Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis Postdoc and Fellowship

FYI Deadline: December 15, 2007
For more information visit
http://rcha.rutgers.edu

The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis invites applications from all disciplines for post-doctoral and senior resident fellowships to be held during the academic year of 2008-9 from individuals working on Vernacular Epistemologies.

This interdisciplinary project considers forms of knowledge that diverge from, challenge, entangle with, and complicate fundamental categories or apparatuses most obviously identifiable with European Enlightenment. In thinking of and with 'vernacular' practices and knowledges, the seminar will also explore processes by which categories and performances were rendered 'parochial' or 'local' by taxonomic projects of others. By this means, we hope to ensure that contested and mutable categories from social pasts, even when translated and incorporated into cosmopolitan epistemes, remain salient for creative research and narration of complex histories.

In 2008-9, the seminar will discuss Time and Value. We will explore plural notions of time in the past, its valence in music, art, notions of history and narration, their differential imbrications with shifting ideas of value, historical subjectivity, and social life itself. Both categories offer rich potential for rethinking relationships between ethics and politics, exchange and redistribution, forms of numeracy, facticity and regimes of truth. (The Vernacular Epistemologies project will explore the theme of Body/Soul Mind in 2009-2010) We welcome scholars of all disciplines, geographic and temporal contexts, from within and outside the North American academy. Applicants need not be US citizens. Rutgers is an AA/EOE institution. The deadline for applications is December 15, 2007. Applicants and those interested in presenting a paper related to this project during 2008/2009 should contact the project directors:
Profs. Julie Livingston & Indrani Chatterjee/ Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis/ 88 College Ave/ New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8542/USA. Email rcha@rci.rutgers.edu, or visit http://rcha.rutgers.edu

University at Buffalo Humanities Institute Fellowships

FYI Deadline April 1, 2008
For more information visit


The University at Buffalo Humanities Institute, in collaboration with the UB Libraries, is offering three fellowships for visiting scholars and graduate students working on their dissertations to use the University's outstanding Special Collections, which include, among others, The Poetry Collection, The University Archives, and the University's 20,000 volume Rare Book Collection. The fellowships provide stipends of up to $4,000 to cover the cost of fellows' travel to Buffalo & accommodation and expenses during the time of their stay. Both graduate students at an advanced stage of dissertation research and more senior scholars are invited to apply.

* James Joyce Fellowship: For research centered on the writings of James Joyce, Modernism, Joyce-related research, research on Sylvia Beach, Modernist publishers, Modernist genetic criticism, Joyce's literary circle, his literary colleagues, or his influences.
* David Gray Fellowship: For research centered on 20th and 21st century English language and poetry and poetics.
*Charles D. Abbott Fellowship: For research that would be enhanced by any of the books, manuscripts, or unique documents in the UB Libraries special collections, which includes materials from the Poetry Collection, University Archives,The Polish Collection, The Collections of the Music Library, and the History of Medicine Collection.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Crane-Rogers Foundation for Current World Affairs Felloship

FYI due Feb. 1 & August 1
For more information visit
(http://www.icwa.org/index.asp).

The Crane-Rogers Foundation Institute of Current World Affairs invites applications for the John O. Crane Memorial Fellowship. The primary purpose of the institute is to provide talented individuals an opportunity to develop a deep understanding of an issue, country, or region outside the United States and to share that understanding with interested segments of the English-speaking public. Fellowships are offered for people who are interested in the study of East-Central Europe or the Middle East. The Fellow will spend two years in the fellowship site of her/his choice, exploring an appropriate fellowship topic of his or her own design.

American Scholl of Classics Studies in Athens

FYI due Jan. 15
For more information visit
http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/fellowship/fellowships.html

Predoctoral Fellowships offered by the School for its Regular Academic Program and for second year or advanced students provide a stipend of $11,000 plus room at Loring Hall on the School grounds, board and waiver of School fees. Fellows who choose not to live at Loring Hall, even though they can be accommodated, must make other arrangements with the Director. If for some reason a Fellow cannot be accommodated at Loring Hall, a cash allowance equal to the value of the room will be made.

Center for Comparative Immigration Studies Fellowships

FYI due Jan. 15
For more information visit
(http://www.ccis-ucsd.org/Programs/fellowships.htm).


The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies will offer a number of Visiting Research Fellowships to be held in residence during the 2008-09 academic year. These awards will support advanced research and writing on any aspect of international migration and refugee flows, in any of the social sciences, history, law, and comparative literature. The duration of the fellowship can be from 3-12 months, depending on the requirements of the project, but full academic year projects are
preferred. Stipends for predoctoral Fellowships are approximately $2,400 per month.

David Library of the American Revolution Research Fellowships

FYI due March 7
For more information visit
(http://www.dlar.org/).

The David Library of the American Revolution offers Research Fellowships for the study of America in the last half of the eighteenth century to qualified doctoral
candidates and postdoctoral researchers. The fellowship is intended primarily for researchers using the collections assembled at the David Library. Stipends are based upon $1,600 per month.

NIAS Fellowhips

FYI due March 1
For more information visit(http://www.nias.knaw.nl/en/fellowships/regular_fellowships/).

Information for scholars from outside the Netherlands: NIAS Fellows are selected from prominent researchers and senior scholars in the humanities and social sciences who have already made a significant contribution to their field. Scholarly achievements, reputation and quality of publications are aspects considered in the
evaluation process.

Fellows from universities or institutes outside the Netherlands receive financial
stipends, which are determined by the Rector on the basis of individual circumstances. NIAS strives to ensure a reasonable level of support, but the stipend
may not always be sufficient. Fellows are responsible for supplementing their means
of support. The maximum stipend that NIAS can award does not exceed half the gross
annual salary of a university professor of equal rank and seniority in the
Netherlands. In practice, this means that full financial stipends range from
approximately € 2000 to € 4100 per month.

Free accomodation is offered to unaccompanied fellows and housing at subsidised
rates to fellows who bring their partners or families. Accomodation is offered in
apartments on NIAS grounds and family homes in Wassenaar.

Please note, that NIAS is a residential institute and that regular fellowships are
awarded for advanced research during a full academic year, running from 1 September
till 30 June, although a five-month period is also possible. NIAS does not provide
fellowships for training programmes or educational purposes. Nor does it offer
courses, or financial support to conduct research elsewhere.

Newberry Library Programs

FYI due March 1
For more information visit
http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/short-term.html;
http://www.newberry.org/renaissance/renaissancehome.html

The Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies offers the Audrey Lumsden-Kouvel Fellowship for post-doctoral scholars who wish to use the Newberry's extensive holdings in late medieval and Renaissance history and literature. Provides a stipend of $4,000. Check the Newberry Library web site for additional fellowship listings. Citizenship: unspecified.

Folger Shakespeare Library Short-Term Fellowships

FYI due March 1
For more information visit
(http://folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=298).

Short-term fellowships are supported by the Library's endowments and carry a stipend of $2,000 per month. The criteria for success in the annual short-term fellowship competition are the same as those for long-term fellowships. Each year the Folger awards 30 to 35 short-term fellowships.

The Folger joins the American Council of Learned Societies in support of fellowships for recently tenured faculty in the humanities. Applicants must apply directly to the ACLS for a Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship, which carries a stipend of $75,000. Contact the ACLS .

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

The Lewis and Clark Fund

FYI due Feb. 15
For more information visit
(http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewisandclark.htm)


The Lewis and Clark Fund (initially supported by the Stanford Ascherman/Baruch Blumberg Fund for Basic Science, established by a benefaction from the late Stanford Ascherman, MD, of San Francisco) encourages exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geography, geology, linguistics, and paleontology, but grants will not be restricted to these fields.

Graduate students and postdoctoral and junior scientists wishing to pursue projects in astrobiological field studies should consult the program description and forms for the Lewis and Clark Fund in Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology
.

John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship

FYI due April 1
For more information visit
(http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/johnhopefranklin.htm)

This fellowship, named in honor of a distinguished member of the American Philosophical Society, is designed to support an outstanding doctoral student at an American university who is conducting dissertation research. There are two special features to this fellowship.

First, the objective of the John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship is to help remedy the serious shortage of faculty of color in core fields in the arts and sciences, by supporting the Ph.D. projects of minority students of great promise (particularly African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans) as well as other talented students who have a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial
disparities and enlarging minority representation in academia.

Second, the John Hope Franklin Fellow is expected to spend a significant amount of time in residence at the APS Library and therefore all applicants should be pursuing dissertation topics in which the holdings of the Library are especially strong, such as quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, computer development, the history of genetics and eugenics, the history of medicine, Early American political and cultural history,
natural history in the 18th and 19th centuries, the development of cultural anthropology, or American Indian linguistics and culture. The APS Library's extensive collections in these and many other fields are fully described on our website at www.amphilsoc.org/library.

