PHD FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN CLASSICS AND ANCIENT HISTORY AT MANCHESTER 2017-18

Please take note of the following announcement issued by the Manchester University Classics Department:

PhD study in Classics & Ancient History at Manchester

 

A PhD in Classics and Ancient History at Manchester offers unrivalled opportunities to work with world class researchers in one of the UK’s most innovative graduate research environments. The research of our academic staff and PhD students covers a wide range across Greek and Roman history, Classical literature and its reception, ancient (especially Greek) philosophy, and Classical Philology and Linguistics.  We have particular strengths in a number of areas, including the core fields of Greek and Latin literature and Greek and Roman history and specialisms such as ancient epistolography (Greek and Latin), Greek epigraphy, Roman social history and ancient medicine and its reception. As a Manchester PhD student you will be a member of a vibrant research community, participating in the departmental research culture, seminars and workshop activities, and master classes with international scholars, and able to take advantage of our close contacts with other researchers in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures and the John Rylands Research Institute.

Classics and Ancient History at Manchester is a member of the Graduate School, a school-wide space with dedicated research skills training, careers opportunities, graduate reading groups, conference and master classes for PhD students.

 

Funding for Classics & Ancient History PhD at Manchester

 

We invite applications from well-qualified students for the following PhD funding opportunities to start in September 2018.  Please note that applicants to any of these competitions must also have applied (separately) for a place on our PhD programme, by Friday 20 January 2017.  Further information on all of these awards, and details on how to apply for them, can be found on our Postgraduate Research Funding page.  The deadline for application for all awards is Friday 10 February 2017.

• AHRC studentships through the North-West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWC DTP; see the North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership). Please note that this scheme allows for joint supervision between institutions which are members of the relevant 'pathway' in the consortium: members of the Classics & Ancient History pathway are the University of Liverpool, Manchester Metropolitan University, and the University of Manchester. If you would like to explore this option, please contact, in the first instance, the institution at which you plan to base your PhD.

• President’s Doctoral Scholarships: for Home/EU/International tuition fees, plus a maintenance stipend (equivalent to the RCUK stipend).

• School awards: for Home/EU/International tuition fees, plus a maintenance stipend (equivalent to the RCUK stipend).

• The Department of Classics & Ancient History is also pleased to invite applications for the Lees Scholarship, for PhD research in the field of Latin (including literary, historical, philosophical and linguistic topics); this award covers Home/EU tuition fees for up to three years.

Potential applicants to our PhD programme should consult their prospective supervisor as soon as possible, or contact our Postgraduate Research Officer (polly.low@manchester.ac.uk), who is always happy to discuss potential applications, to answer specific queries about the application process, and to arrange visits to the Department.

Further information on application to the PhD Programme can be found on our How to Apply Postgraduate Research page

 

For further information on funding, please see:

• Postgraduate funding (main University website with non-subject specific funding opportunities)
• Funding for postgraduate research students in SALC (School of Arts, Languages and Cultures funding opportunities)

CFP: MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLUTARCH SOCIETY IN EICHSTÄTT, GERMANY

We would like to let you know that the German branch of the International Plutarch Society is going to host a conference from 12-13 October 2017 at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. 

The society invites 30 minute papers from all scholars who carry out research pertaining to Plutarch. Please note that the deadline for the submission of abstracts is 31 March 2017.

Please read the full Call for Papers below:

"Arbeitstreffen der deutschen Sektion der International Plutarch Society 

- Eichstätt, 12.-13.10.2017

Call for Papers

Die International Plutarch Society hat sich die Förderung der

wissenschaftlichen Forschung zu Plutarch und den Austausch zwischen

allen an Plutarch interessierten WissenschaftlerInnen zum Ziel gesetzt.

Zu diesem Zweck plant die deutsche Sektion am 12. und 13. Oktober ein

Arbeitstreffen an der Universität Eichstätt, bei dem aktuelle

Forschungsvorhaben in einem Vortrag von ca. 30 Minuten präsentiert

und im Plenum diskutiert werden sollen. Als neue Leiterin der deutschen

Sektion möchte ich hiermit aufrufen, ForscherInnen aus allen Disziplinen

der Altertumswissenschaften, die daran teilnehmen wollen, ein

Vortragsthema und ein kurzes Abstract bis zum 31. März 2017

einzureichen. Die Einladung richtet sich insbesondere an

NachwuchswissenschaftlerInnen, ihre Promotions- bzw.

Habilitationsprojekte in diesem Rahmen vorzustellen.

Wir bemühen uns, eine Erstattung der Unterkunfts- und Reisekosten zu

gewährleisten. Bitte haben Sie aber dafür Verständnis, wenn diese

eventuell nur teilweise gedeckt werden können.

