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Application Deadline: February 23, 2007
Up to eight full-time faculty
members (any rank, any department, any school) from Case or members of other University Circle institutions will be awarded scholarships of $5,000 (total award amount) to participate in the Baker-Nord Seminar. The scholarship may be used to support any aspect of the Seminar Scholar's research. Awards to Case faculty members may be used toward the cost of a teaching release only if the Seminar Scholar's department chair approves (notice of the chair's approval must be included with the application). Note that the Baker-Nord Center cannot provide travel advances, nor can it provide additional support for fringe costs or for additional services in conjunction with the use of the funds (e.g., if the Seminar Scholar were to use the funds to host guest lecturers). The deadline for applications is February 23, 2007. A selection committee will announce awards by the end of March.
All monies/support associated with this award must be expended by March 30, 2008.
Click here to view the list
of seminarians chosen for Fall semester 2006.
For a description of the Baker-Nord Seminar program, of which
the Seminar Scholarships are a part, click
here. The Center has no set expectations of particular
outcomes from the Seminar. Our hope is that the Seminar will
take on a life of its own, invigorating the intellectual lives
of its participants by providing a interdisciplinary and genuinely
collegial context in which to discover new avenues critical
inquiry.
The Baker-Nord Center
welcomes applicants to consider how their own scholarly work
in progress would tie into and expand on this theme in ways
that open up new avenues for research and creative work in the
humanities.
- General Overview
- Available to any full-time faculty member
of Case Western Reserve University.
- Scholarship: $5,000 (total award amount) in support of the
faculty member's research and/or teaching (may be used
toward the cost of a course replacement only if approved by the recipient's
department chair).
- Up to eight Seminar Scholarships will
be awarded.
- Completed applications must be submitted
by February 23, 2007.
- Decisions will be announced during March
2007.
- Requirements
- Commitment to full participation in the
Fall 2007 Baker-Nord Seminar.
- Genuine interest in engaging the general
theme of the seminar in a collegial, interdisciplinary
intellectual environment. For Seminar Scholars, the theme
need not be directly related to her/his research.
- Willingness to advise the Baker-Nord
Center on its plans for Humanities Week in the spring.
The theme for Humanities Week will be related to the seminar
theme.
- Seminar Scholars will write a brief final report on their experience in the seminar and progress on their own projects by the beginning of the spring 2008 semester.
- Application Procedure
Completed applications will include the following:
- Application Cover Sheet
- A brief statement of application (max.
2 pages, double-spaced, 12-point font, 1-inch margins)
indicating: (a) what interests you in the theme (feel free to add or expand on the Center's
general explication of it); (b) what interests you in
engaging the collegial, interdisciplinary environment
of the seminar; and (c) express commitment to full participation
in the seminar during the Fall semester.
- A curriculum vitae.
- A brief letter
from the applicant's department chair indicating her/his
support. If the applicant chooses to use the funds for
a course release during the fall of 2007, the chair's
letter should also indicate that s/he approves of using
the funds in this way. A Baker-Nord Seminar Scholarship
in no way obligates the recipient's department or school
to allow for a teaching load reduction.
Mail complete application packets to:
Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities
Seminar Scholarships
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-7120
Campus deliveries to:
Clark Hall Room 101, Loc. Code 7120
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