Phillips Fund Native American Research Grants

FYI due March 1
For more information visit
(http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/phillips.htm)


The Phillips Fund of the American Philosophical Society provides grants for research in Native American linguistics, ethnohistory, and the history of studies of Native Americans, in the continental United States and Canada. Grants are not made for projects in archaeology, ethnography, psycholinguistics, or for the preparation of pedagogical materials. The committee distinguishes ethnohistory from contemporary ethnography as the study of cultures and culture change through time. The grants are intended for such costs as travel, tapes, films, and consultants' fees but not for the purchase of books or permanent equipment.

National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships

For more information visit
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/Lit/index.html

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MARCH 2008 DEADLINE (FOR FY 2009 FELLOWSHIPS IN
POETRY) WILL BE AVAILABLE IN JANUARY 2008.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) offers Creative Writing Literature Fellowships in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) orpoetry to exceptionally talented, published creative writers.Fellowships enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research,travel, and general career advancement.

This program operates on a two-year cycle with fellowships in prose available in FY 2008 and fellowships in poetry available in FY 2009. Creative writers who meet the publication requirements are eligible to apply. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. See "How to Prepare and Submit an Application" for the documentation that is required to demonstrate eligibility. Ineligible applications will be rejected. An individual may submit only one
application per year.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

UCLA Center for 17th and 18th-Century Studies Fellowships

FYI due Feb. 1
For more information visit
(http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Postd.htm)

The UCLA Center for 17th and 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library support postdoctoral, predoctoral, and undergraduate research in areas of interest to the Center and the Clark Library.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Glasscock Center Undergraduate Apprentice Accepted to Teach for America

Sydney Bachtell, a senior Communication major and Undergraduate Apprentice at the Glasscock Center, was recently extended an offer to join Teach for America (TFA), as a member of their 2008 Corps. TFA is an organization striving to close the educational achievement gap that is currently found in the United States. According to the organization’s website, they do so by recruiting “outstanding recent college graduates and professionals of all academic majors, career interests, and professional backgrounds who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity”.

Ms. Bachtell, whose hometown is San Antonio, has been offered a position in the Rio Grande Valley Region of Texas, and is tentatively assigned to teach Intermediate or Middle School English. She first became interested in the organization after hearing about it at a College of Liberal Arts career fair her Freshman year. She is currently Vice President of Lambda Pi Eta (the Communication Honor Society) and has played leadership roles in the MSC Wiley Lecture Series.

More information about TFA can be found on their website: www.teachforamerica.org.

Fellowships for Historians of Foreign Relations

For more information visit the websites listed below

* Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#bernathbook
* Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#bernathlecture
* Stuart L. Bernath Article Prize
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#bernatharticle
* Stuart L. Bernath Dissertation Grant
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#bernathdissertation
* Myrna F. Bernath Book Award
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#myrnabook
* Myrna F. Bernath Fellowship Award
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#myrnafellowship
* Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#Ferrell
* Norman and Laura Graebner Award
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#Graebner
* Michael J. Hogan Fellowship
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#hogan
* W. Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#Holt
* Samuel Flagg Bemis Research Grants
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#travel
* The Betty M. Unterberger Dissertation Prize
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#unterberger
* Lawrence Gelfand-Armin Rappaport Fellowship
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#gelfand
* Arthur S. Link-Warren F. Kuehl Prize for Documentary Editing
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#Link
* Georgetown Travel Grant
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#georgetown


The Bernath Memorial Prizes


The Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize, the Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize, the Stuart L. Bernath Scholarly Article Prize, and the Stuart L. Bernath Dissertation Grant were established through the generosity of Dr. Gerald J. and Myrna F. Bernath, in memory of their late son, Stuart L. Bernath, Ph.D.

The Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize
The purpose of the award is to recognize and encourage distinguished
research and writing by scholars of American foreign relations. The
prize of $2,500 is awarded annually to an author for his or her first
book on any aspect of the history of American foreign relations.

The Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize
The Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize recognizes and encourages excellence in teaching and research in the field of foreign relations by younger scholars. The prize of $500is awarded annually.

The Stuart L. Bernath Scholarly Article Prize
The purpose of the prize is to recognize and encourage distinguished research and writing by young scholars in the field of diplomatic relations. The prize of $1,000 is awarded annually to the author of a distinguished article appearing in a scholarly journal or edited book, on any topic in United States foreign relations.


The Stuart L. Bernath Dissertation Grant
The Bernath Dissertation Grant of $4,000 is intended to help doctoral
candidates defray expenses encountered in the writing of their
dissertations. The grant is awarded annually at the SHAFR luncheon held
during the annual meeting of the American Historical Association.

Applicants must be actively working on dissertations dealing with some
aspect of U.S. foreign relations history. Applicants must have
satisfactorily completed all requirements for the doctoral degree except
the dissertation. Membership in SHAFR is not required.

The Myrna F. Bernath Fellowship
The Myrna F. Bernath Fellowship was established by the Bernath family to promote scholarship in U.S. foreign relations history by women. The Myrna Bernath Fellowship of $5,000 is intended to defray the costs of scholarly research by women. It is awarded biannually (in odd years) and announced at the SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians.

Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize
This prize is designed to reward distinguished scholarship in the history of American foreign relations, broadly defined. The prize of $2,500 is awarded annually. The Ferrell Prize was established to honor Robert H. Ferrell, professor of diplomatic history at Indiana University from 1961 to 1990, by his former students.


The Norman and Laura Graebner Award
The Graebner Award is a lifetime achievement award intended to recognize a senior historian of United States foreign relations who has significantly contributed to the development of the field, through scholarship, teaching, and/or service, over his or her career. The award of $2,000 is awarded biannually. The Graebner Award was established by the former students of Norman A. Graebner, professor of diplomatic history at the University of Illinois and the University of Virginia, to honor Norman and his wife Laura for their years of devotion to teaching and research in the field.

The Michael J. Hogan Fellowship

The Michael J. Hogan Fellowship was established to honor Michael J. Hogan, long-time editor of Diplomatic History.The Hogan Fellowship of $4,000 is intended to promote research in foreign language sources by graduate students. The fellowship is
intended to defray the costs of studying foreign languages needed for research. It is announced at the SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians.

The W. Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship
The W. Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship of $4,000 is intended to defray the costs of travel, preferably foreign travel, necessary to conduct research on a significant dissertation project. The fellowship is awarded annually at the SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians.

Samuel Flagg Bemis Research Grants
The Samuel F. Bemis Research Grants are intended to promote research by doctoral candidates, by untenured faculty members, and by those within six years of the Ph.D. and working as professional historians. A limited number of grants of varying amounts (generally, up to $2,000) will be awarded annually to help defray the costs of domestic or international travel necessary to conduct research on significant scholarly projects.

The Lawrence Gelfand - Armin Rappaport Fellowship
SHAFR established this fellowship to honor Lawrence Gelfand, founding member and former SHAFR president and Armin Rappaport, founding editor of Diplomatic History.
The Gelfand-Rappaport Fellowship of $4,000 is intended to defray the
costs of dissertation research travel. The fellowship is awarded annually at SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of the American Historical Association.

Arthur S. Link-Warren F. Kuehl Prize for Documentary Editing
The Link-Kuehl Prize is awarded for outstanding collections of primary source materials in the fields of international or diplomatic history, especially those distinguished by the inclusion of commentary designed to interpret the documents and set them within their historical context. Published works as well as electronic collections and audio-visual compilations are eligible. The prize is not limited to works on American foreign policy, but is open to works on the history of international, multi-archival, and/or American foreign relations, policy, and
diplomacy.

Georgetown Travel Grants
This grant was designed to subsidize research by doctoral students in the archives of the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. The prize was discontinued in June 2003.

Truman Library Fellowship

FYI due Feb. 1
For more information visit
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/grants.htm

Dissertation Year Fellowships - Grants of $16,000 will be given to support graduate students working on some aspect of the life and career of Harry S. Truman or of the public and foreign policy issues which were prominent during the Truman years. One or two dissertation year fellowships will normally be awarded each year.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Fellowship

FYI due Feb. 15
For more information visit
(http://www.americancouncils.org/programs.php?program_id=NTc= ).

The National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Fellowship provides support of up to $40,000 for U.S. scholars conducting humanities research in any country of East-Central Europe and Eurasia. A wide range of humanities topics are eligible for support (see below); however, all projects must involve at least one collaborator from the region and field-based research in the region itself. In addition, applicants must hold a Ph.D. or other terminal degree and have a working knowledge of one or more of the languages of East-Central Europe or Eurasia, or be able to demonstrate that such language proficiency is not critical for the successful completion of their particular projects. Applications with a strong regional focus and the potential to strengthen academic linkages beyond the traditional centers are particularly encouraged.

American Historical Association Graduate Student Grants

FYI due Feb. 15
For more information visti
(http://www.historians.org/prizes/Grants.htm ).

