russian Formalist literary theory, Eliot’s The Waste Land, Barthes’s Mythologies, Mahasweta Devi’s Imaginary Maps, and Foucault’s The History of Sexuality, vol 1.

Location: St. George Campus
Estimated course enrolment: 80
Hours of work: 190 hours
Class schedule: (lectures); Tuesdays and Thursdays 12-1
(All tutorials); R1, R2, R3, R4
Dates of appointment: 1 September 2022 to 30 April 2023
Salary: $47.17 per hour Fall 2022 $47.64 per hour as of January 2023

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of previous experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Note: Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this position.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks. At least some instruction will take place online.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (agardner@chass.utoronto.ca).

Closing date for applications: June 30, 2022

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE

Teaching Assistant: one position
LCT 203H1F
Empires I

Course Description

Knowledge of the early stages of European colonialism and the long-term impact of the transformations it introduced is essential to understanding many aspects of the present. In this course the rise of Spanish, English, and French settler colonialisms and empires will be studied by close readings of a variety of literary texts. We will discuss issues relating to capitalism, colonialism, the rise of racializing discourses and racism, forms of resistance against colonialism and empire, and feminism. Students will acquire a strong set of interpretative and writing skills, will learn to situate the literature we discuss in a broad, historical framework, and will be encouraged to think critically about contemporary manifestations of the issues we take up.

Method of evaluation: One short essay (10%); One mid-term test (15%); One longer essay (25%); Tutorial and General Participation (25); End-of-term take-home exam (25%).

Location: St. George campus

Estimated course enrolment: 45

Hours of work: 95 hours

Class schedule: M 12-2 (Lecture), M 2-3 (Tutorial T0101), M 3-4 (Tutorial TR0102)

Dates of appointment: 1 September 2022 to 31 December 2022

Salary: $47.17 per hour

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of previous experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Note: Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this position.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks. Due to the current circumstances, it is likely that some TA duties will be carried online (e.g. video conferencing for one or both tutorials)

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

If during the application and/or selection process you require accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ms. Aphrodite Gardner, Business Officer at the Centre for Comparative Literature aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

Closing date for applications: June 30, 2022

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting
The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE
Teaching Assistant: one position
LCT 205H1S Empires II – Conrad James

The principal focus of this course is the complex engagement of literature and the arts with both colonial and neo-colonial encounters between, Europe, Africa and the Americas over the last five hundred years. Exploring world cultures through the prism of colonial encounters facilitates discussions about the genesis of contemporary politics of globalisation as well as the accompanying dynamics of exploitation and resistance. This approach will also help to elucidate the ways in which contact between different world zones have been pivotal in the development of new national and regional cultures. In the process we engage with a wide range of questions including environmental precarity, food security, cultural violence, religious alterity, revolutions, and the coming of age of new subjectivities. The material to be discussed will be organized under four broad headings: The Columbian Exchange in Cinema and Art; Colonial Encounters and Latin American Politics of Identity; Fictions of Colonial Encounters in West Africa; Narratives of Colonial and Neo-Colonial Encounters in the Caribbean.

Primary texts may include works by Miguel de Cervantes, Juan Rulfo, Octaivo Paz, Carlos Fuentes, William Shakespeare, Joseph Conrad, Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche, Ama Ata Aidoo, Derek Walcott, Earl Lovelace, Olive Senior, Jaime Manrique and Anthony Winkler.

Location: St. George Campus
Estimated course enrolment: 45
Hours of work: 95 hours
Class schedule: M 2-4 (Lecture), M 4-5 (Tutorial T0101), M 5-6 (Tutorial T50101)
Dates of appointment: 1 January 2023 to 30 April 2023

Salary: $47.64 per hour as per CUPE agreement

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of previous experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Note: Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this position.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks. Due to the current circumstances, it is likely that some TA duties will be carried online (e.g. video conferencing for one or both tutorials).

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca).

Closing date for applications: June 30, 2022

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting
The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND SOCIETY PROGRAM
TA POSTING (One position)
CRE209H1S – How Stories Work

Location:  St. George Campus
Estimated course enrolment: 45
Hours of work: 85 hours
Dates of appointment:   January 1 to April 30, 2023
Class schedule: Mondays 2-4pm
Salary:  $47.64 per hour

Course description: Stories give shape and substance to the things we believe in, from scientific theories and sacred texts to literary tales and philosophical propositions. They perpetuate ideals and identities, and sustain institutions and communities. This course will take up a set of texts from the arts, sciences, religions and several other storytelling traditions, ancient and modern, considering their claims to authority and making connections between them.

Qualifications required: MA in Comparative Literature or a similar interdisciplinary field involving literature and other arts. Preference will be given to doctoral students in Comparative Literature. The successful candidate will have familiarity with the topics covered by the course, such as oral and written narratives and folklore, as well as creative and critical expertise relevant to the program in Creative Expression and Society.