Die Tagung wird von der Maximilian-Bickhoff-Universitätsstiftung und der

Eichstätter Universitätsgesellschaft unterstützt.

Kontakt:

IPS Deutsche Sektion

Dr. Anna Ginestí Rosell

anna.ginesti@ku.de

Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

Klassische Philologie

Universitätsallee 1

D-85072 Eichstätt"

NEW BLOG ON CLASSICAL RESEARCH

Please note that you can now access the research blog entitled "Actualités des études anciennes" (News in the Field of Classical Studies), which is hosted by the Revue des Études Anciennes (R.E.A).

The news outlet was launched in January 2016 and has been dedicated to research in the field of Ancient History as well as Archaeology. The blog's aim is to stimulate scientific discourse on recent findings, to facilitate communication between Classical scholars, and to raise the visibility of Classical Studies in the general public.  

Please read more information below or follow the link to access the blog.

Présentation

Depuis janvier 2016, l’équipe de la Revue des Études

Anciennes, dirigé par Christophe Pébarthe (M.C.F. en

histoire grecque – Université Bordeaux Montaigne),

anime un blog scientifique, dédié à la recherche en

histoire ancienne (monde grec et romain) :

https://reainfo.hypotheses.org/

Le blog « Actualités des Études Anciennes » offre

un support nouveau offert aux passionné-e-s d’histoire

et d’archéologie, étudiant-e-s et professeur-e-s,

pour promouvoir les études anciennes, par l’apport

de ressources de vulgarisation, de valorisation et de

recherches. Il a pour objectif de stimuler la communauté

scientifique autour de nouveaux contenus,

renforcer les échanges entre les membres de cette

communauté et accroître la visibilité de la Revue des

Études Anciennes auprès du grand public.

Les différentes rubriques

Actualités

Une première rubrique « Actualités » regroupe les différents

avis de colloques, de journées d’étude et des

appels à communication, ainsi que des annonces d’exposition

et d’évènements « grand public », comme des

émissions de radio ou des journées patrimoniales.

Recherches en Sciences de l’Antiquité

Nous collaborons avec des chercheurs de différentes

universités pour proposer des articles inédits

qui rendent compte des activités de la recherche en

Sciences de l’Antiquité, avec des comptes rendus de

colloques et de journées d’études, des entretiens avec

des personnes qui font l’actualité de la recherche. Nous

avons aussi à coeur de promouvoir les revues françaises

en histoire ancienne avec une présentation des

derniers numéros parus (coopération avec Anabases,

Gaïa, Kentron, Métis, Pallas...). Sont proposés également

des fiches pédagogiques et des comptes rendus

d’ouvrages utiles aux professeurs des écoles et du secondaire.

Valorisation des Sciences de l’Antiquité

Nous souhaitons promouvoir les différentes initiatives

qui font vivre nos disciplines sous toutes ses

formes, expositions en France et à l’étranger, ouvrages

grand public, romans historiques, chaînes YouTube

de vulgarisation scientifique, en apportant l’expertise

scientifique de chercheurs. Elle peut prendre la forme

d’article ou d’entretien.

Conférences scientifiques filmées

L’activité du blog est rythmée par l’organisation de

conférences filmées, qui abordent des aspects méthodologiques.

François Lissarague, directeur d’études

à l’E.H.E.S.S, a inauguré le 9 décembre 2015, la première

conférence organisée par la Revue des Études

Anciennes, sur le thème de l’image.

Ressources

La rubrique « Ressources » est poussée par une réflexion

méthodologique en référençant des corpus

numériques autour des thématiques des chercheurs

en histoire ancienne, dans une perspective de mise en

ligne de ces ressources (dans l’esprit de l’open access)

afin qu’au-delà de l’exploitation scientifique cette

mise en ligne constitue une plateforme accessible à

un large public, du niveau local à l’international. La

nature variée des documents et des bases de données

(fond de cartes, bases de données, cours en ligne…)

constituera une masse de documentation particulièrement

riche.

Du côté du doctorat

La rubrique « Du côté du doctorat » référence

bourse, prix, stages, soutenances de thèses…

PHD FELLOWHIPS AT CINCINNATI UNIVERSITY

We would like to let you know that the University of Cincinnati currently offers a number of PhD positions for Classicists. Please note that the deadline for the submissions of applications is 15 January 2017.

"PhD fellowships (including tuition and stipend for up to six or seven years) in all areas of Classical Studies (including papyrology) are available in the Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati. The application deadline for a starting date in the fall of 2017 is January 15, 2017. Those interested are encouraged to explore http://classics.uc.edu/index.php/graduate.

