University of Toronto
Department of French
Emergency Job Posting – Teaching Assistant
Summer 2024 (May 6 – June 30)
Posted on April 18, 2024
The French Department seeks 1 Teaching Assistant for the following course:
FCS292H1F - Love, Sex and Desire in French Literature and Cinema
This online, asynchronous course will explore the themes of love, sex and desire in French literature and cinema through close reading, analysis, and interpretation of three major novels from the eighteenth to the twentieth literature. A comparative approach based on various examples taken from literary, philosophical texts and from film adaptations will examine the concept of love and its many definitions. Selections from ancient and modern philosophical texts on love, sex, and desire will be the starting point of our discussions: Ovid, "The Art of Love", Plato, "The Symposium", Bataille, "Eroticism", Beauvoir, "The Woman in Love", and Foucault, "The History of Sexuality".
Minimum Qualifications
Doctoral student in French Studies. Knowledge of French culture and literature, native(-like) written mastery of English.
Preferred Qualifications
Excellent written mastery of French. Extensive knowledge of the use of Quercus, specifically test manager and communication tools.
Relevant Criterion
Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position.
Duties:
Marking of assignments; meeting with course instructor.
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.
Final availability of the position(s) is contingent upon enrolment, budgetary consideration and the determination of appointments as governed by the collective agreement.
Hours of work:
30 hours
Course Enrolment:
70 students
Rate of Pay:
SGS II - $51.93/hour (+ vacation pay)
Application Process
Applicants should submit a cover letter addressed to Professor Michaël Friesner, Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies, and a current curriculum vitae by April 25th, 2024 at 5:00 PM. Applications should be sent to: M. Phonsavatdy, Undergraduate Counsellor and Administrative Assistant.
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The hiring criteria for Course Instructors positions are academic qualifications, the need to acquire experience, previous teaching experience and previous satisfactory employment under the provisions of this 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, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
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.
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.
The position(s) posted above is (are) tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolments.
Positions posted here are open to Graduate Students in the School of Graduate Studies, Postdoctoral Fellows and Undergraduate Students in the University of Toronto.