The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position.

Duties:  Duties include marking assignments and meeting with students regarding projects and essays.

Application Procedure:  Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Ms. A. Gardner, Business Officer, Centre for Comparative Literature:  aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

Closing date for applications:  June 30, 2022

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

 Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.  Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting

 The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

 The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

 The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND SOCIETY PROGRAM
TA POSTING (One position)
CRE280H1F – Creative Writing: Poetry

Location:  St. George Campus
Estimated course enrolment: 20
Hours of work: 85                                           
Dates of appointment:   September 1, 2022 – December 30, 2022
Class schedule: Thursdays 6-8pm
Salary:  $47.17 per hour

Course description: A workshop course (with a literature component) in writing poetry. Designed for those with a serious ambition to be writers as evinced in work they are already doing. The literature component emphasizes multicultural dimensions of contemporary writing in English.

Qualifications required: MFA with emphasis on poetry. Preference will be given to doctoral students in Comparative Literature or a similar interdisciplinary field involving literature and other arts, philosophy, and societal contexts. The successful candidate will have familiarity with the topics covered by the course as well as creative and critical expertise relevant to the program in Creative Expression and Society, and an established creative practice as a poet.

Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position.

Duties:  Duties include marking assignments and meeting with students regarding writing projects.

Application Procedure:  Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Ms. A. Gardner, Business Officer, Centre for Comparative Literature:  aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

Closing date for applications:  June 30, 2022

 This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

 Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.  Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting

 The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

 The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

 The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND SOCIETY PROGRAM
JOB POSTING – Teaching Assistant:   One position
CRE281H1S Popular Music, Technology, and the Human

This course explores ways in which popular music, sound and sound technologies have influenced our understanding of the recent human condition. Drawing on a variety of theoretical perspectives, we consider the musical uses of technology as both a material culture and a set of distinctly innovative practices that can create powerful transformations of consciousness, meaning and value.

Location: St. George Campus
Estimated course enrolment:
45
Hours of work:
85 hours
Class schedule:
Wednesdays 1-3pm
Dates of appointment:
January 1, 2023 –April 30, 2023
Salary:
$47.64

Qualifications required:  MA in Comparative Literature or a similar interdisciplinary field involving literature and other arts. Preference will be given to doctoral students in Comparative Literature. The successful candidate will have familiarity with the topics covered by the course, creative and critical expertise relevant to the program in Creative Expression and Society, and experience as a practising musician.

The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position.

Description of duties:

Duties include marking assignments and meeting with students regarding projects and essays.

Application Procedure:  Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Ms. A. Gardner, Business Officer, Centre for Comparative Literature Aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

Closing date for applications:  June 30, 2022

 This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

 Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.  Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting

 The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

 The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

 The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND SOCIETY PROGRAM
TA POSTING (One position)
CRE371H1F – Documenting Reality
Location:  St. George Campus

Estimated course enrolment: 45
Hours of work: 85 hours
Dates of appointment:   September 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
Class schedule: Tuesdays 1-3pm
Salary:  $47.17 per hour

Course description: This seminar course explores methods of capturing, representing, and constructing reality through documentary media. Emphases will include opportunities and challenges brought by technical developments in the digital era, and the history and evolution of documentary work in print and/or photography. Students consider methods and innovations of major practitioners; ethical issues such as privacy, subjectivity, and objectivity; and partisanship and the effects of artificial intelligence and other automatic tools.

Qualifications required:  MA in Comparative Literature or a similar interdisciplinary field involving literature and other arts. Preference will be given to doctoral students in Comparative Literature. The successful candidate will have familiarity with the topics covered by the course, such as documentation and media, as well as creative and critical expertise relevant to the program in Creative Expression and Society.

The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position.

Duties:  Duties include marking assignments and meeting with students regarding projects and essays.

Application Procedure:  Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Ms. A. Gardner, Business Officer, Centre for Comparative Literature:  aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

Closing date for applications:  June 30, 2022

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

 Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.  Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting

 The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

 The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

 The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

 

CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND SOCIETY PROGRAM
TA POSTING – One position
CRE374H1F – Cultural Encounters: Identity and Transformation in the Arts
Location:  St. George Campus

Estimated course enrolment: 45
Hours of work: 85 hours
Dates of appointment:   September 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022
Class schedule: Mondays 2-4pm
Salary:  $47.17 per hour

Course description: This course focuses on specific scenes of cultural cross-pollination and on how these encounters are reflected in the arts. Areas of investigation might include the Harlem Renaissance, French Surrealism in the Caribbean, Bollywood / Hollywood, Indigenous Hip-Hop, or contemporary Toronto as a convergence of creative energy. How have artists from marginalized communities taken up and adapted modes of expression for their own creative purposes? How can new forms of artistic representation contest and undermine systemic social and political inequalities? This course focuses on liberating aesthetic innovations that respond to historically embedded cultural encounters.

