Fellowships
National Humanities Center Fellowships
The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities for the period September 2014 through May 2015. Applicants must have doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply, but they must have a record of publication, and new PhDs should be aware that the Center does not normally support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects. The Center is also international and gladly accepts applications from scholars outside the United States.
Applicants submit the Center's form, supported by a curriculum vitae, a 1000-word project proposal, and three letters of recommendation. A downloadable application form and instructions may be found at the Center's website which contains more information about the Fellowships. Applications and letters of recommendation must be postmarked by October 1, 2013.
Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies
The Institute for Advance Study School of Historical Studies presents Opportunities for Scholars for 2014-2015. The Institute is an independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations. Classics is one of the School’s principal interests, but the program is open to all fields of historical research. Scholars from around the world come to the Institute to pursue their own research. Candidates of any nationality may apply for a single term or a full academic year. Scholars may apply for a stipend, but those with sabbatical funding, other grants, retirement funding or other means are also invited to apply for a non-stipendiary membership. The Institute provides access to extensive resources including offices, libraries, subsidized restaurant and housing facilities, and some secretarial services. Residence in Princeton during term time is required. The only other obligation of Members is to pursue their own research. The Ph.D. (or equivalent) and substantial publications are required. Information and application forms may be found on the School's web site, or contact the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Dr., Princeton, N.J. 08540 (E-mail address:mzelazny@ias.edu). Deadline: November 1, 2013.
Heckman Research Stipends
The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota 56321 invites applications for funding to conduct research at the Library. Graduate students or scholars who are within three years of completing a terminal master’s or doctoral degree are eligible for stipends of up to $2,000 for visits lasting from two weeks to six months. Application deadlines are April 15 for research to be conducted from July 1-December 31 and November 15 for research to be conducted from January 1-June 30.
Submit a letter of application, /c.v/., a one-page description of the research project including proposed length of stay, an explanation of how the Library’s resources will enable you to advance your project, and a confidential letter of recommendation from your advisor, thesis director, mentor, or, in the case of postdoctoral candidates, a colleague who is a good judge of your work. Send all inquiries and materials to The Committee on Research, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, 2835 Abbey Plaza, Box 7300, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN 56321-7300 or directed to hmml@csbsju.edu or fax (320) 363-3222.
The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library houses extensive resources for the study of manuscripts and archives. Almost 130,000 manuscripts are available on microfilm and in digital format. HMML has microfilmed extensively in Austria, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Malta, and Ethiopia, and is currently digitizing manuscripts in Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, India, Malta and Italy. Consult the Library’s website for further information, including an electronic inventory of its collections (OLIVER) and a growing database of manuscript and book images (Vivarium). WWW.HMML.ORG
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
Saint John's University
Collegeville, MN 56321-7300
Phone: 320-363-2741
Fax: 320-363-3222
Competition: Visualizing the Classics
Anvil Academic and Dickinson College Commentaries announce the availability of a $1,000 prize for the best scholarly visualization of data in the field of classical studies submitted during 2013. Two runners-up will be awarded prizes of $500 each. Submissions must include:
- one or more visual representations of data that involves some linguistic component (Latin, Greek, or another ancient language of the Greco-Roman worlds), but may also include physical, geospatial, temporal, or other data;
- a research question and narrative argument that describes the conclusions drawn from the data and the visualization; and
- the source data itself.
Submissions in any and all sub-fields of classical studies, including pedagogical approaches, are welcome from any individual or team. The three winning submissions will be published by Anvil under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-ND). The visualizations themselves and the narratives that accompany them will be published on Anvil's website. The source data may be published there as well; though in any case the source data must be in some published form and included, even if only via link, with the submission. Submissions will be evaluated by the panel of reviewers listed below on the criteria of scholarly contribution, effectiveness of the visualization, accuracy and relevance of the data, and the cogency of the conclusions drawn. Existing digital projects are welcome to submit entries, which must be formatted in a way that can be republished by Anvil, as described above.