Applications from qualified applicants (including from abroad) will be given serious consideration. Beginning graduate students are required to take a certain amount of graduate courses and pass qualifying exams before they can start working on a dissertation. Students are free to choose the topic of their dissertation.
Papyrological resources at Cincinnati include the Classics Library (close to 270,000 volumes), the papyrology room, the BASP editorial office, and
Peter van Minnen"

THREAT TO HUMANITIES CENTER AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY; FIEC OPEN LETTER

We need to draw your attention to a most concerning development at Johns Hopkins University.

Despite the fact that the Johns Hopkins Humanities Center has become one of the most prestigious and most successful interdisciplinary departments in all of the U.S., the university's administration has devised a plan to have it closed by July 2017.

Please follow this link to find out more about the issue and consider signing the petition against the closure of the Humanities Center.

We also invite you to read FIEC's open letter to Prof. Beverly Wendland, who is one of the initiators of the process:

"Madam,

It is with great concern that the International Federation of Associations of Classical Studies (FIEC) has learned about the plan to close the Humanities Center at John Hopkins University. Not only your University, but this center, carry an excellent reputation across the globe. We believe firmly in an academic environment where all disciplines of knowledge and research are represented, for the benefit of all parties involved.

Academic standing and the quality of research is not reflected only in impact factors and publications in the so-called ‘hard sciences’ : the Humanities also play a vital role in the education of students, both in the USA and abroad. As the case of mathematics shows, student enrollment is but one criterion that justifies keeping a teaching and research center. It is the duty of all Universities to ensure that their students have an access to critical thinking with a historical, literary and conceptual dimension. In that respect, your Humanities Center constitutes a key element which will be extremely difficult to rebuild once you have dismantled it.

We therefore beg you to reconsider the planned closing of the Humanities Center : on the contrary, the Humanities deserve your support at a time when all academics, in the USA and abroad, expect a clear signal in favour of decency and measure.

Looking forward to your reply, I remain

sincerely yours,

Franco Montanari
President of FIEC"
(Pisa, November 20th, 2016)

WORLD HUMANITIES CONFERENCE: NEW ONLINE TOOL

This week we would like to provide you with an update on the World Humanities Conference (Liège, 6-12 August 2017), which we introduced to you in this blog.

The organizers of the conference have created a new online tool that greatly facilitates the way in which you can propose sessions, symposia, and papers. Please follow this link in order to access the Call for Participation as well the tool which will automatically structure and submit your suggestions.

Please note that the deadline for the proposal of symposia and papers is 31 January 2017 and 30 March 2017 respectively.

CONFERENCE ON NEW SPAIN TOPICS IN AGUASCALIENTES, MEXICO

We would like to let you know that a major conference on newhispanian issues is being held this week (9-12 November 2016). The XXIX Encuentro Nacional de Investigadores del Pensamiento Novohispano “Roberto Heredia Correa” (National Research Meeting in the Thought of New Spain) is hosted by the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico. 

You might be intersted to learn that the Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Clásicos will take part in this event and will contribute important research on the classical tradition as well as its reception.

For more information, please follow this link.

REGISTRATION OPEN: EPIC POETRY CONFERENCE IN ROSTOCK, GERMANY

We would like to forward to you an announcement issued by the University of Rostock's Heinrich Schliemann-Institute for Classical Studies. Rostock will host the conference entitled "Non nisi grandia canto – Die Transformation narrativer Strukturelemente in der epischen Tradition (The Transformation of Narrative Patterns in the Epic Tradition)" from 15-16 December 2016. There will be presentations both in German and in English. Please read the full programm below and note that participants are invited to register until 5 December 2015 (epic.poetry.network@gmail.com ). 

"Non nisi grandia canto – Die Transformation narrativer Strukturelemente in der epischen Tradition (The Transformation of Narrative Patterns in the Epic Tradition) 

Dates

15. Dezember 2016 – 16. Dezember 2016 

 

Venue 

Heinrich Schliemann-Institut für Altertumswissenschaften 

University of Rostock

Schwaansche Str. 3

18055 Rostock

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Dr. Johannes Haubold (Durham University)

Confirmed Speakers 

Prof. Dr. Rafael Arnold, Rostock (Universität Rostock) 

Prof. Dr. Kristoffel Demoen (Universität Gent) 

Dr. Julia Frick (Universität Zürich)

Prof. Dr. Philip Hardie (University of Cambridge)  

Prof. Dr. Franz-Josef Holznagel (Universität Rostock)

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Huß (Freie Universität Berlin)

Prof. Dr. Peter Orth (Universität zu Köln) 