The American Historical Association (AHA) offers the following grant opportunities
for graduate students:
a.. Bernadotte Schmitt Grants to support research in the history of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Individual grants will not exceed $1,000.
b.. Albert J. Beveridge Grants to support research in the history of the Western hemisphere (US, Canada, and Latin America). Individual grants will not exceed
$1,000.
c.. Littleton-Griswold Research Grant to support research in US legal history and
in the general field of law and society. Individual grants will not exceed $1,000.
d.. Michael Kraus Research Grant to support research in colonial American history,
with particular reference to the intercultural aspects of American and European
relations. Individual awards will not exceed $800.

Grants are intended to further research in progress. Grants are only available to
eligible AHA members. Funds may be used for, but are not limited to, travel to a library or archive; microfilming, photography, or photocopying; borrowing or access
fees; and similar research expenses. Citizenship: unrestricted.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Next Week's Events at the Glasscock Center

The following is a list of next week’s events supported by the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research and/or its affiliated programs:

**Monday, 12 November**
Glasscock Center Lecture “How Do We Keep Knowing?”: Elliott R. Wolfson (New York University) “Knowing the Unknowing: Mysticism and the (A)temporal Quest for Gnosis,” 7:00 p.m., Glasscock Building, Room 311.

**Tuesday, 13 November**
Co-Sponsored Seminar: Elliott R. Wolfson (New York University) “Alterity, Mysticism, and Ethics: Representations of the Christian and Muslim Others in Medieval abbalah,” 9:30 a.m., Glasscock Building, Room 311.

**Wednesday, 14 November**
Glasscock Coffee Come & Go: featuring Humanities affiliates from the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Glasscock Building, Room 311.

Faculty Colloquium: Patricia Phillippy (English) “Women in Document and Monument in Early Modern England,” 4:00 p.m., Glasscock Building, Room 311.

**Thursday, 15 November**
Graduate Colloquium: Leslie Gautreaux Edwards (English), “Creating the Domestic: D.H. Lawrence and Modernist Masculinity,” 4:00 p.m., Glasscock Building, Room 311.

**If you are interested in meeting with any of our visiting speakers contact Dr. Donnalee Dox at dox@libarts.tamu.edu
**For further information consult the Glasscock Center website at http://glasscock.tamu.edu/
**For current events at the Glasscock Center consult our blog at http://glasscockcenter.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Puffin Foundation Grants

FYI Deadline: Dec. 30, 2007.
For more information visit
http://www.puffinfoundation.org/grants/prospectiveapplicant.html

The Puffin Foundation continues to make Grants that encourage emerging artists in the fields of art, music, theater, dance, photography, and literature whose works due to their genre and/or social philosophy might have difficulty being aired. The Foundation does not have the means to fund large film/documentary proposals, grants for travel, continuing education, or the writing or publishing of books.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Elliott R. Wolfson of NYU to Present in the Glasscock Center Lecture Series "How Do We Keep Knowing?"

The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research is pleased to announce a public lecture in its continuing series “How Do We Keep Knowing?” Dr. Elliott R. Wolfson, Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, will present a paper entitled "Knowing and Unknowing: Mysticism and the (A)Temporal Quest for Gnosis," on Monday, 12 November 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the Glasscock Building, Room 311.

Professor Wolfson has published widely on Kabbalah and other topics related to Judaic Studies, including Luminal Darkness: Imaginal Gleanings from Zoharic Literature (2007), Alef, Mem, Tau: Kabbalistic Musings on Time, Truth, and Death (2006), and Venturing Beyond: Morality and Law in Kabbalistic Mysticism (2006).

Wolfson will also moderate a seminar on his work “Alterity, Mysticism, and Ethics: Representations of the Christian and Muslim Others in Medieval Kabbalah,” on Tuesday, 13 November at 9:30 a.m. in the Glasscock Building, Room 311.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, see our website http://glasscock.tamu.edu/, visit our blog at http://www.glasscockcenter.blogspot.com, or contact the Glasscock Center at glasscock@tamu.edu or at 979-845-8328.

Smithsonian Fellowship and Internship Opportunities

FYI due Jan. 15
For more information visit
(http://www.si.edu/ofg/).

The Office of Research Training and Services (ORTS) has the central management and administrative responsibility for the Institution's programs of research grants, fellowships, and other scholarly appointments. One of its primary objectives is the facilitation of the Smithsonian's scholarly interactions with students and scholars at universities, museums, and other research institutions around the world. The Office administers Institution-wide research support programs, and encourages and assists other Smithsonian museums, research institutes and research offices in the development of additional fellowships and visiting appointments.

Obermann Center and Center for the Book Seminar

FYI due Jan. 30
For more information visit
(http://www.uiowa.edu/obermann/medievalbooks/).

In summer 2008, the Obermann Center in collaboration with the Center for the Book will offer participants an exciting new research opportunity by bringing book artists and medieval scholars together in a two-week seminar that integrates scholarly study and engaged artistic practice. We welcome applications from book artists with demonstrated interest in medieval production techniques and from scholars of the Middle Ages whose study of manuscripts would most benefit from intimate, engaged materialist knowledge of the book. We encourage applicants from a broad range of disciplines that rely on manuscripts. Scholars in art history, history, languages, literature, musicology, and religion are encouraged to apply. Our objective is to advance scholarship of the medieval disciplines through an informed understanding of material manuscript evidence.Applications should demonstrate that a participant will bring topics of interest and importance to the seminar that would clearly benefit from a greater understanding of the physical nature of a single manuscript.

David Library of the American Revolution Research Fellowships

Deadling March 7
For more information visit
(http://www.dlar.org/).

The David Library of the American Revolution offers short-term Library Resident Research Fellowships for conducting research in its collections. The Library's rich resources in microfilm and print on virtually every aspect of the era of the American Revolution (1750-1800) are fully listed at this web site. The stipend is $1600 per month (plus housing), and the term of the Fellowship is a minimum of one month and a maximum of three. Both doctoral and post-doctoral applicants are welcome; doctoral candidates must have passed their general examinations before beginning their fellowships.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Q&A with Pamela Matthews (Associate Dean of Liberal Arts)

We asked Pamela Matthews (Associate Dean of Liberal Arts), who was recently a guest at our Wednesday morning coffee a few questions:


MGGCHR: How would you describe your academic interests?

Pamela Matthews: American literature & culture, women's & gender studies, higher education

MGGCHR: What is your current research project and how did you come to it?

Pamela Matthews: The one on hold since I became associate dean is a project on the figure of Joan of Arc in the U.S. I came to it accidentally, as is so often the case, because I kept coming across J of A and wondered why.

MGGCHR: What is the most interesting place you have visited in the last few years?

Belgium

MGGCHR: What is your favorite course to teach, and why?

Pamela Matthews: This one's hard. I like them all, so maybe currently, it's my once-a-week meeting with nineteen of the College's Regents' Scholars, team-taught with associate dean Larry Oliver.

MGGCHR: If you had the opportunity to invite any living humanities scholar to come to the Glasscock Center as a visiting speaker, who would it be and why?

Pamela Matthews: Louis Menand. He writes for the New Yorker (as well as teaching at Columbia, I believe) and has the most beautiful writing style as well as an incredible mind.

MGGCHR: If you were stranded on a desert island, what material would you want with you?

Pamela Matthews: Oh, my. My new BlackBerry, a set of the novels of Henry James, and plenty of blank notebooks and beautiful pens.

Q&A with Lawrence Mitchell (Department of English)

We asked Lawrence Mitchell (Department of English), who is presenting on Wednesday, 31 October on "Hemingway and Boxing: Reflections in a Mirror," a few questions about his work:

MGGCHR: What is your presentation's argument?

Lawrence Mitchell: That for a variety of reasons--insecurity about his own identity, a desire to escape the conservative middle-class environment of Oak Park, the need to find a counterpoise to his compulsion to write in a type of physical activity in which he might excel and through which he might at least exorcise his demons--Hemingway was drawn instinctively to boxing and to establishing credentials as an authority on the sport by fair means or foul. Thus he claimed to have been "initiated" by champions and near champions such as Harry Greb; made ridiculous boasts (e.g. knocking out the football team and the French middleweight champion with one punch), one of which (being thumbed in the eye by Greb) could be used to cover up his inherited weak eyes that kept him out of the army in WW1; bullied usually smaller men into sparring with him; wove stories from unidentified sources (e.g. Sherwood Anderson) into his own fictitious life history, mocked those he imitated (e.g. Ring Lardner, Gertrude Stein); and eventually came to see writing as a kind of fighting--especially with dead authors.

MGGCHR: How did you hit on the focus of your current research and what interests you about it?

Lawrence Mitchell: I have a background in boxing and have built a substantial collection of boxing literature. I have also and have written articles on James Joyce and boxing and Jack London and boxing. Much of the evidence of boxing in literature has been overlooked.

MGGCHR: What is the most interesting place your research has taken you?

Perhaps the Hemingway Room in the Kennedy Library, Boston.

MGGCHR: What is your favorite course to teach, and what makes it your favorite?

Lawrence Mitchell: Well, I enjoy all my courses--but the once-in-a-lifetime "London in Fact and Fiction" was special because I got to take the class to London during Spring break and had lunch one day at a pub called "The Ring" which displayed photos of famous boxers.

