Grant Activity: The Franco-American Commission is pleased to announce the following distinguished chair opportunities. Each proposal is for one specific academic semester only. Interested candidates should submit a formal letter of invitation from one of the participating institutions; please contact the coordinator at the host institution indicated in the award description. The fall semester award is for business law only at the University of Cergy Pontoise. Teaching Responsibilities: two two-hour seminars per week at Master 2 level; four 2-hour conferences at Master 1 and 2 levels; three lectures to be given outside the host institution (to be organized by host institution); office hours, student advising, grading of exams; and collaborative research with colleagues in the Law School. The spring semester award is for public health only at Medical School and School of Public Health, University of Paris South (Paris XI) and INSERM Unit 822. Teaching Responsibilities: a semester long, 30 hour Master 2 level course on public policy and healthcare: international, comparative perspective; a semester long, 30 hour doctoral seminar on public policy and healthcare in the U.S.; three lectures to be given outside the host institution (to be organized by host institution); office hours, student advising, grading of exams; and collaborative research with colleagues at Medical School and School of Public Health, University of Paris South 11 and INSERM.
Specialization(s): For business law: business ethics. For public health: health economics.
Language: The spring semester award requires both English and French, whereas the fall semester requires only English.
Additional Qualifications: Recognition as a scholar and a teacher with rank of full professor is required.
Location: Cergy-Pontoise University; University of Paris South (Paris XI)
Length of Grant: 4 months
Starting Date: See comments.
Comments: The Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair in American Studies was offered for the first time in 2005, marking the bicentennial of the birth of Alexis de Tocqueville, the famous French historian, politician and author of "Democracy in America". For the fall semester (September 2009-January 2010), business law is available at: Law School, University of Cergy Pontoise, www.u-cergy.fr/rubrique15.html. Contact person: Roxana Family, Vice Dean of the Law School, Roxana.family@u-cergy.fr or chaire.ethiquedesaffaires@ml.u-cergy.fr. For the spring (January 2010-June 2010), public health is available at: Medical School and School of Public Health, University of Paris South 11, www.ecole-sante-publique-psud.fr and INSERM Unit 822 Reproductive Health, Sexuality, HIV Infection: Epidemiology, Demography, Social Sciences, www.u822.idf.inserm.fr. Contact person: Alfred Spira, Director of the School of Public Health, spira@vjf.inserm.fr. Interested candidates should submit a formal letter of invitation from the institution. Contact at the Franco-American Commission: Dr. Amy Tondu, Head of the American Section, atondu@fulbright-france.org, tel. 33.1.44.14.53.64 (except Wednesday afternoons).
