Research
Fellowships
last updated 19 March 2008
2008-2009 New York Prize Fellowship in Sustainable Cities and the Social Sciences
CIC/Center for Hellenic Studies Seminar on Ancient Greece in the Modern College Classroom
For the third year, the Center for Hellenic Studies and CIC will cosponsor a seminar on Ancient Greece in the Modern College Classroom, held in Washington, DC on July 14-18, 2008, for faculty members in all fields. Gregory Nagy, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, and Kenneth Scott Morrell, associate professor and chair of Greek and Roman Studies at Rhodes College, will lead the seminar on “Homer and Hesiod.” The seminar will offer faculty members an opportunity to extend their knowledge of ancient sources and develop strategies for incorporating them into their courses. For more information, click here.
The Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies at The Ohio State University
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
The Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies at The Ohio State University offers short-term fellowships (of one to four months duration) to support visitors pursuing post-doctoral research in Greek and Latin history and epigraphy. The fellowships pay for travel to and from Columbus and a living expense of $1,500 per month; they must be taken up between September 2008 and May 2009. Recipients are expected to be in residence during the tenure of the award and are encouraged to participate in the activities of the University.
The Center’s holdings include, in addition to a comprehensive library to support the study of Greek and Latin inscriptions, Arthur and Joyce Gordon’s photographs and squeezes of Latin inscriptions, J.K. Evans’s photo archive of Latin inscriptions from north Italy, J.M.R. Cormack’s papers, photographs and squeezes of inscriptions from Macedonia, Sterling Dow’s, A.G. Woodhead’s, and Benjamin D. Meritt’s collections of offprints, and substantial collections of photographs and squeezes of Greek inscriptions. The focus of the Greek collection is Attica, but there are numerous squeezes from other sites.
There is no application form. Applicants are requested to submit a curriculum vitae and a brief research proposal (not to exceed three pages) to the Director of Epigraphy, Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies, The Ohio State University, 190 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1002 or by e-mail at epig@osu.edu. The applicant should also arrange to have two letters of recommendation sent to the Director. All application materials must be received by January 31, 2008. Awards will be announced towards the end of March 2008.
ACLS OPENS COMPETITION FOR DIGITAL INNOVATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the opening of the third competition in its Digital Innovation Fellowship program, in support of digitally based research projects in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. These fellowships, generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, support an academic year dedicated to work on a major scholarly project of a digital character that advances the humanities and allied disciplines and best exemplifies the integration of such research with use of computing, networking, and other information technology-based tools. The online application for the fellowship program is located at http://ofa.acls.org; applications must be completed by October 3, 2007 (decisions to be announced in late spring, 2008).
The Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities invites submissions for its 2008 Julien Mezey Dissertation Award. This annual prize is awarded to the dissertation that most promises to enrich and advance interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of law, culture, and the humanities. The award will be presented at the Association's annual meeting in San Francisco, March 28-29, 2008, hosted by San Francisco State University and the University of California, Berkeley.
The Association seeks the submission of outstanding work from a wide variety of perspectives, including but not limited to law and cultural studies, legal hermeneutics and rhetoric, law and literature, law and visual studies, legal history, and legal theory and jurisprudence. Scholars completing humanities-oriented dissertations in SJD and related programs, as well as those earning PhDs, are encouraged to submit their work. Applicants eligible for the 2008 award must have defended their dissertations successfully between September 1, 2006 and August 31, 2007. Each submission must be accompanied by a letter of support from a faculty member.
Deadline for the 2008 award: October 15, 2007. On or before that date, the committee must receive the following: 1) three hard copies of the dissertation and dissertation abstract; 2) three hard copies of a letter of support from a faculty member; 3) one email version of the dissertation and abstract (pdf or word format); 4) contact information for the nominee. All materials should be sent to Linda Meyer, Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University School of Law, 275 Mount Carmel Road, Hamden, CT 06518
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, School of Historical Studies, Opportunities for Scholars 2008-2009. The Institute 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' 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. Candidates of any nationality may apply for a singe term or a full academic year. Residence in Princeton during term time is required. The only other obligation of Members is to pursue their own research. To be eligible scholars must have the Ph.D. (or equivalent) and substantial publications. Information and application forms may be found on the School's web site, www.hs.ias.edu, or contact the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Dr., Princeton, N.J. 08540 (E-mail address: mzelazny@ias.edu). Deadline: 15 November 2007.
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Announces Fellowship Opportunities
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) invites applications for its 2008-09 residential fellowships.