MGGCHR: If you had the opportunity to invite any living humanities scholar to come speak at the Glasscock Center, who would it be and why?

Lawrence Mitchell: Matthew Bruccoli who appreciates boxing literature and has written about Hemingway and boxing.

MGGCHR: If you were stranded on a desert island, what material would you want with you?

Lawrence Mitchell: The OED and Boxiana, Fistiana, and Pugilistica.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers Fellowships

FYI Due Jan. 11
For more information visit
(http://www.caorc.org/fellowships/multi/).

The program is open to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in fields in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences and wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance. Fellowships require scholars to conduct research in more than one country, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. It is anticipated that approximately ten awards of up to $9,000 each will be given to scholars who wish to carry out research on broad questions of multi-country significance in the fields of humanities, social sciences, and related natural sciences. All applicants must be U.S. citizens.

NEA Literature Translation Fellowships

FYI due Jan. 7
For more information visit
(http://www.nea.gov/Grants/apply/LitTranslation/index.html)

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) encourages applications for Literature Translation Fellowships for projects that involve the specific translation of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. Translations of writers and of work which are insufficiently represented in English translation are encouraged. All proposed projects must be for creative translations of published literary material into English. The work to be translated should be of interest for its literary excellence and value. Priority will be given to projects that involve work that has not yet been translated into English. Grants are for $10,000 or $20,000, depending upon the artistic excellence and merit of the project.

The Bellagio Study and Conference Center Scholar and Artist in Residence

FYI due Jan. 15
For more information visit
(http://www.rockfound.org/bellagio/bellagio.shtml )

The Bellagio Study and Conference Center in northern Italy offers Individual, Collaborative, and Parallel Residencies for scholars and artists. The center offers one-month stays for 15 residents at a time. Individuals in any discipline or field and coming from any country who expect their work to result in publication, exhibition, performance, or other concrete product are welcome to apply for a period of work uninterrupted by the usual professional and personal demands.

Study of the United States Institutes

FYI due Dec. 14
For more information visit
(http://exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/dec14rfgp.htm).

The Branch for the Study of the United States, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, invites proposal submissions for the design and implementation of five Study of the United States Institutes to take place over the course of six weeks beginning in June 2008. These institutes should provide a multinational group of experienced educators with a deeper understanding of U.S. society, culture, values and institutions. Four of these institutes will be for groups of 18 foreign university level faculty each, focusing on American Politics and Political Thought, Contemporary American Literature, U.S. Foreign Policy, and Religious Pluralism in the United States. The fifth institute will be a general survey course on the study of the United States, for a group of 30 foreign secondary educators. Applicants may only propose to host one institute listed under this competition.

ELSI Small Research Grant Program

FYI due Feb. 16
For more information visit
(http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-013.html).

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Next Week's Events at the Glasscock Center

The following is a list of next week’s events supported by the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research and/or its affiliated programs:

**Monday, 22 October**
Glasscock Center Publishing Workshop: With Jennifer Frangos (Associate Editor The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation), 10:00 a.m., Glasscock Building, Room 311.

Co-Sponsored Lecture: Jennifer Frangos (University of Missouri – Kansas City), presenting “Cunning Stunts: Sex Between Women in Eighteenth-Century England,” 7:00 p.m., Glasscock Building, Room 311.

**Wednesday, 24 October**
Glasscock Coffee Come & Go featuring Pamela Matthews, Associate Dean of Liberal Arts, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Glasscock Building, Room 311.

2007 Cushing/Glasscock Graduate Award Winner Presentations: by Jake Heil (English) and Rob Carley (Sociology), 4:00 p.m., Mayo Thomas Room, Cushing Memorial Library and Archives.

**Thursday, 25 October**
Graduate Colloquium: Victor E. Agosto Roldán (Hispanic Studies), “E-Poetry: Beyond the Paper and Pen,” 4:00 p.m., Glasscock Building, Room 311.

Call For Submissions: “Exploring New Media Worlds: Changing Technologies, Industries, Cultures, and Audiences in Global and Historical Context” to be held at Texas A&M University, February 29 to March 2, 2008. See the conference website at http://comm.tamu.edu/mediaworlds for more information or e-mail mediaworlds@libarts.tamu.edu with questions. The deadline for submissions is 20 November 2007.

**Individuals interested in participating in the newly formed Critical Geography Study Group should see the invitation on our blog at http://glasscock.blogspot.com/
**If you are interested in meeting with any of our visiting speakers contact Dr. Donnalee Dox at dox@libarts.tamu.edu
**For further information consult the Glasscock Center website at http:// glasscock.tamu.edu/
**For current events at the Glasscock Center consult our blog at http://glasscockcenter.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Common Feast, Separate Tables, or Bum's Rush: A Roundtable on the Humanities and Social Sciences

The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A&M University is pleased to announce the first of two internal roundtables devoted to the intersection of humanities and non-humanities fields of inquiry. The first, “Common Feast, Separate Tables, or Bum’s Rush: A Roundtable on the Humanities and Social Sciences,” will be held Tuesday, 30 October from 3:30-5:00 p.m. in the Glasscock Center Library, Room 311, Glasscock Building.

Cary J. Nederman (Political Science) will moderate a discussion among Jyotsna Vaid (Psychology), Sarah Gatson (Sociology), Dror Goldberg (Economics), Kim Hill (Political Science), and Cynthia Werner (Anthropology).

The point of departure for the event is the fragmented state of disciplines, in which various conceptions of proper scholarship populate the same metaphorical “restaurant,” where each discipline protects its place at the table. In particular, the roundtable will address the relationship between humanities research, which takes an interpretive approach to questions of meaning in human experience, and social scientific research that is informed by quantitative methodology.

A second roundtable, on “Humanities and Medicine,” will take place in spring 2008.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, see our website http://glasscock.tamu.edu/ , visit our blog at http://www.glasscockcenter.blogspot.com, or contact the Glasscock Center at glasscock@tamu.edu or at 979-845-8328.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Latin American and Caribbean Fellowships

FYI due Dec. 1
For more information visit
(http://www.gf.org/broch.html).

For the Latin American and Caribbean competition: completed applications should be postmarked not later than December 1, 2007. Final selection of Latin American and Caribbean Fellows for 2008 will be announced in June 2008. In 2007 the Foundation awarded 35 Latin American and Caribbean Fellowships for a total of $1,200,000 (an average grant of $34,285). There were 395 applicants.

Franklin Research Grants

FYI due Dec. 1
For more information visit
(http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.htm).

The Franklin Research Grants program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.

Franklin grants are made for noncommercial research. They are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication. The Society does not pay overhead or indirect costs to any institution. Grants will not be made to replace salary during a leave of absence or earnings from summer teaching; pay living expenses while working at home; cover the costs of consultants or research assistants; or purchase permanent equipment such as computers, cameras, tape
recorders, or laboratory apparatus.

Disciplines: Environmental & Life Sciences; Medical - Basic Science;
Social Sciences; Physical Sciences & Engineering; International
Opportunities; Arts & Humanities.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Q & A with Joan Wolf (Women's Studies Program)

We asked Joan Wolf (Women's Studies Program), who is presenting on Wednesday, 17 October on "The Maternal-Industrial Complex: Risk, Breastfeeding, and Motherhood in America," a few questions about her work:

MGGCHR:
Please provide a few-sentence description of your presentation's argument.

Joan Wolf: I argue that neo-liberal risk culture combines with an ideology of total motherhood to make breastfeeding something of a moral imperative despite the fact that the medical evidence for breastfeeding's benefits is weak and inconsistent.

MGGCHR: How did you hit on the focus of your current research and what interests you about it?

Joan Wolf:
Initially, I was interested in why academic feminists had said so little about breastfeeding, a process that requires an enormous physical and emotional commitment from mothers. I decided to glance through the medical literature to get a better grasp of precisely what medical benefits were attributed to breastfeeding. Several months later, I began to understand that feminism's relationship with breastfeeding was but one dimension of a much broader and more perplexing question: why, when the scientific evidence is weak and inconsistent, is there virtual consensus on breastfeeding's superiority?

MGGCHR:What is the most interesting place your research has taken you?

Joan Wolf: Mentally, well, I think a lot more about breasts than I ever thought I would. Geographically? I spent a very interesting afternoon in the Austin Babies R Us.

MGGCHR: What is the favorite course that you teach, and why?

Joan Wolf: Reproduction and the Politics of Motherhood. The course is constantly evolving, expanding, and, for me, endlessly fascinating.

MGGCHR: If you had the opportunity to invite any living humanities scholar to come speak at the Glasscock Center, who would it be and why?

Joan Wolf: Probably Joan Scott, who has an uncanny ability to ask penetrating questions and answer them in ways that are simultaneously systematic and nuanced. Or maybe Anthony Giddens, whose written work is often dense but whose ideas are sometimes stunning.

MGGCHR: If you were stranded on a desert island, what material would you want with you?

Joan Wolf: 1. The complete John Coltrane Impulse! recordings (or maybe just my iPod with an inexhaustible battery).

