2025-26 Research Associateship
2025-26 Research Associateship
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About the Center
Founded in 1991 the Five College Womens Studies Research Center is a vibrant site of local national and international engaged critical feminist scholarship cultural production and activism from diverse perspectives. The Center has a rich history of supporting transnational work with a recognition of the diverse pathways and plurality of forms that feminist creative and academic scholarship can take. Located on the campus ofHampshire College the Center is supported by theFive College Consortium which includes Hampshire College as well asAmherst CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeSmith College and theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst. Since 1966 the five institutions have been noted for their cooperation and innovation in higher education and boast one of the largest concentrations of womens and gender studies scholars anywhere in the world. Research Associates are encouraged to take advantage of Five College and surrounding area libraries archives and resources.
Opportunities & Expectations
The Centers hub at Hampshire College includes dedicated quiet office space for Research Associates; a large seminar room; a community lounge; a flex office; and expansive outdoor space. Over the course of a semester or full academic year Research Associates undertake their projects within an interdisciplinary feminist community participating in regular weekly programming and special events across the Five College Consortium. Associates also share knowledge about their areas of specialization through workshops or symposia. An Associateship offers access to writing accountability groups; professional development workshops; networking opportunities with leading scholars and feminist makers; and surrounding area libraries archives and resources.
Research Associates are expected to establish the Center as their workhome for the duration of their appointment. A typical Research Associate week is as follows:
Monday: Morning coworking session with the FCWSRC Feminist Writing Community
Tuesday: Independent work punctuated by periodic excursions to Five College campuses and local cultural institutions
Thursday:Weekly cohort workinprogress sessions
Wednesdays and Fridays are reserved for solo work independent visits to archives and libraries and other selfdefined activities that support Research Associate projects.
Travel housing and living expenses are the responsibility of Research Associates. While we are unable to provide funding the Center is committed to supporting feminist scholars who are seeking funding to support their Research Associateship.
We recognize that travel or relocation for an extended period of time may not be possible for many different reasons. In addition to the Research Associate Program the Center cohosts scholars and creatives who are visiting the area to work with Five College faculty conduct research using local resources give guest talks or collaborate with others in the area. We welcome inquiries about possibilities for shorter term visits atthis form.
Important Dates
Decemberpm EST:Information session via Zoom with Director Program Coordinator and current Research Associates. Registration required.
January:30am EST: Application office hours and consultations via Zoom featuring individual conversations with the Director and Program Coordinator. Registration required.
January:59pm EST: Priority deadline for 1 scholars applying for the 202526 academic year and 2 prospective 202627 Research Associates applying for funding for which a conditional acceptance or host invitation letter is required. Scholars requesting a letter of institutional support for a funding proposal after the priority deadline must contact the Center to arrange submission of the same application materials. Unfortunately we cannot review materials from May to September.
March 15 2025: Notifications of acceptance are distributed to applicants; in April accepted applicants attend a preorientation information session via Zoom.
The Center is committed to supporting engaged intersectional feminist scholarship and values diversity in terms of background experience geography discipline perspective and practice. Faculty doctoral students approaching the endstages of their degree activists practitioners artists and independent scholars are encouraged to apply. Applicants work should be situated within and informed by the expansive fields of womens and gender studies feminist studies and/or queer and trans studies. We welcome projects engaging with specialist and emerging areas of inquiry as well as communitybased or creative forms of knowledge production and circulation. Local (to the Five College area) nonlocal U.S.based and international applicants are invited to apply.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