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a similar interdisciplinary field involving literature and other arts. Preference will be given to doctoral students in Comparative Literature. The successful candidate will have familiarity with the topics covered by the course as well as creative and critical expertise relevant to the program in Creative Expression and Society. Experience as a practising musician is an asset.

The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position.

Duties:  Duties include marking assignments and meeting with students regarding projects and essays.

Application Procedure:  Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Ms. A. Gardner, Business Officer, Centre for Comparative Literature:  aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

Closing date for applications:  June 30, 2022

 This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

 Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.  Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting

 The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

 The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

 The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.


CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND SOCIETY PROGRAM
TA POSTING (One position)
CRE480H1S – Poetry: A Master Class
Location:  St. George Campus

Estimated course enrolment: 20
Hours of work: 85                                           
Dates of appointment:   January 1, 2023 – April 30, 2023
Class schedule: Tuesdays 6-8pm
Salary:  $47.64 per hour

Course description: A workshop course in writing poetry. Designed for those with a serious ambition to be writers as evinced in work they are already doing. Does not offer instruction for beginning writers. Presupposes perfect and sophisticated written language skills. Admission by application.

Qualifications required: MFA with emphasis on poetry. Preference will be given to doctoral students in Comparative Literature or a similar interdisciplinary field involving literature and other arts, philosophy, and societal contexts. The successful candidate will have familiarity with the topics covered by the course as well as creative and critical expertise relevant to the program in Creative Expression and Society, and an established creative practice as a poet.

Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position.

Duties:  Duties include marking assignments and meeting with students regarding writing projects.

Application Procedure:  Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Ms. A. Gardner, Business Officer, Centre for Comparative Literature:  aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

Closing date for applicationsJune 30, 2022

 This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

 Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.  Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

 The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

 The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

Updated: May 26, 2022

 


CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND SOCIETY PROGRAM VICTORIA COLLEGE

JOB POSTING – TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP
CRE371H1S Documenting Reality
Posting Date: September 30, 2021
Estimated course enrolment: 40
Hours of work: 85 hours
Dates of appointment: January 1, 2022 – April 30 2022
Class schedule: Tuesdays 10-12
Salary: $47.17 per hour

Course description: This seminar course explores methods of capturing, representing, and constructing reality through documentary media. Emphases will include opportunities and challenges brought by technical developments in the digital era, and the history and evolution of documentary work in print and/or photography. Students consider methods and innovations of major practitioners; ethical issues such as privacy, subjectivity, and objectivity; and partisanship and the effects of artificial intelligence and other automatic tools.

Qualifications: MA in a discipline related to creative arts (writing, visual arts, music, etc.). The successful candidate will have familiarity with the topics covered by the course as well as creative and critical expertise relevant to the program in Creative Expression and Society.

Note: The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position.

Duties: Duties include marking assignments and meeting with students regarding projects and essays.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Ms. A. Gardner, Business Officer, Centre for Comparative Literature: aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

Closing date for applications: October 20, 2021

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission. The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca. During employment, to request accommodation from the University, contact the supervisor or department chair and/or Health & Wellbeing Programs & Services at hwb@utoronto.ca. For more information about accommodations at U of T, please visit our Accommodation webpage
The hiring criteria for Teaching Assistant positions are academic qualifications, the need to acquire experience, previous experience and previous satisfactory employment under the provisions of this Collective Agreement.

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and LGBTQ2S+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity seeking groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting.

Preference in hiring shall be given to Graduate Students enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto or those who have made application to be enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto.

 

CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Job Postings https://unit1.hrandequity.utoronto.ca/

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE 
JOB POSTING – Teaching Assistant: Two positions | closed
Posted on June 11, 2021
LCT 202Y1Y Forms of Representation

Course Description
This course explores representation as a cultural and political problem. Representation is both a means of depicting or constructing reality and a means of constituting individual and collective subjectivities. We will consider literary and other modes of representation in their historical contexts.

Texts will span a broad historical range and are expected to include: Homer’s The Odyssey, Aristotle’s Poetics, Dante’s Inferno, Russian Formalist literary theory, Eliot’s The Waste Land, Barthes’s Mythologies, Mahasweta Devi’s Imaginary Maps, and Foucault’s The History of Sexuality, vol 1.

Estimated course enrolment: 80
Hours of work: 190 hours
Class schedule: (lectures) Tuesdays and Thursdays 12-1
(All tutorials); R1, R2, R3, R4
Please note that current expectations are that TAs will provide in-person support for this class, but due to the evolving circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, a full or partial shift to online delivery may be necessary.

