Tuesday, November 10, 2009
OPPORTUNITIES AT THE FRANKLIN HUMANITIES INSTITUTE, 2008-09
The FHI makes available up to eight fellowships each year for members of the Duke faculty. Fellows participate in the FHI annual seminar, and are provided with course release time and office space in the Franklin Center. Faculty members in the humanities, interpretive social sciences and arts are encouraged to apply, and faculty members in other areas may also apply in many cases depending on the annual theme. An additional fellowship position is designated for members of the faculty in Duke’s professional schools. Click here or on the program title for complete information and application instructions.
Duke Graduate Student Fellowships
Up to three fellowships each year are provided to Duke graduate students in the humanities and interpretive social sciences to participate in the annual seminar. Graduate fellows participate in the FHI Annual Seminar, and are provided with a stipend, office space, and research funds. Click here or on the program title for complete information and application instructions.
The FHI provides up to three fellowships each year for external postdoctoral scholars in the humanities, interpretive social sciences, and arts. Fellows may not have held or be designated to be holding a tenured faculty position. Postdoctoral fellows participate in the FHI annual seminar, and are provided with a stipend, benefits, office space, and a pool of research funds. Click here or on the program title for complete information and application instructions.
One fellowship each year for professional librarians in the Duke library system. The program is designed to acknowledge the under-recognized fact that library professionals are also often scholars in their own right, in addition to the critical role they play in the organization of scholarly information and facilitating scholarly communications. Click here or on the program title for complete information and application instructions.
Duke-UNC-Chapel Hill Exchange Fellowships
The Exchange Fellowhips program is coordinated with the Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH) at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. In the program, one UNC faculty member will join the FHI’s Annual Seminar, while one Duke faculty member will become a fellow in the IAH’s semester-long seminar. Prospective applicants should read the program and application information carefully, as each organization’s program is quite different. Click here or on the program title for complete information and application instructions.
With support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the FHI’s HBCU Faculty Fellowships program provides one-year residential fellowships for faculty members at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. HBCU fellows are encouraged to pursue their own work while also becoming part of the FHI, Franklin Center, and Duke communities. This unique and valuable project is designed to strengthen relationships between Duke and HBCUs, while providing faculty time to conduct individual research in a collegial scholarly environment.
Mellon-ACLS Fellowships
As a member of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes, the FHI occasionally hosts fellowships for recent doctoral recipients administered by the American Council for Learned Societies for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Fellows are provided with a supplementary top-up stipend, benefits, office space, and some research funds.
Started in 2005-06, the FHI’s Dissertation Working Group provides a collaborative environment for up to 18 Duke graduate students. Each student is provided with a pool of $2,000 in research funds and is required to attend regular workshops and meetings in which the group’s work is is discussed. In keeping with the FHI’s commitment to interdisciplinarity, the Dissertation Working Group emphasizes ideas, analysis and rhetoric rather than the mechanics of writing. Click here or on the program title for complete information and application instructions.
Faculty Book Manuscript Workshops
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has generously provided support for a series of book manuscript workshops for Duke faculty at the assistant and associate level. The workshops are important opportunities to confer with specially selected colleagues and editors in order to transform a good scholarly text into a superlative monograph. Participation is via a competitive proposal process, and the program is currently open to full-time faculty twice a year.
The FHI provides supplemental or start-up funding to many Duke units, faculty members, students and student groups in support of research activities, conferences, visiting lecturers, film screenings, exhibitions, and many other types of programs. Proposals are reviewed on a monthly basis throughout the year. Click here or on the program title for complete information and proposal instructions.
