[Englecturers] Fwd: [Campusservices] Mellon Workshops Program Call for Proposals 2008-2009

[Teri Carter]

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Teri Carter


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>The College of Humanities, Arts, and Social 
>Sciences is pleased to announce the sixth year 
>of a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 
>for a program of workshops in the humanities and 
>humanities-related areas. These workshops will 
>bring together CHASS faculty and graduate 
>students in interdisciplinary, cross-cultural 
>discussions arising from new and classical 
>topics in the humanities. The workshops function 
>as study and discussion groups, each centered on 
>a broadly conceived theme studied from 
>particular perspectives growing out of the group 
>members‘ interests. In the 2008-09 academic 
>year, CHASS expects to fund five workshops, 
>pending final funding confirmation. Each 
>workshop will receive a budget of $5000 in 
>support of the year's activities, including the 
>costs of bringing visiting speakers to UCR to 
>participate in and/or lead group seminars.
>
>At this time the College is soliciting proposals 
>for workshops for 2008-09. A proposed workshop 
>should bring together faculty and graduate 
>students from a number of different departments 
>and disciplines. Workshop activities might 
>include discussion of readings, individual 
>presentations of work in progress, guest 
>lectures with question/answer sessions, and 
>discussion of screenings or performance media. 
>Workshops could pursue a wide range of topics in 
>diverse formats, including writing, reading, 
>viewing, critique, and presentation of one's own 
>or others' works, articles, books, dissertation 
>chapters, theories, creative writing or poetry, 
>cultural analyses, critical theory, films, and 
>music.  The workshop should have a thematic 
>focus, one that will draw on a number of 
>scholarly specialties and humanistic 
>methodologies. We expect each workshop to meet 
>at least once a month. Workshop activities 
>should be widely publicized and open to any member of the university community.
>
>For a list of past workshops, please see 
>http://scotmail.ucr.edu/attach/Mellon Call 08-09.doc
>or visit the program website:
>http://www.ucrmellonworkshop.ucr.edu/
>
>Submission of Proposals. Proposals in the form 
>of a letter may be submitted by an advanced 
>graduate student or a faculty member.  The core 
>group should consist of at least four 
>individuals, with about half being graduate 
>students and no more than two of the core 
>participants from the same department. Since 
>graduate student involvement is crucial, it 
>should figure prominently in all group 
>activities. The proposal should specify the 
>target audience, beyond the participants, on 
>campus or in the community. It should also make 
>clear what the theme for the workshop will be, 
>what topics will be discussed, what materials 
>will likely be studied, and which outside 
>speakers may be invited.  A complete proposal 
>will include a detailed budget not to exceed 
>$5,000 for support of the proposed activities. 
>Past workshop groups may also submit proposals 
>for continued funding in the coming year.
>
>Selection. Proposals will be reviewed and 
>evaluated by a panel of 3-5 CHASS faculty 
>members who will recommend funding priorities to 
>the Dean. In addition to standard review 
>criteria such as adherence to the submission 
>criteria mentioned above, clarity of 
>presentation, coherence of the workshop plan, 
>and feasibility, reviewers will seek proposals 
>that demonstrate breadth of interdisciplinary 
>interest and inclusiveness, both in the 
>workshop's theme and in its participants. 
>Preference will be given to groups that are not 
>already organized programs on campus.
>
>Deadline.  The deadline for submission of 
>proposals is Friday, April 11, 2008. A proposal 
>should be no more than three single-spaced 
>pages.  Please submit four hard copies and an 
>electronic email attachment version to Professor 
>T. Scanlon, Mellon Workshop Director, 1402 
>HMNSS, Department of Comparative Literature and 
>Foreign Languages, thomas.scanlon at ucr.edu.
>
>Awards.  We anticipate announcing awards in early May 2008.
>For more information:, contact Professor Scanlon 
>at (951) 827-1462 or thomas.scanlon at ucr.edu.
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