Minority Scholarship in Classics and Classical Archaeology
The Committee on Minority Scholarships of the American Philological Association (APA) invites applications from minority undergraduate students for a scholarship to be awarded for Summer 2013. The purpose of the scholarship is to further an undergraduate's preparation for graduate work in classics or classical archaeology. Eligible proposals might include (but are not limited to) participation in classical summer programs or field schools in Italy, Greece, Egypt, etc., or language training at institutions in the U.S, Canada, or Europe. The maximum amount of the award will be $4,000.
See a list of previous recipients
Candidates will be judged on the basis of (a) their academic qualifications, especially in classics, including demonstrated ability in at least one classical language, or in fields that prepare a student to become an archaeologist, (b) the quality of their proposal for study particularly as preparation for a career in classics or archaeology, and (c) financial need. The application must be supported by a member of the APA, and a statement must be included indicating that this is an appropriate candidate for the purposes of this scholarship.
The receipt deadline for applications is December 14, 2012; results will be announced by the end of January 2013. All application materials should be sent as e-mail attachments to the Executive Director of the APA, Dr. Adam Blistein, at blistein@sas.upenn.edu. Applications must include, (1) a completed application form, (2) a letter describing the applicant’s career goals and plans for summer 2013, with a prioritized list of programs applied to; (3) an undergraduate transcript; (4) two letters of recommendation by faculty members or other professionals who have worked with the applicant during the past two years (at least one must be an APA member). NOTE: Under the classification "minority" we include African-American, Hispanic-American, Asian-American and Native-American students. For further information, please go to the Committee's web page or contact the Chair of the Committee for 2012-2013:
Mira Seo
Associate Professor of the Humanities
Yale-NUS College
282 York Street
New Haven, CT 06511
mira.seo@yale-nus.edu.sg
Members are encouraged to support this important activity through contributions to APA and through participation in the Committee's raffle of books and gift certificates donated by exhibitors at each annual meeting. This year's drawing will take place on the morning of January 6, 2013. Please see the Committee's web site above for a list of exhibitors who participated in the 2011 raffle.). Donations in support of the Minority Student Scholarship Program may be sent to the APA at http://apaclassics.org/index.php/support_the_APA/annual_giving. These contributions support one of the two awards made each year. The second award is made possible by two very generous gifts to the APA's Research and Teaching Endowment from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. The Foundation's gifts were made in response to the Association's Gatekeeper to Gateway Campaign and were eligible for matching funds from a challenge grant the APA had received from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Last updated March 24, 2013.