2. Foucault's oeuvre, Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, and cookbooks to read for fun.

3. Avocados and diet coke.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Critical Geography Study Group

Dr. Reuben Rose-Redwood, Dr. Wendy Jepson, and Dr. Tina Mangieri would like to invite graduate students and faculty to participate in an informal study group that will examine the philosophical underpinnings of recent scholarship in critical geography. The aim of the Study Group is to provide a forum to read and discuss classic and contemporary texts that engage with critical approaches to studying space, place, and the environment. We will begin by reading selections from Foucault's Security, Territory, Population (2007), Crampton and Elden's Space, knowledge and Power (2007), and Agrawal's Environmentality (2005). Subsequent readings will explore other approaches to critical geography, drawing upon a broad range of theoretical perspectives and empirical content. We plan to start out by meeting once every two weeks (or once a month depending on the level of interest). If you are interested in participating, send an email to Dr. Rose-Redwood at sredwood@geog.tamu.edu. Once we have a sense of the level of interest, we will then decide an appropriate time to meet that fits everyone's schedule.

Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship

Due Jan. 30
For more information
http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/).

The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) is a strategic fellowship program designed to help graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate doctoral dissertation proposals that are intellectually pointed, amenable to completion in a reasonable time frame, and competitive in fellowship competitions.

The program is organized around distinct "research fields," subdisciplinary and interdisciplinary domains with common intellectual questions and styles of research. Each year, an SSRC Faculty Advisory Committee selects five fields proposed by pairs of research directors who are tenured professors at different doctoral degree-granting programs at U.S. universities. Research directors receive a stipend of $7500. Graduate students in the early phase of their research, generally 2nd and 3rd years, apply to one of five research fields led by the two directors; each group is made up of ten to twelve graduate students. Fellows participate in two workshops, one in the late spring that helps prepare them to undertake predissertation research on their topics; and one in the early fall, designed to help them synthesize their summer research and to draft proposals for dissertation funding. Fellows are eligible to apply for up to $5000 from SSRC to support
predissertation research during the summer.

Foundation For the Future Research Grants

More information at
http://www.futurefoundation.org/awards/rga_home.htm).

Deadlines: Apr. 30, 2008 (preliminary grant applications); Aug. 1, 2008.

The Foundation For the Future conducts and funds a Research Grants Program to provide financial support to scholars undertaking research at a macro level that is directly related to better understanding the factors affecting the long-term future of humanity. The Future of Humanity Grants are $5,000-$25,000 only for subjects that are of interest to the Foundation.

Stanford Humanities Center Residential Research Fellowships

THE STANFORD HUMANITIES CENTER INVITES APPLICATION FOR RESIDENTIAL
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS.

EXTERNAL FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS

Open to scholars from humanities departments as traditionally defined and to other scholars seriously interested in humanistic issues. Fellowship term: September 2008-June 2009. Deadline: October 14, 2007

DIGITAL HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIP

Open to scholars whose research projects are critically shaped by information technology. Fellowship term: September 2008-June 2009. Deadline: October 14, 2007

HUMANITIES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FELLOWSHIP

Open to scholars who are not U.S. nationals. Proposals by applicants should focus on themes of international studies compatible with the mission of one of the research centers of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (the award co-sponsor). Fellowship term: September 2008-June 2009. Deadline: December 3, 2007.


More information at
http://shc.standford.edu (click on Fellowships)

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Next Week's Events at the Glasscock Center

The following is a list of next week’s events supported by the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research and/or its affiliated programs:

**Monday, 8 October**
Co-Sponsored Lecture: Osvaldo Pardo (University of Connecticut), presenting “Colonial Mexican Imprint Collection: Fall Lecture,” 4:00 p.m., Cushing Library.

**Wednesday, 10 October**
Glasscock Coffee Come & Go featuring Steve Daniel, Professor of Philosophy and ‘Featured Author,’ 8:30-9:30 a.m., Glasscock Building, Room 311.

**Thursday,11 October**
Africana Studies Colloquium: Bertram Ashe (University of Richmond), presenting “Wacky Fun with Jar Jar Binks: Post-Soul Blaxsploration in Aaron McGruder’s The Boondocks,” 4:30 p.m., Whitley Suite, Evans Library.

**Friday, 12 October**
“Five and Twenty” Glasscock Center Anniversary Celebration: featuring Larry J. Reynolds (English), 3:30 p.m., MSC, Room 206. Reception following at 5:00 p.m., The University Club, 11th Floor, Rudder Tower.

**Saturday, 13 October**
“Five and Twenty” Glasscock Center Anniversary Celebration: featuring Jeffrey N. Cox (University of Colorado – Boulder) and Katherine O’Brien O’Keeffe (University of Notre Dame), 9:00 a.m., Glasscock Building, Room 311.


**If you are interested in meeting with any of our visiting speakers contact Dr. Donnalee Dox at dox@libarts.tamu.edu
**For further information consult the Glasscock Center website at http:// glasscock.tamu.edu/
**For current events at the Glasscock Center consult our blog at http://glasscockcenter.blogspot.com/

Buttrill Endowment for Ethics Lecture

Dr. Jan Boxill to Speak in Glasscock Center Inaugural
Buttrill Endowment for Ethics Lecture

The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research is pleased to announce a public lecture to inaugurate the Carrol O. Buttrill ’38 Endowment for Ethics. Dr. Jan Boxill of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill will present a lecture entitled “Sport as a Public Forum for Ethics” at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 16 October, 2007 in the MSC’s Forsyth Center Gallery.

Dr. Boxill is the director of the Parr Center for Ethics at the University of North Carolina and has published on many aspects of ethics, including feminism and affirmative action, as well as sports. Her publications include Sports Ethics (2003) and Issues in Race and Gender (2000).

The Buttrill Endowment for Ethics will support an annual public lecture and a campus roundtable on a matter of current, general ethical concern, as well as support the exploration of teaching and research on ethics within specific academic disciplines

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, see our website http://glasscock.tamu.edu/ , visit our blog at http://www.glasscockcenter.blogspot.com, or contact the Glasscock Center at 979-845-8328.

The Schomburg Center Scholars-in-Residence Program

FYI due Dec. 1
For more information
(http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/scholars/aboutscholar.html).

The Schomburg Center Scholars-in-Residence Program assists those
scholars and professionals whose research in the black experience can
benefit from extended access to the Center's resources. Fellowships
funded by the Center will allow recipients to spend six months or a year
in residence with access to resources at the Schomburg Center and other
centers of The New York Public Library. The program encourages research
and writing on black history and culture, facilitates interaction among
participating scholars, and provides wide-spread dissemination of
findings through lectures, publications, and colloquia and seminars. It
encompasses projects in African, Afro-American, and Afro-Caribbean
history and culture.

ARCE Fellowships in Egypt

Due Jan. 18
For more information
(http://www.arce.org/fellowships/funded_fellowships.html).

ARCE administers fellowships for study in Egypt by students enrolled in
doctoral programs at North American universities and by post-doctoral
scholars and professionals affiliated with North American universities
and research institutions. Depending on the source of funding,
fellowships are granted for periods of betweeen 3 and 12 months.

The Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Competition

FYI due Dec. 18
For more information
(http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15586&flag2006=true&mode=V
IEW)

The Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP)
is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards through
this Request for Proposals (RFP). EAP's Regional Women's Issues Fund
(WIF), which has supported women's advancement in the region over the
past several years, will soon be available under the Economic Support
Fund (ESF) account for FY 2007-2008. EAP welcomes project proposals from
credible local or international organizations that address women's
economic empowerment, foster political participation, and/or contribute
to women/girls' freedom from violence.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

5 & 20: How Do We Keep Knowing?

The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A&M University is pleased to announce an anniversary celebration and symposium, “5 & 20: How Do We Keep Knowing?” to be held on 12 and 13 October 2007. This occasion recognizes twenty years of events and five years of growth as a named and endowed center, with presentations by three scholars who were instrumental in generating institutional support for humanities research at Texas A&M.

The symposium begins Friday, 12 October at 3:30 p.m. when Texas A&M’s Larry Reynolds, Thomas Franklin Mayo Professor of Liberal Arts, will speak in the Memorial Student Center, Room 206. A reception will follow at 5:00 p.m. in The University Club, 11th floor, Rudder Tower.

The second day starts with coffee at 9:00 a.m., followed at 9:45 a.m. with presentations by Jeffery N. Cox, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Colorado – Boulder and by Katherine O’Brien O’Keeffe, Notre Dame Professor of English, University of Notre Dame. Lunch will follow the presentations (RSVP for lunch to 845-8328). Saturday’s events will be held in the Glasscock Center Library, Melbern G. Glasscock Building, Room 311.

These events are free and open to the public.

For more information contact the Glasscock Center at 979-845-8328 or visit http://glasscock.tamu.edu/Programs_Activities/Conferences/5&20.htm.

