MEMORANDUM

To: Humanities & Social Sciences Faculty, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

From: Richenel Ansano, Associate Director

Subject: Call for Proposals for 2004-2005 Faculty Seminar
(DEADLINE NOVEMBER 17, 2003)

Date: October 9, 2003

On behalf of 2004-2005 Faculty Co-Conveners Helen Solterer and Janet Ewald, I invite you to apply for a fellowship in next year’s John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Seminar with the theme of “Knowledge and Its Institutions.” The 2004-2005 Seminar will consist of Faculty Research Fellows from the College of Arts & Sciences, one faculty member from the professional schools, a professional librarian, a Mellon Lecturing Fellow, and Graduate Research Fellows. For the Faculty Research Fellowships, all tenured, tenure-track and regular rank faculty are eligible to apply. As with all previous Seminars, we shall be looking for a mix of junior and senior faculty spanning a wide range of departments, methodologies, and historical periods in the humanities and social sciences. We are committed to diversity in the fullest sense of the word. As with all residential Seminars, we continue our commitment to issues of social equity, historical memory, race, and justice--values exemplified by the work of our namesake John Hope Franklin.

Faculty Research Fellows will be appointed for a period of one year, beginning in August 2004. In exchange for yearlong participation in seminar discussions, luncheons, and other seminar-related activities, the Institute will arrange for a one-semester (two courses) release from teaching. Teaching replacement for your department will be coordinated with your leave and typically provides instruction for two courses in your absence.

In addition to participating in a collaborative, cross-departmental institutional effort to enrich and support the humanities and social sciences at Duke, as a Faculty Research Fellow, it is hoped that you will find precious time for thinking, writing, and other knowledge activities as well as innovative course development. You will be provided with a quiet, fully equipped office in the John Hope Franklin Center for International & Interdisciplinary Studies. We encourage participating faculty to hold their office hours in the Franklin Center and use this office for their writing and research. The Center has a library-delivery service that enables research materials to be delivered quickly and efficiently. Additionally, Fellows have the opportunity to teach their courses at the Franklin Center. The Franklin Center is especially eager to host undergraduate and graduate courses on topics similar to the theme of the Faculty Seminar and so students can take advantage of events sponsored by the Seminar.

Click here for a description of the 2004-05 Seminar topic.

Click here to see application procedure.

For more information on the Seminars and Institute, contact Richenel Ansano, r.ansano@duke.edu or 919.668.1904.