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Brown Bag Colloquia

2009-2010 BROWN BAG SCHEDULE

Presentations are held in 2339 F/AB unless otherwise specified.

Upcoming talks:

Tuesday, November 10th

Wednesday, November 11th

Dora Apel, Associate Professor, Art & Art History
"What is Radical Art Today?" ***Special Time: 12pm - 1pm***



The Faculty Fellowship Competition 2010-2011
(Please click here to go to the Faculty Fellowship main page)

Theme: Gender and Sexuality

The Faculty Fellowship awards grants of up to $6,000 for summer salary, research assistants, travel, or a combination of these.

Fifteen (15) copies of the application and CV should be submitted to the Director, Humanities Center, by 5:00 PM on April 9, 2010.

Each application must have a coversheet.


Upcoming Funding Deadlines and Events

EDWARD M. WISE DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP
Each year the Humanities Center offers $12,000 in support to one student in the final stages of writing his or her dissertation through the Edward M. Wise Dissertation Fellowship.

Deadline: November 13, 2009.


Summary of Programs 2009-2010
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RESIDENT SCHOLARS PROGRAM
This program is open to all WSU full-time faculty in the humanities, arts, and related disciplines. Resident scholars are provided with an office in the Humanities Center, a computer, and other office furnishings, and use of the Center's fax and photocopying machines. Residents are also eligible to apply for up to $800 for travel to conferences to report on their approved projects, or for payment for research assistance. This program should be especially attractive to faculty who will be on sabbatical leave for all or part of the year.

OPEN COMPETITION GRANT
The Humanities Center strives to be as open and inclusive as possible in its annual competitions and to offer a variety of rich and broad themes and topics. However, the Center also recognizes that some themes or topics inadvertently might exclude important and exciting research at a critical time in its development. The intent of the "Open Competition" grant, then, is to compensate for these unavoidable exclusions. The proposed project makes an interdisciplinary and innovative contribution to the humanities or arts, does not conform to guidelines for other competitions sponsored by the Humanities Center and is at a critical point in its development toward publication. All WSU full time faculty are eligible to apply. The Center will fund up to three (3) projects up to $4,000 each.

Deadline: November 13, 2009.

VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM
The Center, in collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts, the Law School and the College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts invites applications from scholars or artists who are affiliated with other universities and who hold the Ph.D. or equivalent degree for their field. Visits may range in duration from one month to one semester. No stipend is attached, but a Visiting Scholar who stays one full semester is eligible for a grant of up to $3,000 for miscellaneous expenses related to his or her work. The visitor will be assigned an office in the Center and assistance with obtaining library privileges. In return, he or she will be expected to give a talk on his or her project.

The deadline for the Winter 2010 Semester is November 13, 2009.

EDWARD M. WISE DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP
Each year the Humanities Center offers $12,000 in support to one student in the final stages of writing his or her dissertation through the Edward M. Wise Dissertation Fellowship.

Deadline: November 13, 2009.

TRAVEL AWARD PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
The Center will budget up to $3,000 in the 2009-2010 academic year to support this program. In an effort to spread this funding across the full academic year, the Center will now budget $1,200 for the Fall Semester, $1,200 for the Winter Semester and $600 for the Spring/Summer Semester. Each award recipient will be funded up to $300 for travel to conferences or exhibitions held nationally or internationally between September 1, 2009 and August 15, 2010.

The deadlines are December 18, 2009 for Winter 2010, and April 16, 2010 for Spring/Summer 2010.

 

Contact the Director: walter.edwards@wayne.edu