Visiting Professor/Practitioner Program
As part of our project on studying the use and potential of human rights law and discourse to address economic inequality and its structural causes, the Rapoport Center invites affiliated faculty to submit applications for scholars or practitioners critically engaged with these issues to spend 1-2 weeks in residence at UT as a Visiting Professor/Practitioner (VPP). Ideally, affiliates will apply to bring individuals with whom they and their students would like to have interaction or collaboration.
Past VPPs
Spring 2019: Dr. Serges Djoyou Kamga
Nominated by Toyin Falola (History)
- Exploring African Identity and Identity-based conflicts in the context of the St. MU History Media Project (panel chair)
- A New Form of Bondage in Africa: The Role of Contemporary International Law (panelist)
- Illicit Flows and Africa's Development
- The Protection of Disability Rights in Africa and its Implication for the Right to Development for Persons with Disabilities
To view photos from Dr. Kamga's visit, please click here.
Fall 2018: Dr. Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso
Nominated by Toyin Falola (History)
- Mothers, Mothering and Survival in a Post-conflict African Context
- The US and Other External Actors in the Liberian Conflict and Peace
- Respondent to Professor Michael Albertus on "Inequality and the Elite Origins of Democracy"
To view photos from Professor Yacob-Haliso's visit, please click here.
Spring 2018: Dr. Bonny Ibhawoh
Nominated by Toyin Falola (History)
- Nationalism, Socialism and Human Rights: Assessing the Leadership Politics of Kwame Nkrumah and Julius Nyerere
- Truth Commissions and the Politics of National Reconciliation: Limits and Possibilities for Post-Conflict Peace-building
Fall 2017: Elizabeth Doud
Nominated by Paul Bonin-Rodriguez (Theatre and Dance)
Spring 2017: Khushi Kabir
Nominated by Jason Cons (Anthropology)
Application
Visiting Professor/Practitioner Program: Spring 2020
The Rapoport Center will soon enter the fourth year of a five-year project to study the use and potential of human rights law and discourse to address economic inequality and its structural causes, with thematic emphases on natural resource governance, labor and the future of work.
As part of this project, we invite affiliated faculty to submit applications for scholars or practitioners critically engaged with these issues to spend 1-2 weeks in residence at UT as a Visiting Professor/Practitioner (VPP) during Spring 2020. Ideally, affiliates will apply to bring individuals with whom they and their students would like to have interaction or collaboration.
EXPECTATIONS OF VPPs
- present research/work at a public event
- teach and/or participate in a UT class or seminar
- submit a working paper to be considered for publication in our Human Rights Working Paper Series
- be available to meet with faculty and students (graduate, law, and undergraduate) affiliated with the Rapoport Center
BENEFITS
- University ID which provides access to University of Texas libraries and facilities
- $1000 honorarium
- Travel and accommodation included
- Per diem (based on UT Accounting Policies)
NOMINATION PROCESS
Rapoport Center faculty affiliates are eligible to submit VPP nominations, which must include the following (in PDF format):
- An original letter of nomination from a Rapoport Center faculty affiliate. The letter must be on departmental letterhead, and must contain the following:
- A summary of the nominee’s research topics and interests
- Specific plans for the nominee to teach and/or participate in a UT class or seminar and present their research/work at a public event
- Nominee’s most current Curriculum Vitae, preferably in English
Nomination materials should be submitted to Sabrina Barton.
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
- The VPP’s length of stay is a minimum of seven days and a maximum of fifteen days, including weekends.
- Each VPP will have a fixed budget allocated for the following expenses: airfare, lodging, honorarium ($1000), and meal reimbursements (per UT guidelines).
- The Rapoport Center will help coordinate the processing of required visa paperwork for each VPP (ie. letter of invitation).
- Each VPP must submit a working research paper to be considered for publication in the Rapoport Center’s Human Rights Working Paper Series.
- The Rapoport Center is unable to cover visa, travel, or childcare arrangements for individuals accompanying the VPP (such as spouses or children).
- The nominator’s home department should provide office space and administrative support for the VPP’s academic activities while s/he is on campus.
- Before each VPP's arrival, nominators must provide the Rapoport Center with a schedule and description of the VPP’s planned activities (i.e. lectures, participation in workshops, etc.).
- Priority will be given to nominations where matching funds are provided either to extend the nominee’s stay or to provide additional candidates for this program.
Contact
Sarah Eliason, Administrative Associate