Competition for the selection of postgraduate virtual seminars

• To support the training proposals of those postgraduate professors who are part of Working Groups, CLACSO Postgraduate Networks and CLACSO Associated Centers around topics relevant to the critical and creative analysis of the problems of Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Strengthening the training of students, public policy officials and civil society leaders through the development of exchange processes and academic debate through the CLACSO Virtual Training Space.

1. will be selected 12 proposals to be taught during the 2020 training cycle.
2. The proposals will focus on themes, authors, perspectives, and theoretical categories considered relevant to the development of the social sciences and humanities, from a regional and comparative approach.
3. Each Working Group, CLACSO Postgraduate Network, and CLACSO Associated Center may submit only one proposal. The teaching team will consist of at least one research professor with a doctoral degree or equivalent qualification and one assistant professor with postgraduate training. Team members must demonstrate theoretical and methodological training in the proposed subject, teaching and research experience, and basic proficiency in digital tools.
4. The proposal may be submitted in either Spanish or Portuguese. The seminars will be conducted in the language of the submission, without translation.

1. The Postgraduate Network team suggests the formation of teaching teams made up of a minimum of two professors and a maximum of five, who can perform different roles: coordination of the teaching team, teacher, tutor.
2. The seminars will consist of twelve work modules (one per week). The first module will be dedicated to the presentation of the teaching team, the students, and the work proposal, and the last module will be for the evaluation and closing of the course.

2. Seminar titles should be clear and broad, aiming to engage the widest possible audience. The following are good examples of titles whose programs were approved for delivery in previous editions:
   • Public policies and gender justice.
   • Collective memories and political struggles.
   • Technopolitics and digital citizenship.

4. Each module comprises a lecture, a discussion forum, and a list of required readings. No more than three required texts may be used per module, and students should be encouraged to consult the supplementary bibliographic resources. All texts must be digitized by the teaching team.
5. The class can be presented in written text format or as a video recording. If it is a written text, it is suggested that it include a minimum length of 10 and a maximum of 15 pages. When it comes to video, It must be 40 minutes long.
6. Each week, an activity will be held between students and the teaching staff. Teachers and students are expected to interact in the designated spaces. The teaching staff will provide comments and feedback on the students' contributions.

The teaching team:

1. You will need to set aside 4 hours in the two weeks prior to the seminar to familiarize yourself with the platform and to clarify any doubts regarding the seminar methodology.
2. You will assume responsibility for the development of the virtual seminar, which implies allocating and dedicating the necessary time to carry out the tasks involved in developing the training proposal. These tasks are:
   • Prepare the virtual classes and make them available to the students on the virtual platform well in advance.
   • Ensure access to the required and supplementary readings by uploading them to the virtual learning platform well in advance. The readings must be in the official language of the seminar (Spanish or Portuguese) and, preferably, should not exceed 80 pages per module. No more than two consecutive chapters from a publication may be included unless the copyright holder holds the rights.
   • Correct the final work and provide numerical and qualitative feedback to each student.

1. The teaching team will continuously evaluate students, taking into account academic criteria (content, discussions, and the final project) and pedagogical criteria (including student participation on the platform and in the forums). To pass, students must read the lectures and participate in the forums; submit the required assignments and reports or other work by the deadlines set by the teaching team; and submit an individual final project.

2. The teaching team will establish recovery opportunities for work submitted late or that has been disapproved, and will specify the criteria for its approval.

3. It is suggested that the final integrative work be designed taking into account the following evaluation models:

a) Write an analytical article that puts the topics covered in the seminar into dialogue with those of each student's research projects.

b) Select one forum from the course, synthesizing and analyzing the exchanges based on the questions and bibliography covered in the course. Present this analysis in the form of an essay.

c) Prepare a monograph that integrates the concepts or categories discussed in the seminar, specifically.

1. To participate in this call for applications, you must complete and submit the following documents online:

• Registration form with details of the teaching team.
• Proposed program for the virtual seminar.
• A complete and developed class (ideally, the initial class).

The purpose of this class is to provide the jury evaluating the competition with a sample of the teaching approach to be developed in the seminar. The teaching team will present a class, the digitized required bibliography for that module, a description of the participation and exchange activities between students and professors, and other supplementary materials.

• A brief presentation of the course in video format, with a minimum duration of one minute and a maximum duration of two minutes.

The purpose of this video is to introduce interested parties to the seminar topic. The following links contain some reference templates that can help you create your own:

https://youtu.be/cS1Hv4pQ5QM

https://youtu.be/ZpBmBLTI-78 

2. The deadline for submitting applications It is February 2, 2020.

1. The evaluation of the proposals will be carried out by a jury composed of members of the Steering Committee and the Executive Secretariat of CLACSO.
2. All proposals will be reviewed for their formal and administrative aspects by the CLACSO Executive Secretariat to verify their compliance with the terms of reference of the call for proposals. This includes ensuring that the endorsing centers are up-to-date with their institutional membership dues. Proposals that meet all requirements will be sent to the jury for evaluation.
3. The coordinators or teachers of each of the winning teaching teams will be notified by email and must sign a letter of commitment stipulating the obligations of both parties.

The results will be disseminated through the CLACSO website, social media and electronic mailing lists.

4. The selected proposals will receive support of US$1.500 (one thousand five hundred dollars) in order to ensure the semi-exclusive dedication of at least one of the professors.
5. Payment will be made in two installments. The first installment will be paid one month after the seminar begins (once the CLACSO Postgraduate Network coordination has received the final academic program, a brief CV of the professors, and the original signed letter of commitment). The second installment will be paid once the classes have concluded and the final evaluation of the seminar participants has been completed.
6. Payments will be made by bank transfer. These transfers can only be made to a bank account where the account holder, or one of the account holders, is a member of the seminar's teaching team. In all cases, it is essential to present an invoice or equivalent document, in accordance with the legislation in force in the professor's country of residence, and the name of the issuer of the invoice must match the name of the bank account holder.
7. The support may not be used to cover indirect expenses of the institutions that support the request.