Next Week's Events at the Glasscock Center

The following is a list of next week’s events supported by the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research and/or its affiliated programs:

**Tuesday, 2 October**
South Asia Studies Working Group Lecture: Itty Abraham (University of Texas), 3:00-5:00 p.m., Glasscock Building, Room 311.

Digital Humanities Lecture: Thomas Finholt (University of Michigan), presenting “Cyberinfrastructure and the Humanities: Using Advanced Information Technology to Explore New Modes of Thinking and Working,” 4:00 p.m., Evans Library, Room 204E.

Co-Sponsored Lecture: France Winddance Twine (University of California, Santa Barbara), presenting “Hair, Habitus, and Home Cooking: The Cultural Production of Blackness,” 7:30 p.m., Evans Library, Whitley Suite.

**Wednesday, 3 October**
Glasscock Coffee Come & Go featuring Daniel Conway, Head, Department of Philosophy, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Glasscock Building, Room 311.

Faculty Colloquium: Nancy Klein (Architecture), presenting “The Construction of Identity and ‘Architectural History’ on the Acropolis of Athens,” Glasscock Building, Room 311. If you have trouble accessing the paper-for-discusssion through the listserv message you should have received, please contact us.

Africana Film Series: Oscar Michaeaux, an African American film pioneer, screening “Within Our Gates” and “The Symbol of the Unconquered,” 6:00 p.m., 417C EdMS, Evans Annex.

**Thursday, 4 October**
Digital Humanities Lecture: Alan Liu (University of California, Santa Barbara), “Knowledge and Web 2.0: The Transliteracies Project and Social Computing,” 4:00 p.m., Evans Library, Room 204E.

Africana Film Series: Pearl Bowser (Society for Cinema and Media Studies), presenting “Oscar Michaeaux and His Circle: The Birth of an African American Film Culture,” 7:00 p.m., 410 EdMS, Evans Annex.

New Modern British Studies Working Group Lecture: Rebecca Walkowitz (Rutgers University), presenting “Making World Literature: J.M. Coetzee and the New Transnational Novel,” 7:30 p.m., Glasscock Building, Room 311.

APPLICATIONS DUE, 4 October: Co-Sponsorship Grants, Cross Disciplinary Travel Grants, Research Matching Grants, Working Groups

**Friday, 5 October**
New Modern British Studies Faculty Colloquium: Rebecca Walkowitz (Rutgers University), presenting “The Transnational Turn in Modernist Studies,” 2:00 p.m., Blocker, Room 203.


**If you are interested in meeting with any of our visiting speakers contact Dr. Donnalee Dox at dox@libarts.tamu.edu
**For further information consult the Glasscock Center website at http:// glasscock.tamu.edu/
**For current events at the Glasscock Center consult our blog at http://glasscockcenter.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Strategies for Finding and Competing for Research Funding

Strategies for Finding and Competing for Research Funding, a workshop by the Office of Proposal Development, October 3, 2007, 1-3 PM. Overview 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., 601 Rudder.

Overview of topics and generic strategies to enhance proposal competitiveness to federal agencies and foundations, including types of university research and educational proposals, identifying research opportunities, analyzing the research solicitation, understanding the funding agency research culture and mission, and understanding their view process. Simultaneous Breakout Sessions 2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Simultaneous breakout sessions focused on specific funding agencies and topics. (Aimed at researchers who are new to these agencies. Subjects such as agency mission, organization, culture and funding mechanisms will be discussed.)*

NSF (National Science Foundation), 601 Rudder *
NIH (National Health Institute), 301 Rudder *
Earth, Environmental, Ecological and Agricultural MissionAgencies, 292B MSC *
Social & Behavioral Sciences and Education Funding Agencies, 401Rudder *
Department of Defense and Department of Energy (includingNational Labs), 206 MSC* Note: This seminar will focus on strategic decisions that will enhance competitiveness of proposals.

Mechanics of the proposal-writing processare covered separately in a one-day "The Art of Proposal Writing"workshop that is offered each semester.

Registration for this free seminar is encouraged by not required. To register, please e-mail Libby Childress with subject line: Strategies for Research Funding, your name and department.

AAUW Educational Foundation Funding Opportunities

Various upcoming due dates on below programs.
For more information visit (http://www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm).

One of the world's largest sources of funding exclusively for graduate women, the AAUW Educational Foundation supports aspiring scholars around the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women are underrepresented.

The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research

The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research has various fellowships and research opportunities available for both U.S. and international scholars. For descriptions of the programs and more information visit
<http://www.nceeer.org/>

Defining Wisdom, The Arete Initiative at The University of Chicago

FYI due Nov. 19
For more information visit
(http://www.wisdomresearch.org/?CFID=1826052&CFTOKEN=70129494).

DEFINING WISDOM. The Arete Initiative at The University of Chicago is pleased to announce a $2 million research program on the nature and benefits of Wisdom. Once regarded as a subject worthy of the most rigorous inquiries in order to discern its nature and benefits, wisdom is currently overlooked as a topic for serious scholarly and scientific investigation in many fields.Yet it is difficult to imagine a subject more central to the human enterprise and whose exploration holds greater promise in shedding lightand opening up creative possibilities for human flourishing. In 2008, up to twenty (20), two-year research grants will be awarded to scholars from institutions around the world who have received their Ph.D. within the past ten years.

Q and A with Nancy Klein (Department of Architecture)

We asked Nancy Klein (Department of Architecture), who is presenting on Wednesday, 3 October on "The Construction of Identity and 'Architectural History' on the Acropolis of Athens," a few questions about her work:


Please provide a few-sentence description of your presentation’s argument.

The Classical Acropolis has played a singular role in defining our understanding of Greek architecture. Following the Persian destruction in 480 BCE, the preeminent Athenian sanctuary was rebuilt under the leadership of Perikles. The building of a new sanctuary for the city’s patron goddess demonstrates both the deliberate and symbolic reuse of architecture to create a visual memory of earlier monuments that were damaged by the Persian invasion of 480/479 B.C. and the creation of new architectural forms with an identifiably Athenian style.


How did you hit on the focus of your current research and what interests you about it?

About seven years ago, I was invited to study and publish the fragmentary remains of limestone buildings that stood on the Acropolis before the construction of the classical buildings most people are familiar with today. Beyond exploring the nature of the architecture and providing a reconstruction of the sanctuary in its earliest phases, this research provides a unique opportunity to explore issues such as the role of architecture in defining a sacred landscape, how these buildings relate to religious activities, and how the built environment both reflects and directs civic identity.


What is the most interesting place your research has taken you?

I can’t select a single place, but one of the big attractions of a career in architectural history and archaeology was the chance to travel to interesting locations. So far I have had the opportunity to study and work in England, France, and Greece, and to travel to many more countries as well.


What is the favorite course that you teach, and why?

ENDS 149, an introductory course to the history of western architecture from prehistory to the 13th century. It is a subject I find endlessly
fascinating and the class draws students from the whole campus, which creates a dynamic atmosphere for teaching.


If you had the opportunity to invite any living humanities scholar to come speak at the Glasscock Center, who would it be and why?

One of the first names that come to mind is Ursula K. LeGuin. I’ve read
her essays and works of fiction and heard her speak, and she always
offers a new and challenging perspective.


If you were stranded on a desert island, what material would you want with you?

All the books I’ve accumulated and haven’t had a chance to read.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Harriette Andreadis Answers Our Questions

We asked colloquium presenter Harriette Andreadis (Dept. of English) about her work, her presentation, and herself. Here is what she told us:

What is your presentation’s argument?

This presentation examines translations of Ovid’s Heroides as they evolve from the late sixteenth century into the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It focuses on the figure of Sappho in the fifteenth epistle as the principal guide to the trajectory of an Ovidian erotics that develops within a changing literary and cultural context in early modern London. My analysis begins with a brief survey of early translations and then explores in detail the additions, variations, and accretions that occur in the many editions (from 1680 until at least 1727) of “Ovid’s Epistles, translated by several hands,” originally gathered by John Dryden and published by Jacob Tonson both during and after Dryden’s lifetime, as well as the significance of the parodies of Dryden’s collection and the independent life taken on, a century later, by Sir Carr Scrope’s translation for Dryden of “Sappho to Phaon.” My work contributes to our knowledge of the life of literary coteries in early modern London, of early book history as it was guided by an important London publisher, and of early modern gender dynamics as they were mediated by London literary circles and their relation to the classics.

How did you hit on the focus of your current research and what interests you about it?

I was asked to give a plenary talk on Ovid's Heroides in London and so I extended a section of my 2001 book on English translations of the “Sappho to Phaon” epistle. What interests me most about the project is the new directions in which it has taken me, particularly in the history of printing and London literary coteries.

• What is the most interesting place your research has taken you?

Geographical? Intellectual? This project has taken me for a wonderful visit to London. It has also moved my thinking in some enjoyable new directions.

• What is the favorite course that you teach, and why?

I can't answer this. I like all my courses equally at different times and for different reasons. Mostly, for me, enjoyment comes from the triangulated dynamic between a given subject matter, my students, and myself. I don't teach material I don't like, so what matters most to me is the intellectual curiosity of my students.