Dates of appointment: 1 September 2021 to 30 April 2022
Salary: $46.70 per hour Fall 2021 $47.17 per hour as of January 2022 + vacation pay
Relevant Criterion:
Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position.

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of previous experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is an asset.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (agardner@chass.utoronto.ca).

Closing date for applications: July 12, 2021

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission. The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca. During employment, to request accommodation from the University, contact the supervisor or department chair and/or Health & Wellbeing Programs & Services at hwb@utoronto.ca. For more information about accommodations at U of T, please visit our Accommodation webpage
The hiring criteria for Teaching Assistant positions are academic qualifications, the need to acquire experience, previous experience and previous satisfactory employment under the provisions of this Collective Agreement.

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and LGBTQ2S+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity seeking groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting.

Preference in hiring shall be given to Graduate Students enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto or those who have made application to be enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto.

CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Job Postings https://unit1.hrandequity.utoronto.ca/

CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Job Postings https://unit1.hrandequity.utoronto.ca/

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE

Teaching Assistant: one position| closed
Posted on June 11, 2021
LCT 203H1F Empires I

Course Description
This course will examine the role epic poetry has played in the Aeneid and its reception as our thematic framework, we will compare the establishment, interpretation and reinvention of cultural forms of empire at local, national, transnational and global levels. We will read a number of literary responses to the Aeneid, paying particular attention to the tradition of epic poetry, to consider how these works have been used to celebrate, critique, or reimagine empires and imperialism. Theoretical texts, including the work of Bakhtin, Said, hooks, Gadamer, Latour and others will inform—but not determine—our exploration of Virgil’s reception.

Estimated course enrolment: 45
Hours of work: 95 hours
Class schedule: M 12-2: Tutorials M 2-3, M 3-4 –please note that current expectations are that TAs will provide in-person support for this class, but due to the evolving circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, a full or partial shift to online delivery may be necessary.

Dates of appointment: 1 September 2021 to 31 December 2021
Salary: $46.70 per hour + vacation pay
Relevant Criterion:
Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need “o acquire experience in respect of this posted position.
Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of previous experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is an asset.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

Closing date for applications: July 12, 2021

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission. The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca. During employment, to request accommodation from the University, contact the supervisor or department chair and/or Health & Wellbeing Programs & Services at hwb@utoronto.ca. For more information about accommodations at U of T, please visit our Accommodation webpage

The hiring criteria for Teaching Assistant positions are academic qualifications, the need to acquire experience, previous experience and previous satisfactory employment under the provisions of this Collective Agreement.

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and LGBTQ2S+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity seeking groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting.

Preference in hiring shall be given to Graduate Students enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto or those who have made application to be enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto.

CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Job Postings https://unit1.hrandequity.utoronto.ca/

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE

Teaching Assistant: one position | closed
Posted on June 11, 2021
LCT 205H1S Empires II

Course Description
This course examines the intercultural encounter between Europe and the Americas through literary, philosophical and visual representations. Focusing on Early modern times the material to be discussed ranges from texts of “discoveries,” travel literature, missionary literature, botany, proto-ethnography to novels and plays. Historically, it covers the development of globalization from “the great age of discoveries” to the establishment of a global bourgois capitalist system and the framework of philosophical modernity in the 18th Century. Students will acquire a strong set of interpretative and writing skills, will learn to situate the literature we discuss in a broad, historical framework, and will be encouraged to think critically about contemporary representations of globalization and local resistance.

Possible primary texts might include authors like *(the final choice remains to be made)
Bartholmé de las Casas, Michel de Montaigne, Miguel de Cervantes, Shakespeare, Jean de Léry, Bernardino de Sahagun, Lescarbot, Sagard, Lahontan, Lafitau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau,Olympe de Gouges, Maria Sybilla Merian, Jose de Acosta, Heinrich von Kleist, etc.

Estimated course enrolment: 45
Hours of work: 95 hours
Class schedule: M 10-12; Tutorials M 12-1, M 1-2
Please note that current expectations are that TAs will provide in-person support for this class, but due to the evolving circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, a full or partial shift to online delivery may be necessary.
Dates of appointment: 1 January 2021 to 30 April 2021
Salary: $47.17 per hour + vacation pay
Relevant Criterion:
Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position.

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. The TA should be able to deal with the Spanish and French context (and languages) in addition to the English and ideally focus on his/her own work on the early modern period. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of previous experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is an asset.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca).

Closing date for applications: July 12, 2021

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission. The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca. During employment, to request accommodation from the University, contact the supervisor or department chair and/or Health & Wellbeing Programs & Services at hwb@utoronto.ca. For more information about accommodations at U of T, please visit our Accommodation webpage
The hiring criteria for Teaching Assistant positions are academic qualifications, the need to acquire experience, previous experience and previous satisfactory employment under the provisions of this Collective Agreement.