Dr. Christian Peters (Universität Münster) 

Prof. Dr. Christoph Schubert (Universität Wuppertal)

Dr. Berenice Verhelst (Universität Gent)

Prof. Dr. Stephanie Wodianka (Universität Rostock) 

Dr. Simon Zuenelli (Universität Innsbruck) 

Conference Programme 

15. Dezember 2016 (Donnerstag)

Heinrich Schliemann-Institut, Hörsaal 3

 

19.15	Christiane Reitz (Universität Rostock) und Simone Finkmann (Universität Rostock) Begrüßung und Einführung
19.30	Johannes Haubold (Universität Durham)  Die Erzähltechnik der frühen griechischen und akkadischen Dichtung als Vorstufe des antiken Epos
21.00	Empfang

 

 16. Dezember 2016 (Freitag)

 

Internationales Begegnungszentrum, Bergstraße 7a, 18055 Rostock

 

Panel 1: Strukturen epischen Erzählens im antiken Epos

 

08.30	Simon Zuenelli (Universität Innsbruck) Die Rezeption der epischen Bauform 'Gleichnis' in der Epik der Spätantike
09.10	Christoph Schubert (Universität Wuppertal) Zwischen Imitation und Transformation. Die Verwendung (un)konventioneller Strukturelemente in der lateinischen Bibelepik der Spätantike
9.50	Peter Orth (Universität zu Köln) Karl der Große in lateinischen Großdichtungen des Mittelalters: Epischer Prunk und nüchternes Erzählen
10.30	Pause
11.00	Kristoffel Demoen (Universität Gent) und Berenice Verhelst (Universität Gent) Between Creativity and Continuity – The Tradition of Epic Poetry in Byzantine Literature
11.40	Christian Peters (Universität Münster) Problematische Strukturelemente? – Der antike Olymp und die panegyrische Funktionalisierung der paganen Götter im neulateinischen Epos des 15. Jahrhunderts
12.30	Mittagspause

  

Panel 2: Strukturelemente in der volkssprachlichen Epik

 

14.30	Julia Frick (Universität Zürich) Strukturen epischen Erzählens im deutschen Mittelalter: Das Gastmahl in der epischen Tradition
15.10	Franz-Josef Holznagel (Universität Rostock) Epische Ankunftsszenen im mittelhochdeutschen Nibelungenlied
15.50	Bernhard Huß (Freie Universität Berlin) Dantes Commedia und Petrarcas Trionfi zwischen der Rezeption antiker Strukturelemente und volkssprachlicher Neuerung
16.30  17.00	Pause   Rafael Arnold (Universität Rostock) Narrative Strukturmuster im portugiesischen Epos von Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas
17.40	Philip Hardie (Universität Cambridge) The Vertical Axis in Roman Epic and in Milton's Paradise Lost
18.20	Stephanie Wodianka (Universität Rostock) “Letzte Worte: Von der Kunst, unheimlichem Erzählen ein Ende zu setzen“ – Die phantastische Erzählung in der französischen und italienischen Literatur des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts
19.00	Abschlussdiskussion
20.00	Abendessen

Organisers 

Prof. Dr. Christiane Reitz

Tel: +49 (0)381 498-2781

christiane.reitz@uni-rostock.de

 

Dr. Simone Finkmann

Tel: +49 (0) 381 498-2779

simone.finkmann@uni-rostock.de

 

 

Registration 

To register for the conference, please email epic.poetry.network@gmail.com by 5 December 2016, stating how many days you wish to attend and whether you will be attending the conference dinner (at your own cost)."

PHD AND POSTDOC POSITIONS IN COLOGNE

We would like to forward to you an announcement issued by the University of Cologne's department of Ancient History. Please note that the offer particularly, though not exclusively, concerns projects on epigraphy. The deadline for applications is 1 December 2016:

"The Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung

announces two to four scholarships for non-German postgraduates or non-German scholars with a PhD to conduct research at the

Historisches Institut, Abt. Alte Geschichte, University of Cologne

Scholarships are for periods ranging between 6 and 24 months. Recipients of the scholarships will receive amounts that correspond with those granted by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (currently about 1.475 € per month for a postgraduate, 2.000 € per month for a scholar with a PhD.).

The scholarships are open for projects from all disciplines of classical studies that pertain to the general topic of "centre and periphery", but projects concerning Greek or Latin epigraphy from the Imperial period and late antiquity are especially encouraged.

Since Greek and Latin epigraphy has long been an area of special importance in ancient studies at the University of Cologne, the institute is well equipped to accommodate the sorts of research project that the grants are designed to support.

