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Job Posting – Teaching Assistant Position
Fall Term 2025 (September to December)
**THIS IS AN EMERGENCY POSTING**
Posted on August 11, 2025
Closing date: August 18, 2025
The ATCJS seeks 1 Teaching Assistants for the following course:
CJS444H-S –Topics in the Study of Antisemitism
This seminar explores in depth one of the many theoretical or methodological issues that confront scholars of antisemitism. Possible topics include: definitions of antisemitism and their purposes; philosemitism and its conceptual and real connection with antisemitism; Jewish self-hatred; contextualist vs eternalist accounts of antisemitism; classic and contemporary theories of antisemitism.
Qualifications
Applicants should have at least an MA in History, Sociology or Philosophy, preferably with a concentration in Jewish Studies. First consideration will be given to full-time graduate students at the University of Toronto.
Relevant Criterion
Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position.
Duties
- Attending weekly lectures in-person
- Responding to student inquiries
- Grading assignments
- Assisting with setting up and maintaining course webpage on Quercus
Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.
Class Schedule: Monday 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Dates of Appointment: September 2 – December 23, 2025
Hours of work: approx. 100 hours
Estimated Course Enrolment: 40 students
Rate of Pay: $52.97 (+ vacation pay)
Application Process
This is an emergency posting. Applicants should submit a cover letter, C.V., and names of two references.
Applications should be sent to the attention of Professor Anna Shternshis by Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. The email applications should be sent to is: cjs.toronto@utoronto.ca.
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The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission. The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca. During employment, to request accommodation from the University, contact the supervisor or department chair and/or Health & Wellbeing Programs & Services at hwb@utoronto.ca. For more information about accommodations at U of T, please visit our Accommodation webpage.
The hiring criteria for Teaching Assistant positions are academic qualifications, the need to acquire experience, previous experience and previous satisfactory employment under the provisions of this Collective Agreement.
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.
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.
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.
Preference in hiring shall be given to Graduate Students enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto or those who have made application to be enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto.
EMERGENCY Job Posting – Teaching Assistant Position
Fall Term 2025 (September to December)
Posted on Monday, August 18, 2025
Closing date: Friday, August 22, 2025
**Emergency Posting
CRE373H-F – Archives and the Art of Memory
Fall Semester, Wednesday 1 pm - 3pm
Instructor: Anna Shternshis
What is an Archive? What kind of history and culture does it Preserve? Or does it bury things forever? Who gets to be an archivist and who gets to tell the story? How can an archive preserve the stories of marginalized people? Can voices from the archive be brought back to life? In the context of a series of readings, presentations and projects the course focuses on case studies of government-housed and sponsored archives, family archives, archives of cultural institutions, grassroot archival initiatives, and of course digital archives. Each student will have an opportunity to produce an artistic project based on an archival research or create their own imaginary archive.
Qualifications
Applicants should have at least an MA in Comparative Literature, Diaspora and Transnational Studies, History, or another relevant discipline, preferably with a concentration in Jewish Studies. First consideration will be given to full-time graduate students at the University of Toronto.
Relevant Criterion
Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position.
Duties
• Attending weekly lectures in-person
• Responding to student inquiries
• Grading assignments
• Assisting with setting up and maintaining course webpage on Quercus
Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located.
Class Schedule: Wednesdays from 1-3pm
Dates of Appointment: September 2 – December 23, 2025
Hours of work: approx. 100 hours
Estimated Course Enrolment: 45 students
Rate of Pay: $52.97 (+ vacation pay)
Application Process
Applicants should submit a cover letter, C.V., and names of two references.
Applications should be sent to the attention of Professor Anna Shternshis by August 22, 2025. The email applications should be sent to is: jewish.studies@utoronto.ca.
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The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission. The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca. During employment, to request accommodation from the University, contact the supervisor or department chair and/or Health & Wellbeing Programs & Services at hwb@utoronto.ca. For more information about accommodations at U of T, please visit our Accommodation webpage.
The hiring criteria for Teaching Assistant positions are academic qualifications, the need to acquire experience, previous experience and previous satisfactory employment under the provisions of this Collective Agreement.
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.
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.
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.
Preference in hiring shall be given to Graduate Students enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto or those who have made application to be enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto.