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Call for Papers

CAUT's contract academic staff committee has extended the deadline for the Call for Papers to June 30th, 2012.

The Committee is seeking submissions to an edited volume on the causes, experiences and consequences of the shift to greater reliance on contingent academic labour in the academy. We are interested in original research on how and why this has happened and its consequences for the working lives of all post-secondary academics and their students, as well as anecdotes and reflections on the experience of contract academics. Our primary focus is Canada, but we are also interested in material from the US and UK for comparative purposes.

If you have research or reflections on this issue, please send an abstract of 500 words or less, an estimate of the length of the finished piece (3,000-4,000 words for reflections, 5,000-6,000 words for original research) and your full contact details to Robert Johnson by June 30th, 2012. Authors of accepted proposals will be contacted with details and deadlines.