Seminar Conveners will issue each September a Request for Proposals for the subsequent academic year’s Seminar.

Franklin Humanities Institute Director Srinivas Aravamudan and the Faculty Co-Conveners will review applications along with a faculty committee of former fellows of the Seminar. Criteria include excellence of the application, the match with the Seminar topic, and the mix and diversity of the Seminar participants. Recommendations from the selection committee will be forwarded to the Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences who will make the final determinations. Decisions on faculty applications will be announced in mid-January.

Applicants should send 5 copies the following materials to:

Yvonne M. Connelly, Program Coordinator
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
Box 90403, 201 Franklin Center
2204 Erwin Road
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0403

1. A proposal of approximately 750 words that describes:

• Your own current research projects

• Your teaching goals and (for faculty applicants) proposed new courses that you anticipate will arise from your participation in the Seminar. All Faculty Fellows must commit to developing two new courses inspired by work in the Seminar to be taught over the next five years.

• The connections between your research project and the Seminar theme. How does your scholarly research contribute to this topic?

2. Your complete curriculum vitae highlighting elements particularly related to the Seminar theme, as well as a one-paragraph biographical summary.

3. A letter of agreement / support:

• For Arts and Sciences Faculty: A letter from your Department Chair agreeing to release time.

• For Graduate Students: A letter of nomination from your departmental Director of Graduate Studies.

Request For Proposals, 2004-2005

DEADLINES
FACULTY APPLICANTS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2003.
GRADUATE STUDENT APPLICANTS: MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2004.

Questions? Contact Richenel "Muz" Ansano at r.ansano@duke.edu or 668-1904.