• If you had the opportunity to invite any living humanities scholar to come speak at the Glasscock Center, who would it be and why?

Scholar/researchers I'd really like to hear and meet in person are V. S. Ramachandran, Antonio Damasio, and Michael Pollan.

• If you were stranded on a desert island, what material would you want with you?

Material? I'd want binoculars, flippers, goggles, and a camera so I could explore the flora and fauna on the island and in the waters around it.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Graduate Internships at the Getty

Due Dec. 15.
Find more information at
(http://www.getty.edu/grants/education/grad_interns.html).

Graduate Internships at the Getty support full-time positions for students who intend to pursue careers in fields related to the visual arts. Programs and departments throughout the Getty provide training and work experience in areas such as curatorial, education, conservation, research, information management, public programs, and grant making.

The Smith Rischardson Foundation Foreign Policy Dissertation Grant

Due Oct. 31.
Find more information at
(http://www.srf.org/grants/world_politics.php).

The Smith Richardson Foundation is pleased to announce a new annual grant competition to support Ph.D. dissertation research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, strategic studies, area studies, and diplomatic and military history.The fellowship's objective is to support the research and writing of policy-relevant dissertations through funding of fieldwork, archival research, and language training.

NEH and HEFCE Joint Information Systems Committee Grants

Due Nov. 29
Find more information at
(http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/JISC.html).

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the United States and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) of the United Kingdom acting through the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) in the United Kingdom are working together to offer support for digitization projects in the humanities. Collaboration between U.S. and English institutions is a key requirementfor this grant category. Each application must be sponsored by both an eligible U.S. and English institution.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

9th Annual Susanne M. Glasscock Humanities Book Prize for Interdisciplinary Scholarship

The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A&M University is pleased to announce the award of its 9th Annual Susanne M. Glasscock Humanities Book Prize for Interdisciplinary Scholarship to Lois Parkinson Zamora, Professor of Comparative Literature and Art History at the University of Houston, for her book The Inordinate Eye: New World Baroque and Latin American Fiction (University of Chicago Press, 2006).

Zamora will give a public lecture and accept the book prize for 2007 on Wednesday, 13 February 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in the Glasscock Building, Room 311.
The Inordinate Eye uncovers the transnational influences on Baroque art in the New World to determine how those relationships influence contemporary narratives and form points of resistance to European colonization. Latin American artists create a discourse of “counterconquest” that Zamora terms the “New World Baroque,” a hybrid form combining the diverse influences of indigenous, African, and European cultures in an effort to challenge the hegemony of Catholic and monarchical ideologies.

Zamora combines critique of visual art with discussion of fictional narratives to argue that an integrated understanding of each provides a better perspective to examine the epistemological structures that underpin modern and contemporary art in Latin America. The discussion ranges from the murals of Diego Rivera in the National Palace of Mexico City to the fictions of Jorge Luis Borges and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez. Zamora examines these artists and many more, and in The Inordinant Eye offers a comparative study that goes beyond the interartistic, exploring how diverse artistic media influence one another and provide a unified challenge to the colonizer’s gaze.

The Susanne M. Glasscock Humanities Book Prize for Interdisciplinary Scholarship was endowed in December 2000 by Melbern G. Glasscock, Texas A&M University Class of '59, in honor of his wife. Mr. Glasscock, CEO of Texas Aromatics, L.P. in Houston, Texas, and has, with his wife, made numerous other gifts to Texas A&M University. In July 2002 they generously endowed the Center for Humanities Research, which was renamed in Mr. Glasscock’s honor.

The Book Prize is chosen by a committee of two humanities scholars from Texas A&M and one from another university. This year’s committee was Suzanne Poirier (Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago), David McWhirter (Department of English, Texas A&M University), and Cynthia Werner (Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University).

Last year’s Book Prize winner was Beth Fowkes Tobin, Professor of English at Arizona State University, for her book Colonizing Nature: The Tropics in British Arts and Letters, 1760-1820. A complete list of previous Book Prize winners can be found on the Glasscock Center website at http://glasscock.tamu.edu.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

American Antiquarian Society Fellowships

AAS-NEH Fellowships information can be found at
(http://www.americanantiquarian.org/nehfellowship.htm).
Due Jan. 15.

NEH fellowshipsare for persons who have already completed their formal professionaltraining. Degree candidates and persons seeking support for work inpursuit of a degree may not hold AAS-NEH fellowships. Foreign nationalswho have been residents in the United States for at least three yearsimmediately preceding the application deadline for the fellowship areeligible. Mid-career scholars are encouraged to apply. AAS Fellows are selected on the basis of the applicant's scholarlyqualifications, the scholarly significance or importance of the project,and the appropriateness of the proposed study to the Society'scollections.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

The Eurasia Program Fellowships

Information for the Eurasia Program Fellowships can be found at (http://programs.ssrc.org/eurasia/fellowships/<http://programs.ssrc.org/eurasia/fellowships/ ).
Due by November 13, 2007.

The Eurasia Program is pleased to announce a fellowship program for research on the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the New States of Eurasia. Research related to the non-Russian states, regions, and peoples is particularly encouraged.

The 2007 Career Enhancement Fellowships for Junior Faculty

Information for the 2007 Career Enhancement Fellowships for Junior Faculty can be found at
(http://www.woodrow.org/about/currentprograms.php<http://www.woodrow.org/about/currentprograms.php> ).
Due by Nov. 30, 2007.

The 2007 Career Enhancement Fellowships for Junior Faculty will be funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by theWoodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The objective of the fellowship program is to aid the scholarly research and intellectual growth of junior faculty (men and women) and improve their chances forsuccess as tenured university scholars by offering support for twelve months of research and writing.

The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)

The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Seventy-five fellowships will be awarded in 2008 with funds provided bythe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Find more information at
(<http://www.mellon.org/> ).

NINES Workshop in Digital Scholarship

NINES (Networked Infrastructure for Nineteenth-century Electronic Scholarship) is offering a week-long workshop for scholars undertaking digital projects in nineteenth-century British and American literary and cultural studies. The workshop will be held at Miami University, Ohio, 22-29 July 2008. Deadline is 15 October 2007.

The workshop will provide a practical setting where scholars can develop their individual digital projects with other scholars who have shared interests, goals, and problems to be addressed. The workshop will focus on theoretical, technical, administrative, and institutional issues relevant to the needs of the specific projects. A three-day seminar on scholarly text encoding (with TEI) run by Julia Flanders and Syd Bauman of Brown University will begin the workshop. Michael Eberle-Sinatra of the University of Montreal will conduct a seminar on online journals, and Amy Earhart, Texas A&M, as well as Britt Carr, of Miami, will conduct seminars on incorporating Google MAP APIs into projects. Artist Ira Greenberg, author of Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art, will teach a seminar on visualizing data. Other Miami faculty and staff will teach seminars on scanning, project management, editing theories,
database design, and usability. Everyone accepted into the workshop will have lodging and meals provided. There will be a workshop fee of $400.

HOW TO APPLY
Applications should not exceed two single spaced pages. They should be headed with a
project title and a one-sentence description of the project. They should include as well a
developed project description that addresses each of the following matters:
• The scholarly rationale for the project.
• The technical and theoretical problems that face the project and that can be addressed in the NINES workshop.
• The expected duration of the project, its phases, and some description of the current state of work.
• The digital technology used or needed by the project.
• The technical support available to the scholar at his/her home institution.
Send applications by October 15th to: workshops@nines.org

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library fellowships

The UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library offer numerous fellowships for senior and postdoctoral scholars, as well as for graduate students. Note that not all of the latter are aimed at UCLA students.
Find more information at (http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Postd.htm). Fellowship deadlines are 1 February 2008.

Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Research Abroad Program

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program (http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-17526.pdf). Deadline 5 November 2007.

This program provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States.

Stanford Humanities Center External Fellowships

1. Stanford Humanities Center Fellowships - http://shc.stanford.edu/ (click on Fellowships)

The Stanford Humanities Center offers various fellowships with various deadlines, some as early as October:

RESIDENTIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
EXTERNAL FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS
DIGITAL HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIP
HUMANITIES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FELLOWSHIP

Applicants will normally be at least three years beyond receipt of the PhD by the beginning of the fellowship term. Eligible areas include, but are not limited to: history, philosophy, languages, literature, linguistics, archeology, ethics, comparative religion, and history and criticism of the arts. Proposals are welcome from the social sciences employing historical or philosophical approaches, such as social and cultural anthropology, sociology, political theory, and other subjects concerned with questions of value.

Monday, September 3, 2007

American Antiquarian Society post-dissertation residential fellowship

Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship at AAS(http://www.americanantiquarian.org/post-diss.htm) Deadline 15 October 2007.

