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The IAH Announces Fellows and Fellowship Deadlines
Julia Wood, Associate Director of the Faculty Fellows Program, talks with fellows
Nine faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences embark on their fellowship semesters at the Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH) in September. As the new Faculty Fellows begin their work, the deadline approaches to apply for fellowships in the 2009-2010 academic year, including the new Faculty Arts Fellowships and Academic Leadership Program.
The Faculty Fellows and their research topics for the fall 2008 semester are:
- Barbara Ambros, assistant professor, religious studies, “Contested Bones: The Necrogeography of Pet Mortuary Rites in Contemporary Japan”
- Carole Crumley, professor, anthropology, “Long Upon the Land: Historical Ecology of a Durable Landscape”
- Jay Garcia, assistant professor, American studies, “Modernity, Empire and American Writers, 1900–1950”
- Karen Hagemann, distinguished professor, history, “War, Nation and Gender: Revisiting the History of Prussia’s Wars Against Napoleon”
- Wayne Lee, associate professor, history, “Barbarians and Brothers: Patterns of Wartime Violence in Anglo-American Wars with Themselves and with Others, 1500–1864”
- Ruth Moose, lecturer, English and comparative literature: creative writing (Chapman Fellow), “A Carolina Reader: An Anthology of Stories for Children and Young Adults by North Carolina Writers”
- Layna Mosley, associate professor, political science, “Working Globally? Multinational Production and Labor Rights”
- Philip Rupprecht, associate professor, music/Duke University, (UNC-Duke Exchange Fellow), “Avant-Garde Nation: British Musical Modernism since 1960”
- Brett Whalen, assistant professor, history, “Soldiers of Christ: Memory, Redemption and Holy War in the Wake of the First Crusade (1099–1144)”
- Wendy Wolford, associate professor, geography, “Un-Common Ground: The Politics and Promise of Property in Contemporary Brazil”
The deadline for the IAH Faculty Fellowships and Faculty Arts Fellowships is September 24. Applications for the Chapman Family Faculty Fellowship are due October 22. For an application, contact Martha Marks at 843-2651 or mmarks@email.unc.edu.
In addition, applications and nominations for the Academic Leadership Program are due November 1. For information, contact Anna Panszcyk at amp@email.unc.edu.
The Faculty Fellows Program, in its 47th semester, provides semester leaves on campus for eight to 10 faculty members to work on research for publication, exhibition, composition and performance or to develop new courses, programs and initiatives. A key feature is the weekly meeting, or “conversation,” chaired by Associate Director Julia T. Wood, during which Fellows discuss their work and ideas and offer each other suggestions and criticism.
The Faculty Arts Fellows program, which follows the model of the Faculty Fellows Program, is a new initiative intended to advance faculty scholarship in the arts and arts-related fields. The IAH will partner with the Office of the Executive Director for the Arts and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost to provide up to two fellowships per semester starting with the 2009-2010 academic year. The Faculty Arts Fellows will join the Faculty Fellows for their weekly conversations.
Through the Academic Leadership Program, eight Fellows selected annually engage in a series of activities to help them develop leadership skills, clarify their career commitments, build a leadership network within the campus and extend their contacts to other leaders beyond the university.
IAH Fellowships are open to UNC faculty members from the humanities, fine arts and social sciences. Chapman Family Faculty Fellowships are open to faculty from any unit of the University who regularly teach undergraduates. The IAH Faculty Advisory Board selects new classes of Fellows in the fall each year.
The IAH, part of the College of Arts and Sciences, offers programs and activities that support UNC faculty at every stage of their careers. The IAH funds individual and collaborative research, showcases faculty work, develops faculty leaders and teachers and facilitates the formation of collaborative, interdisciplinary communities that promote intellectual exchange.
