UNC-Duke Exchange Fellowships

The UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH) and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI) at Duke University have teamed to offer an Exchange Fellowship program. Through this program, a UNC humanities scholar joins the FHI’s yearlong seminar, and a Duke humanities scholar joins the IAH Faculty Fellows seminar each semester.

All Fellows are expected to participate actively in weekly meetings and programs, to provide input and suggestions on visiting speakers, readings, and topics, and to contribute as needed in the coordination of seminar programs and projects. Fellows are provided shared office space in the John Hope Franklin Center for International and Interdisciplinary Studies.

The faculty member who is chosen as the UNC-Duke Exchange Fellow will be released from teaching two courses during the academic year. The faculty member will, in consultation with his or her department chair, work out whether to teach a 1-1 load or to not teach for one semester. The Exchange Fellow’s department will be compensated by the IAH at the same rate that the Institute pays for all participants in its Faculty Fellows Program.

Click here for the Call for Proposals for the 2010-2011 academic year, due Dec. 4, 2009.

Eligibility

All tenured, tenure-track and regular rank UNC faculty members in the fine arts, humanities and interpretive social sciences are eligible to apply for this fellowship and participation in the Franklin Humanities Institute Seminar.

Application Process

Applications typically are due in December for the following academic year and consist of the following:

• A letter-form proposal of 1,500 words or less that describes: (a) your current or new research project; (b) the ways in which your work connects with the theme of the seminar; (c) your teaching goals and the ways in which your participation in the seminar might support your work in the classroom; and (d) a description of a course or special project you might develop as a result of your participation in the seminar. The proposal should be in letter form, addressed to John McGowan.
• A complete curriculum vitae and a short biographical summary.
• A letter with original signature from your department chair agreeing to release time for the academic year for which you are applying for the fellowship.

For the 2010-2011 academic year, the complete proposal with original signaturs, plus three copies, must be received at the IAH by noon on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.

Deliver proposals to:

Professor John McGowan
c/o Martha Marks, Program Assistant
Institute for the Arts and Humanities
CB #3322
Hyde Hall
Carolina Campus

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