Scholars who are no more than three years beyond receipt of the doctorate are eligible to apply for a special year-long residential fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society to revise their dissertation for publication. Established as the Mellon Post-Dissertation Fellowship in 1998, the fellowship has been renamed in honor of John B. Hench, who retires in August 2007 as vice president for collections and programs after thirty-three years on the staff of the American Antiquarian Society.
The purpose of the post-dissertation fellowship is to provide the recipient with time and resources to extend research and/or to revise the dissertation for publication. Any topic relevant to the Society's library collections and programmatic scope--that is, American history and culture through 1876--is eligible.
Applicants may come from such fields as history, literature, American studies, political science, art history, music history, and others relating to America in the period of the Society's coverage. The Society welcomes applications from those who have advance book contracts, as well as those who have not yet made contact with a publisher. The twelve-month stipend for this fellowship is $35,000.

Mellon Humanities Post-Doc at Wesleyan University

Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (http://www.wesleyan.edu/chum/mellon.html). Deadline 1 November 2007.
Scholars who have received their Ph.D. degree after June 2005 in any field of inquiry in the humanities or humanistic social sciences—broadly conceived—are invited to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship, made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Wesleyan University. The purpose of this Fellowship is to provide scholars who have recently completed their Ph.D.’s with free time to further their own work in a cross-disciplinary setting, and to associate them with a distinguished faculty.
One Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow will be appointed to the Wesleyan University Center for the Humanities for the whole academic year, 2008-2009, and each Fellow will be awarded a stipend of $40,000. He or she will teach a one-semester undergraduate course; participate in the collegial life of the Center for the Humanities, which sponsors conferences, lectures, and colloquia; and give one public lecture. The Fellow will be provided with an office at the Center for the Humanities, and will be expected to work there on weekdays while the university is in session, and to reside in Middletown. The Theme for 2008-2009 will be “The Business of the University in an Age of Knowledge Transformations”, please visit our website www.wesleyan.edu/chum for a complete description of the theme. Scholars whose interests bear upon this theme are encouraged to apply for the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Friday, August 31, 2007

Fullbright-Hays Fellowships

The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program (http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-17362.pdf). Deadline 30 October.

The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program offers opportunities to faculty of Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to engage in research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.019A. Applications for grants under the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program -CFDA Number 84.019A must be submitted electronically using e-Application available through the Department's e-Grants system, accessible through the e-Grants portal page at: http://e-grants.ed.gov/ . While completing the electronic application, both the IHE and the faculty applicant will be entering data online that will be saved into a database.

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Fellowship opportunities

Below is information about grant and fellowship opportunities in the humanities (thanks to Mike Cronan and the Office of Proposal Development).

1. Getty Center for the History of Art and Humanities - deadline 1 November 1 (http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/index.html).

The Getty provides nonresidential grants to support scholars in the history of the visual arts and related fields throughout the world, as well as residential grants and fellowships at the Getty Center and Getty Villa. Grant amounts generally range from $25,000 to $250,000; the majority of grants are under $100,000. Grant periods range from one to three years, depending on the type of grant, and grants are not renewable. These include Grants for Nonresidential Scholars, Postdoctoral Fellowships, Collaborative Research Grants, and Grants for Residential Scholars.

2. Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., offers research fellowships to encourage access to its collections and to encourage ongoing cross-disciplinary dialogue among scholars of the early modern period. Each year it offers long-term (six to nine months) and short-term (one to three months) fellowships. Deadlines vary - see http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=298.

3. U.S. Department of Education Jacob K. Javits Fellowships (http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html) - deadline 15 October 2007
The purpose of the Jacob K. Javits (JKJ) Fellowship Program is to award fellowships to eligible students of superior ability, selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise, to undertake graduate study in specific fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences leading to a doctoral degree or to a master's degree in those fields in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded in the selected field of study at accredited institutions of higher education.

4. McNeil Center for Early American Studies Postdoctoral Fellow- (http://www.mceas.org/postdoctoralfellowship.htm) - deadline 1 November
The McNeil Center will appoint a recent recipient of the PhD as a Postdoctoral Fellow for a two-year term beginning 1 July 2008. During the two-year term of appointment, the fellow will teach three courses in an appropriate department at the University of Pennsylvania. All McNeil Center fellows are expected to be in residence during the academic year and to participate in the Center's program of seminars and other activities. Applicants must have earned the PhD no earlier than 2003 in American History, American Literature, American Studies, or a closely allied field and must have the degree in hand when the term of appointment commences.

5. Loeb Classical Library Foundation - Classical Studies grants (http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~lclf/) - deadline 1 November

The Loeb Classical Library Foundation will award grants to qualified scholars to support research, publication, and other projects in the area of classical studies during the academic year 2008-2009. Grants will normally range from $1,000 to $35,000. From time to time a much larger grant may be available, as funding permits, to support a major project. Applicants must have faculty or faculty emeritus status at the time of application. Grants may be used for a wide variety of purposes.

6. The Institute for Humane Studies http://www.theihs.org/scholarships/ -deadline 15 January
Each year IHS awards over $400,000 in scholarships to students from universities around the world. IHS also sponsors the attendance of hundreds of students at its summer seminars and provides various forms of career assistance. Through these and other programs, the Institute promotes the study of liberty across a broad range of disciplines, encouraging understanding, open inquiry, rigorous scholarship, and creative problem-solving.

7. ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships - deadline 3 October
FYI due Oct. 3(http://www.acls.org/difguide.htm).
The American Council of Learned Societies invites applications for the third annual competition for the ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships. This program supports digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. Fellowships are intended to support an academic year dedicated to work on a major scholarly project that takes a digital form. ACLS will award up to five ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships. Each fellowship carries a stipend of up to $55,000 toward an academic year’s leave and provides for project costs of up to $25,000.

8. Dumbarton Oaks (http://www.doaks.org/project_grants.html). Deadline 1 November
Dumbarton Oaks makes a limited number of grants to assist with scholarly projects in Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies, and Garden and Landscape Studies. The normal range of awards is $3,000 to $10,000. Support is generally for archaeological research, as well as for the recovery, recording, and analysis of materials that would otherwise be lost.

9. AAS Fellowship - (http://www.americanantiquarian.org/acafellowship.htm). Deadline 15 January
The American Antiquarian Society offers short-term visiting academic research fellowships tenable for one to three months each year. AAS also offers long-term fellowships (http://www.americanantiquarian.org/longterm.htm), intended for scholars beyond the doctorate.

10. Spencer Foundation dissertation fellowships (http://www.spencer.org/programs/fellows/dissertation.htm). Deadline 2 November.
The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $25,000 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. Graduate study may be in any academic discipline or professional field.

11. APS The John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/johnhopefranklin.htm Deadline 1 April 2008
Named in honor of a distinguished member of the American Philosophical Society, the fellowship is designed to support an outstanding doctoral student at an American university who is conducting dissertation research. The John Hope Franklin Fellow is expected to spend a significant amount of time in residence at the APS Library, and, therefore, all applicants should be pursuing dissertation topics in which the holdings of the APS Library are especially strong, such as early American history, the study of natural history in the 18th and 19th centuries, American Indian linguistics and culture, the development of cultural anthropology, the history of genetics and eugenics, nuclear physics, quantum mechanics, or computer development.

12. Brown University, Howard Foundation Grants ( http://brown.edu/Divisions/Graduate_School/Howard_Foundation/). Deadline 15 November
The Foundation awards a limited number of fellowships each year for independent projects in fields selected on a rotation of topics. Approximately ten fellowships will be offered for the 2008-2009 fellowship year in Music as well as Playwriting and Theatre Studies.

13. Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars (http://www.acls.org/burkguide.htm). Deadline 3 October.
The ACLS invites applications for the ninth annual competition for the Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars. These fellowships support long-term, unusually ambitious projects in the humanities and related social sciences. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant that will take the form of a monograph or other equally substantial form of scholarship. Burkhardt Fellowships are intended to support an academic year (normally nine months) of residence at any one of the national residential research centers participating in the program. ACLS will award up to nine Burkhardt Fellowships, depending on the availability of funds, in this competition year. Each fellowship carries a stipend of $75,000.

14. Institute for Advanced Study - School of Historical Studies (http://www.hs.ias.edu/hsannoun.htm). Deadline 15 November.
The Institute for Advanced Study is an independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, without the obligations and distractions associated with the teaching of undergraduates. Scholars from around the world come to the Institute to pursue their own research. Those chosen are offered membership for a set period and a stipend. The Institute provides access to extensive resources including offices, libraries, subsidized restaurant and housing facilities, and some secretarial services.
Open to all fields of historical research, the School of Historical Studies's principal interests are the history of western, near eastern and far eastern civilizations, with particular emphasis upon Greek and Roman civilization, the history of Europe (medieval, early modern, and modern), the Islamic world, East Asian studies, the history of art, the history of science, modern international relations, and music studies.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS include the Ph.D. (or equivalent) at the time of application and a substantial record of publication. The School takes into account the stage of the scholar’s academic career when considering the list of publications, but in general applicants should have at least several articles already published in scholarly publications in order to be considered eligible. Qualified candidates of any nationality are invited to apply. Scholars are not required to have a current institutional affiliation.