This sabbatical fellowship provides an opportunity for faculty to pursue priority research and expand their horizons while engaging in a diverse, interdisciplinary intellectual community. The Center considers applications from scholars in a wide range of disciplines and interdisciplinary areas in the social and behavioral sciences, and humanities.
The Center offers a supportive, stimulating, and peaceful environment in which to work. A CASBS fellowship award is considered a career milestone for any scholar, and most recipients report that the year had a transformative effect on later work.
The application form and guidelines are available at www.casbs.org. For additional distribution, there are PDF versions of the poster, and a text-only flyer, at www.casbs.org/apply/announcement. Applications for the 2008-09 fellowship year are due by June 30th, 2007.
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School for Advanced Studies in VeniceVenice International UniversityIsland of San Servolo
Advanced Seminar in the Humanities 2006 - 2007
Literature and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece, Rome, and the Near East
From November 6 to November 18, 2006, the School for Advanced Studies in Venice (SSAV), with the support of the Fondazione di Venezia, will offer a graduate seminar at Venice International University on “Literature and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece, Rome and the Near East”.
The program is conceived as a two year commitment over two successive years (2006 and 2007). The first session (November 2006) will consist of lectures by ten scholars with a seminar approach on the origins and development of literary genres and literacy in Ancient Greece, Rome and the Near East. Some of the lectures will run simultaneously and will be devoted respectively to the interpretation of specific classical and Near Eastern texts, with more focus on textual analysis. The faculty consists of scholars active in the field of Greek, Latin and Ancient Near Eastern literature, including: Alessandro Barchiesi (Università di Siena - Stanford University); Jerrold Cooper (Johns Hopkins University); Richard Hunter (Trinity College, Cambridge); Peter Knox (University of Colorado, Boulder); Fritz-Heiner Mutschler (Universität Dresden); Dirk Obbink (Christ Church, Oxford); Jack M. Sasson (Vanderbilt University); David Sider (New York University); Piotr Steinkeller (Harvard University). A full list of the faculty will be available on the website of VIU by the end of January.
The aim of the program is firstly to investigate the relationship between themes, motifs and structures of the texts, starting with the early examples of epic poetry and of wisdom and didactic literature; secondly, to examine the processes involved in their transmission and preservation in both oral and written forms. A variety of issues concerning the history of literate cultures will also be reviewed, such as, for example, the textual traditions, the creation and organization of libraries, the classification of genres, and the relationship between literature and politics.
In the course of the first session the fellows will identify a research project according to their own scholarly interests and under the supervision of one of the faculty. This project will be presented in the form of an essay of 20-30 pages in the second session of the seminar, which will be held during September 2007.
The second session will also host a number of lectures by invited speakers. The invited speakers in the last session of the seminar (2004 - 2005) were Walter Burkert (Emeritus, Universität Zürich), C. Grottanelli (Università di Firenze), Dirk Obbink (Christ Church, Oxford - Ann Arbor, Michigan), Simo Parpola (University of Helsinki), Jack M. Sasson (Vanderbilt University, Nashville), Alessandro Schiesaro (King's College, London - Università di Roma La Sapienza.
Knowledge of Greek and Latin, and/or of some of the ancient Near Eastern languages, is expected. Lectures will be in English. A good knowledge of spoken and written English is a compulsory prerequisite. The lectures will alternate with a series of visits to, for example, the Marciana Library, the Library of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, the Centro Studi e Ricerche Ligabue, and to the Basilica of San Marco. Other possible visits include Ravenna and Aquileia.
Fellows and faculty will be housed on the premises of Venice International University on the island of San Servolo, and lectures will take place there. Since most rooms are doubles, a room-mate will be assigned to the fellows for the duration of the program. Lunch and dinner are served at the San Servolo dining hall.
For each of the sessions, the program will cover travel costs (apex fare), transportation in Venice, room and board for the fellows accepted into the program.
The program is open to 20 fellows. All will be either in an advanced stage of doctoral research, or recently completed Ph.D.s. The candidates will be selected by a committee appointed by the School for Advanced Studies in Venice. The decision of the committee will be final.
Application deadline: February 28, 2006
Conveners:
Ettore Cingano, professor of Greek Literature, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
Lucio Milano, professor of Ancient Near Eastern History, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
For information and application, please contact:
Venice International University
Ref: Literature and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece, Rome and the Near East
Isola di San Servolo
30100 Venezia
Italy
Tel. +39 041 2719 511
Fax +39 041 2719 510
E-mail: classics@univiu.org
http://www.univiu.org/summer_06.htm