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Sawyer Seminar at the University of Chicago, 2011-2012
Around 1948: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Transformation
This Seminar is sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Dissertation Research Fellowships
The Sawyer Seminar on "Around 1948: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Transformation" at the University of Chicago invites applications for two Dissertation Research Fellowship awards for either the academic year 2011-12 or the subsequent academic year 2012-13. These fellowships, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will be awarded to two graduate students in Humanities or Social Sciences at the University of Chicago, pursuing dissertation research in a topic related to the Sawyer Seminar. The seminar looks at the remarkable historical moment ‘around 1948’ across a range of international locations and from the point of view of several disciplines. The significance of the seminar consists in the effort to identify, clarify, and compare the shape and form of the novel alignments and institutions to emerge in the wake of 1948. Disparate moments in culture, society, and politics, we suggest, amounted to a historical turning point, a fundamental transformation the effects of which remain central to our understandings of citizenship, art, and obligation to this day. Rather than neglecting the immediate post-war years as a distinct historical moment, we seek to reveal and analyze little-noticed (or undiscovered) connections and exchanges between events and developments that are proximate in time.
The 2011-12 (or 2012-13) Sawyer Dissertation Research Fellows will be expected to pursue his/her research in residence at the University of Chicago. S/he will be expected to participate in the Sawyer Seminar community by attending the workshop, lectures and conference events. The fellowship carries a stipend of $23,000. To be eligible for this grant, students must have exhausted their existing aid commitments beginning in the academic year 2011-12 (or 2012-13).
The deadline for receipt in our office is Friday, April 8, 2011.
Applications should include (1) your CV; (2) a seminar paper or dissertation chapter; (3) your approved dissertation proposal, if applicable; (4) a brief statement detailing your research goals and their relation to the agenda of the Sawyer Seminar (250-500 words); and (5) three letters of recommendation to be sent directly by the writers. Letters may also be faxed to 773-702-0775, or emailed to:
franke-humanities@uchicago.edu
Address all application materials to:
Sawyer Dissertation Research Fellowship Committee
The Franke Institute for the Humanities
The University of Chicago
1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-102
Chicago, IL 60637
For more information, please write to franke-humanities@uchicago.edu.
http://franke.uchicago.edu/sawyernew-drfellowships.html
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
Sawyer Seminar at the University of Chicago, 2011-2012
Around 1948: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Transformation
This Seminar is sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Dissertation Research Fellowships
The Sawyer Seminar on "Around 1948: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Transformation" at the University of Chicago invites applications for two Dissertation Research Fellowship awards for either the academic year 2011-12 or the subsequent academic year 2012-13. These fellowships, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will be awarded to two graduate students in Humanities or Social Sciences at the University of Chicago, pursuing dissertation research in a topic related to the Sawyer Seminar. The seminar looks at the remarkable historical moment ‘around 1948’ across a range of international locations and from the point of view of several disciplines. The significance of the seminar consists in the effort to identify, clarify, and compare the shape and form of the novel alignments and institutions to emerge in the wake of 1948. Disparate moments in culture, society, and politics, we suggest, amounted to a historical turning point, a fundamental transformation the effects of which remain central to our understandings of citizenship, art, and obligation to this day. Rather than neglecting the immediate post-war years as a distinct historical moment, we seek to reveal and analyze little-noticed (or undiscovered) connections and exchanges between events and developments that are proximate in time.
The 2011-12 (or 2012-13) Sawyer Dissertation Research Fellows will be expected to pursue his/her research in residence at the University of Chicago. S/he will be expected to participate in the Sawyer Seminar community by attending the workshop, lectures and conference events. The fellowship carries a stipend of $23,000. To be eligible for this grant, students must have exhausted their existing aid commitments beginning in the academic year 2011-12 (or 2012-13).
The deadline for receipt in our office is Friday, April 8, 2011.
Applications should include (1) your CV; (2) a seminar paper or dissertation chapter; (3) your approved dissertation proposal, if applicable; (4) a brief statement detailing your research goals and their relation to the agenda of the Sawyer Seminar (250-500 words); and (5) three letters of recommendation to be sent directly by the writers. Letters may also be faxed to 773-702-0775, or emailed to:
franke-humanities@uchicago.edu
Address all application materials to:
Sawyer Dissertation Research Fellowship Committee
The Franke Institute for the Humanities
The University of Chicago
1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-102
Chicago, IL 60637
For more information, please write to franke-humanities@uchicago.edu.
http://franke.uchicago.edu/sawyernew-drfellowships.html
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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