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and LGBTQ2S+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity seeking groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting.

Preference in hiring shall be given to Graduate Students enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto or those who have made application to be enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto.

CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Job Postings https://unit1.hrandequity.utoronto.ca/

CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND SOCIETY PROGRAM

JOB POSTING Teaching Assistant, Marker position
Teaching Assistant: CRE209H1F – How Stories Work | closed
Posting Date: June 11, 2021
Estimated course enrolment: 40
Hours of work: 85 hours
Dates of appointment: September 1 to December 31, 2021
Class schedule: Fridays 12-2
Salary: $46.70 per hour

Note: The need to acquire experience is the more relevant criterion than previous experience in respect of this posted position.

Course description: Stories give shape and substance to the things we believe in, from scientific theories and sacred texts to literary tales and philosophical propositions. They perpetuate ideals and identities, and sustain institutions and communities. This course will take up a set of texts from the arts, sciences, religions and several other storytelling traditions, ancient and modern, considering their claims to authority and making connections between them.

Qualifications: MA in a discipline related to creative arts (writing, visual arts, music, etc.). The successful candidate will have familiarity with the topics covered by the course as well as creative and critical expertise relevant to the program in Creative Expression and Society.
Duties: Marking assignments and meeting with students regarding projects and essays

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Ms. A. Gardner, Business Officer, Centre for Comparative Literature: aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

Closing date for applications: July 12, 2021

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission. The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca. During employment, to request accommodation from the University, contact the supervisor or department chair and/or Health & Wellbeing Programs & Services at hwb@utoronto.ca. For more information about accommodations at U of T, please visit our Accommodation webpage

The hiring criteria for Teaching Assistant positions are academic qualifications, the need to acquire experience, previous experience and previous satisfactory employment under the provisions of this Collective Agreement.

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and LGBTQ2S+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity seeking groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting.

Preference in hiring shall be given to Graduate Students enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto or those who have made application to be enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto.

CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Job Postings https://unit1.hrandequity.utoronto.ca/


EMERGENY POSTING: 
CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE (closed)
 
Teaching Assistant: one position
VIC 205H1S
Empires II
 Closing date for applications:  January 20, 2021

This course examines literary representations of intercultural encounters in the context of imperial conquest and hegemony from the emergence of the modern nation-state through more recent developments in globalization. We will consider four novelists (Aphra Behn, Herman Melville, Chinua Achebe, and Shusaku Endo), each writing from a distinct cultural perspective, who represent encounters with the “Other” at different points in the history of imperialist expansion. We will frame our analysis of these literary authors with reference to several key 20th-century philosophical reflections on the relationship between the self and others. Drawing on phenomenological examinations of the same theme in the work Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Fanon, Buber, and Levinas, we will attend to the novel’s special power as a medium for encountering and imagining the Other in the context of colonial expansion and globalization.

Includes Texts By: Montaigne, Aphra Behn (Oroonoko), Melville (Moby Dick), Achebe (Things Fall Apart),  and Endo (Silence). Critical works by Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Fanon, Levinas, and Buber.

Estimated course enrolment:  45
Hours of work: 95 hours
Class schedule:  W 10-12 (Lectures- Online Synchronous);  W12-1 , W 1-2 (tutorials-Online Synchronous)
Dates of appointment: 1 January 2021 to 30 April 2021
Salary:  $46.24 per hour as per CUPE agreement

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of prior experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks.  Due to the current circumstances, it is likely that some TA duties will be carried out online (e.g. video conferencing for one or both tutorials).

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca).

If during the application and/or selection process you require accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ms. Aphrodite Gardner, Business Officer at the Centre for Comparative Literature aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

 Closing date for applications:  January 20, 2021

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

 The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

 The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.
 

 The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

Updated: May 17, 2021

CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE
JOB POSTING – Teaching Assistant:  Two positions | CLOSED
VIC 202Y1Y
Forms of Representation

This course explores representation as a cultural and political problem.  Representation is both a means of depicting or constructing reality and a means of constituting individual and collective subjectivities.  We will consider literary and other modes of representation in their historical contexts.

Texts will span a broad historical range and are expected to include: Homer’s The Odyssey, Aristotle’s Poetics, Dante’s Inferno, Russian Formalist literary theory, Eliot’s The Waste Land, Barthes’s Mythologies, Mahasweta Devi’s Imaginary Maps, and Foucault’s The History of Sexuality, vol 1.