Please contact Fred Moody (fmoody@anvilacademic.org) or Chris Francese (francese@dickinson.edu) with any questions.
Deadline for submission: December 31, 2013, to fmoody@anvilacademic.org; only submissions in electronic form will be considered.
Panel of reviewers:
- John Bodel, W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics and Professor of History, Brown University
- Alison Cooley, Reader & Deputy Head, Department of Classics & Ancient History, University of Warwick
- Gregory Crane, Professor of Computer Science, Tufts University, and Humboldt Professor, Universität Leipzig
- Lin Foxhall, Professor of Greek Archaeology and History, Head of School, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester
- Chris Francese, Professor of Classical Studies, Dickinson College
- Jonathan Hall, Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities and Professor of History and Classics, University of Chicago
- Dominique Longrée, Professeur, Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, Université de Liège
- Andrew M. Riggsby, Professor of Classics and Art History, University of Texas at Austin
- Greg Woolf, Professor of Ancient History, University of St. Andrews
New Awards for Classics Teachers
APA Pedagogy and Teacher Training Awards
One of the major goals of the APA’s recently and successfully completed capital campaign, Gatekeeper to Gateway: The Campaign for Classics in the Twenty-first Century, was to ensure that an inspiring, well trained teacher would be available for every school and college classics classroom. At the recommendation of the APA’s Committee on Education, the Board of Directors has authorized two new programs, one to support the pedagogy of classics teachers at any level and one to assist classicists seeking certification to teach Latin in primary or secondary schools. To fund these new programs the Association will use income derived from the following contributions to the Campaign’s Research and Teaching Endowment: a major gift from an anonymous donor, a contribution from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS), and donations to the Friends of Zeph Stewart Fund. Winners of both of these awards will be selected by a subcommittee of the Joint Committee on the Classics in American Education, whose membership is selected from both the APA and the American Classical League.
American Philological Association 2013 Pedagogy Award
Open to both collegiate and pre-collegiate teachers of classics. APA membership is not required.
Funding available: $500-$2,500.
Possible projects include, but are not limited to, the following: attendance at a professional conference, purchase of teaching materials, study abroad
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Awards announced by April 15
Application:
- One-page single-spaced typed narrative description of the project, to include the nature of the project, its impact on teaching and student learning, and requested funding amount.
- Current resume/curriculum vitae.
- One professional reference (name, title, work address, email, and phone) of a colleague, supervisor etc. who can address the feasibility of the project. No letter is required.
- A list of any other sources of funding applied for with amounts requested.
Applications must be submitted as e-mail attachments to Adam Blistein, Executive Director of APA, Adam Blistein (blistein@sas.upenn.edu). The Subject line of the e-mail should read as follows: “Application for 2013 Pedagogy Award”.
A brief report about the project and its impact will be due within 12 months of receiving the award. Reports will be published on the Association’s web site.
American Philological Association 2013 Zeph Stewart Latin Teacher Training Award
Open to those preparing for Latin teacher certification. APA membership is not required.
Funding available: Up to $1500.
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Awards announced by April 15
Application:
- One-page single-spaced typed narrative description of the coursework to be taken, the relevance of this coursework to obtaining certification, and the funding amount requested.
- Current resume/curriculum vitae.
- Copy (scanned) of transcript from institution currently attending or last attended (unofficial is acceptable).
- One letter of recommendation from a professor you have had, or a professional colleague or administrator, if you are teaching, who can address your potential for or current ability at Latin teaching. The letter should be sent directly by the recommender to Adam Blistein via email.
- A list of any other sources of funding applied for with amounts requested.
(The award payment will be made after submission of receipt for course work leading to certification.)
Applications must be submitted as e-mail attachments to Adam Blistein, Executive Director of APA, Adam Blistein (blistein@sas.upenn.edu). The Subject line of the e-mail should read as follows: “Application for 2013 Stewart Award”.