Estimated course enrolment:  80
Hours of work: 190 hours
Class schedule:  (Lectures);  Online-Asynchronous
(All tutorials);  will be Dual Delivery;  R1, R2, R3, R4
Dates of appointment: 1 September 2020 to 30 April 2021
Salary:  $46.24 per hour as per CUPE agreement

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of prior experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks. At least some instruction will take place online.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

If during the application and/or selection process you require accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ms. Aphrodite Gardner, Business Officer at the Centre for Comparative Literature aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

Closing date for applications:  July 13, 2020

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.  The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.


CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE  
Teaching Assistant: one position CLOSED
VIC 203H1F
Empires I

Course Description
This course will examine the role epic poetry has played in the literary representations that accompany imperial conquests and hegemony from pre-modern times to the emergence of the modern nation-state. Using Virgil’s Aeneid and its reception as our thematic framework, we will compare the establishment, interpretation and reinvention of cultural forms of empire at local, national, transnational and global levels. We will read a number of literary responses to the Aeneid to consider how these works have been used to celebrate, critique, or reimagine empires and imperialism. Theoretical texts, including the work of Bakhtin, Said, hooks, Gadamer, Latour and others will inform—but not determine—our exploration of Virgil’s reception.

Estimated course enrollment: 45
Hours of work: 95 hours
Class schedule: W 10-12 (lectures – Dual Delivery); W 12-1, W 1-2 (tutorials –Dual Delivery)
Dates of appointment: 1 September 2020 to 31 December 2020
Salary: $46.24 per hour

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of prior experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks. Due to the current circumstances, it is likely that some TA duties will be carried out online (e.g. video conferencing for one or both tutorials)

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

If during the application and/or selection process you require accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ms. Aphrodite Gardner, Business Officer at the Centre for Comparative Literature aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

Closing date for applications: July 13, 2020

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending finail course determinations and enrolments.

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting
The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.



CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE 
Teaching Assistant: one position CLOSED
VIC 205H1S

Empires II

This course examines literary representations of intercultural encounters in the context of imperial conquest and hegemony from the emergence of the modern nation-state through more recent developments in globalization. We will consider four novelists (Aphra Behn, Herman Melville, Chinua Achebe, and Shusaku Endo), each writing from a distinct cultural perspective, who represent encounters with the “Other” at different points in the history of imperialist expansion. We will frame our analysis of these literary authors with reference to several key 20th-century philosophical reflections on the relationship between the self and others. Drawing on phenomenological examinations of the same theme in the work Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Fanon, Buber, and Levinas, we will attend to the novel’s special power as a medium for encountering and imagining the Other in the context of colonial expansion and globalization.

Includes Texts By: Montaigne, Aphra Behn (Oroonoko), Melville (Moby Dick), Achebe (Things Fall Apart),  and Endo (Silence). Critical works by Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Fanon, Levinas, and Buber.

Estimated course enrollment:  45
Hours of work: 95 hours
Class schedule:  W 10-12 (Lectures-Dual Delivery);  W12-1 , W 1-2 (tutorials-Dual Delivery)
Dates of appointment: 1 January 2021 to 30 April 2021
Salary:  $46.24 per hour as per CUPE agreement

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of prior experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks.  Due to the current circumstances, it is likely that some TA duties will be carried out online (e.g. video conferencing for one or both tutorials).

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca).

If during the application and/or selection process you require accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ms. Aphrodite Gardner, Business Officer at the Centre for Comparative Literature aphrodite.gardner@utoronto.ca

Closing date for applications:  July 13, 2020

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.




CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE
 JOB POSTING – Teaching Assistant:  One position
EMERGENCY POSTING  September 2019

VIC 202Y1Y
Forms of Representation

 This course explores representation as a cultural and political problem.  Representation is both a means of depicting or constructing reality and a means of constituting individual and collective subjectivities.  We will consider literary and other modes of representation in their historical contexts.

 Texts will span a broad historical range and are expected to include: Homer’s The Odyssey, Aristotle’s Poetics, the Bible, the Qur’an, Dante’s Inferno, Auerbach’s Mimesis, Russian Formalist literary theory, Eliot’s The Waste Land, Barthes’s Mythologies, Mahasweta Devi’s Imaginary Maps, and Foucault’s The History of Sexuality, vol 1.

Estimated course enrolment:  80
Hours of work: 190 hours
Class schedule:  TR 12-1 (lectures); R1, R2, R3, R4 (tutorials)
Dates of appointment: 1 September 2019 to 30 April 2020
Salary:  $45.33 / $46.24 beginning January 2020 per hour

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of prior experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature agardner@chass.utoronto.ca.

 If during the application and/or selection process you require accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ms. Aphrodite Gardner, Business Officer at the Centre for Comparative Literature agardner@chass.utoronto.ca

 Closing date for applications:  September 5, 2019

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.

 Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.  Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting.  The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

 The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

 The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE
 
Teaching Assistant: one position
VIC 203H1F
Empires I
 EMERGENCY POSTING  September 3, 2019

Course Description

 This course explores numerus facets of Euro-colonialism as they inform selected literary, visual and politico-philosophical texts.  Beginning with early modern Spanish, English and French Empires, we will study capitalist, colonialist, anti-colonialist or – imperialist discourses and texts.  Students will acquire a strong set of interpretative and writing skills, will learn to situate the literature we discuss in a broad, historical framework, and will be encouraged to think critically about contemporary representations of empire, racialization, and ecological crisis.

Estimated course enrolment:  45
Hours of work: 95 hours
Class schedule:  M 12-2 (lectures); M2, M3 (tutorials)
Dates of appointment: 1 September 2019 to 31 December 2019
Salary:  $45.33 per hour

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of prior experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature agardner@chass.utoronto.ca.

If during the application and/or selection process you require accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ms. Aphrodite Gardner, Business Officer at the Centre for Comparative Literature agardner@chass.utoronto.ca

 Closing date for applications:  September 5, 2019

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The position posted above is tentative, pending finail course determinations and enrolments.

 

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.  Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

 The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

 The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE
JOB POSTING – Teaching Assistant:  Two positions (Closed)

VIC 202Y1Y
Forms of Representation

This course explores representation as a cultural and political problem.  Representation is both a means of depicting or constructing reality and a means of constituting individual and collective subjectivities.  We will consider literary and other modes of representation in their historical contexts.

Texts will span a broad historical range and are expected to include: Homer’s The Odyssey, Aristotle’s Poetics, the Bible, the Qur’an, Dante’s Inferno, Auerbach’s Mimesis, Russian Formalist literary theory, Eliot’s The Waste Land, Barthes’s Mythologies, Mahasweta Devi’s Imaginary Maps, and Foucault’s The History of Sexuality, vol 1.

Estimated course enrolment:  80
Hours of work: 190 hours
Class schedule:  TR 12-1 (lectures); R1, R2, R3, R4 (tutorials)
Dates of appointment: 1 September 2019 to 30 April 2020
Salary:  $45.33 / $46.24 beginning January 2020 per hour as per CUPE agreement
Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of prior experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (agardner@chass.utoronto.ca).
Closing date for applications:  July 12, 2019

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.


CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE
 Teaching Assistant: one position (Closed)
VIC 203H1F
Empires I
Course Description

 This course explores numerus facets of Euro-colonialism as they inform selected literary, visual and politico-philosophical texts.  Beginning with early modern Spanish, English and French Empires, we will study capitalist, colonialist, anti-colonialist or – imperialist discourses and texts.  Students will acquire a strong set of interpretative and writing skills, will learn to situate the literature we discuss in a broad, historical framework, and will be encouraged to think critically about contemporary representations of empire, racialization, and ecological crisis.

Estimated course enrolment:  45
Hours of work: 95 hours
Class schedule:  M 12-2 (lectures); M2, M3 (tutorials)
Dates of appointment: 1 September 2019 to 31 December 2019
Salary:  $45.33 per hour as per CUPE agreement

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of prior experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (agardner@chass.utoronto.ca).
Closing date for applications:  July 12, 2019

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.


CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE
 Teaching Assistant: one position (Closed)
VIC 205H1S
Empires II

This course examines literary representations of intercultural encounters in the context of imperial conquest and hegemony from the emergence of the modern nation-state through more recent developments in globalization. We will consider four novelists (Aphra Behn, Herman Melville, Chinua Achebe, and Shusaku Endo), each writing from a distinct cultural perspective, who represent encounters with the “Other” at different points in the history of imperialist expansion. We will frame our analysis of these literary authors with reference to several key 20th-century philosophical reflections on the relationship between the self and others. Drawing on phenomenological examinations of the same theme in the work Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Fanon, Buber, and Levinas, we will attend to the novel’s special power as a medium for encountering and imagining the Other in the context of colonial expansion and globalization.

Includes Texts By: Montaigne, Aphra Behn (Oroonoko), Melville (Moby Dick), Achebe (Things Fall Apart),  and Endo (Silence). Critical works by Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Fanon, Levinas, and Buber.

Estimated course enrolment:  45
Hours of work: 95 hours
Class schedule:  M12-2  (lectures); M2, M3 (tutorials)
Dates of appointment: 1 January 2020 to 30 April 2020
Salary:  $46.24 per hour as per CUPE agreement

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of prior experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (agardner@chass.utoronto.ca).

Closing date for applications:  July 12, 2019

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

 The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

 The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.  

The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.


CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE

JOB POSTING – Teaching Assistant: Two positions | CLOSED
VIC 202Y1Y Forms of Representation
Closing date for applications: July 13, 2018 

This course explores representation as a cultural and political problem. Representation is both a means of depicting or constructing reality and a means of constituting individual and collective subjectivities. We will consider literary and other modes of representation in their historical contexts.

Texts will span a broad historical range and are expected to include: Homer’s The Odyssey, Aristotle’s Poetics, the Bible, the Qur’an, Dante’s Inferno, Auerbach’s Mimesis, Russian Formalist literary theory, Eliot’s The Waste Land, Barthes’s Mythologies, Mahasweta Devi’s Imaginary Maps, and Foucault’s The History of Sexuality, vol 1.

Estimated course enrolment: 80
Hours of work: 190 hours
Class schedule: TR 12-1 (lectures); R1, R2, R3, R4 (tutorials)

Dates of appointment: 1 September 2018 to 30 April 2019

Salary: $44.44 / 45.33 beginning January 2019 per hour as per CUPE agreement

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of prior experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (agardner@chass.utoronto.ca).

Closing date for applications: July 13, 2018

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE

Teaching Assistant: One position  | CLOSED
VIC 203H1F Empires I
Closing date for applications: July 13, 2018

This course will examine the role epic poetry has played in the literary representations that accompany imperial conquests and hegemony from pre-modern times to the emergence of the modern nation-state. Using Vergil’s Aeneid and its reception as our thematic framework, we will compare the establishment, interpretation and reinvention of cultural forms of empire at local, national, transnational and global levels. We will read a number of literary responses to the Aeneid, paying particular attention to the tradition of epic poetry, to consider how these works have been used to celebrate, critique, or reimagine empires and imperialism. Theoretical texts, including the work of Bakhtin, Said, hooks, Gadamer, Latour and others will inform—but not determine—our exploration of Vergil’s reception.

Texts include: Virgil’s, Aeneid; Augustine, Confessions and City of God; Dante, Inferno and Purgatorio; Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra; Milton, Paradise Lost; Alonso de Ercilla, La Araucana. Critical Works by Bakhtin, Said, Gadamer, bell hooks, Latour, David Quint, and Charles Martindale.

Estimated course enrolment: 45
Hours of work: 95 hours
Class schedule: F 10-12 (lectures); F12, F1 (tutorials)
Dates of appointment: 1 September 2018 to 31 December 2018

Salary: $44.44 per hour as per CUPE agreement

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of prior experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (agardner@chass.utoronto.ca).

Closing date for applications: July 13, 2018

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
LITERATURE AND CRITICAL THEORY PROGRAM AT VICTORIA COLLEGE
Teaching Assistant: One position  | CLOSED
VIC 205H1S Empires II
Closing date for applications: July 13, 2018

This course examines literary representations of intercultural encounters in the context of imperial conquest and hegemony from the emergence of the modern nation-state through more recent developments in globalization. We will consider four novelists (Aphra Behn, Herman Melville, Chinua Achebe, and Shusaku Endo), each writing from a distinct cultural perspective, who represent encounters with the “Other” at different points in the history of imperialist expansion. We will frame our analysis of these literary authors with reference to several key 20th-century philosophical reflections on the relationship between the self and others. Drawing on phenomenological examinations of the same theme in the work Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Fanon, Buber, and Levinas, we will attend to the novel’s special power as a medium for encountering and imagining the Other in the context of colonial expansion and globalization.

Includes Texts By: Montaigne, Aphra Behn (Oroonoko), Melville (Moby Dick), Achebe (Things Fall Apart), and Endo (Silence). Critical works by Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Fanon, Levinas, and Buber.

Estimated course enrolment: 45
Hours of work: 95 hours
Class schedule: F 10-12 (lectures); F12, F1 (tutorials)
Dates of appointment: 1 January 2019 to 30 April 2019

Salary: $45.33 per hour as per CUPE agreement

Qualifications: MA in Comparative Literature or a closely related discipline. Demonstrated knowledge of critical and literary theory relevant to the course. Scholarly expertise relevant to the course material (as shown, for example, by dissertation research). At least two years of prior experience as a Teaching Assistant in position(s) involving tutorials or as a Course Instructor. Evidence of effective teaching and communication skills. Knowledge of some of the literature in the original language is a preferred qualification.

Duties: The TA will conduct two weekly tutorial sections, hold regular office hours, meet periodically with the instructor, and mark student essays. The TA will also keep a record of student progress, which will be used by the instructor to help determine final marks.

Application Procedure: Submit a letter of application, a brief Statement of Teaching Philosophy, and a current CV to Aphrodite Gardner, Centre for Comparative Literature (agardner@chass.utoronto.ca).

Closing date for applications: July 13, 2018

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

The Centre’s Hiring policy is available in the Centre office and at the CUPE Local 3902 office.

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