During the tenure of the scholarships, individuals are required to live and conduct their research in Cologne and are expected to participate, e. g., in courses offered in the degree program "Papyrologie, Ephigraphik, Numismatik" as well as in summer-schools and study excursions that may be organized.

Earliest start of the scholarship is 1 April 2017. It is also possible to apply for a project that will begin at a later date. Comparable announcements will be made in the following years.

Applicants should submit the usual documents (curriculum vitae, publications, description of the project, etc.) and an indication regarding the desired starting date of the scholarship and length of the stay in Cologne.

Applications should reach Prof. Dr. W. Ameling, Universität zu Köln, Historisches Institut – Alte Geschichte, Albertus Magnus Platz, D-50923 Köln, Germany (walter.ameling@uni-koeln.de), not later than 1 December 2016."

4 POSTIONS IN CLASSICS - UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CALIFORNIA

The University of Southern California is currently offering four full-time positions in Classics. Please read the full job description below:

"The USC Department of Classics, having received a generous gift, has been authorized to hire FOUR new full-time tenure-line faculty, open rank (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor). Positions will be available as of August 15, 2017. The new positions are expressions of the University's commitment to classical studies as a central component of humanistic inquiry. Applications are invited from scholars who have a Ph.D. in hand by the time of appointment and who meet both of the following criteria:

(1) Broad competence in Greek and Latin language, literature, and culture, as demonstrated by a Ph.D. in Classics or a closely allied field.

(2) A holistic approach to classical antiquity in relation to other periods or cultures. This breadth can be demonstrated by a research or teaching commitment to a culture, historical period, or academic discipline beyond Classics. The Department seeks to encourage collaboration between current faculty and new hires as well as among those joining the department.

To apply, please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a writing sample (a published paper, dissertation chapter, conference presentation, etc.), and the names of three referees who will be contacted by USC. In order to be considered for this position, applicants are required to submit an electronic USC application; follow this job link or paste in a browser:http://jobs.usc.edu/postings/76108 . The positions will remain open until they are filled. The department will start reviewing applications on November 11.

The University of Southern California is an equal-opportunity educator and employer, proudly pluralistic and firmly committed to providing equal opportunity for outstanding persons of every race, gender, creed, and background. The University particularly encourages women, members of underrepresented groups, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply. USC will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship. Further information on these policies is available by contacting uschr@usc.edu.

Inquiries may be directed to Prof. Thomas Habinek, Head of Recruitment, Department of Classics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA  90089-0352  (habinek@usc.edu)."

AMERICAN CLASSICAL LEAGUE, CfP

We would like to make you aware of the following announcement issued by the American Classical League:

Classical Reception Studies

Sponsored by the American Classical League and organized by Ronnie Ancona, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center, Editor of The Classical Outlook, and Jared Simard, Hunter College

The American Classical League invites scholars and teachers to submit abstracts for its panel session on Classical Reception Studies at the Boston meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, in January, 2018. We are interested in papers that address any aspect of Classical Reception Studies. Papers should be accessible to a wide audience of classics scholars and teachers. 

Papers accepted for the panel will be considered for publication in The Classical Outlook, journal of the American Classical League.

Abstracts should be submitted to Ronnie Ancona (rancona@hunter.cuny.edu).  They should conform to the instructions for the format of individual abstracts that appear in the SCS Program Guide. Please put “ACL panel at SCS 2018” in the subject line of your email submission.

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is February 15, 2017.

CfP CELTIC CONFERENCE IN CLASSICS 2017, MONTRÉAL

We would like to let you know that the Celtic Conference in Classics will be hosted by the McGill University Montréal as well as by the University of Montréal from 19-22 July 2017. Papers may address any aspect of Graeco-Roman antiquity or its reception and may be presented either in French or in English. Please read the full Call for Proposals below:

10^ème  ÉDITION DU CONGRÈS CELTIQUE EN ÉTUDES CLASSIQUES (CELTIC CONFERENCE IN CLASSICS), MONTRÉAL, 19–22 JUILLET 2017

Appel à panels

La 10^ème rencontre de la Celtic Conference in Classics (CCC), une première en Amérique du Nord, sera conjointement hébergée par l’Université McGill et l’Université de Montréal du 19 au 22 juillet 2017. Les chercheurs établis de tous les pays sont invités à envoyer des propositions de panels dont ils choisiront eux-mêmes les orateurs, en collaboration avec les organisateurs de la CCC, et pour lesquels ils agiront à titre de présidents.

Les panels peuvent porter sur n’importe quel aspect de l’antiquité gréco-romaine et de sa réception. Chaque panel dispose approximativement de 16 sessions d’une durée de 50 minutes chacune. Traditionnellement, la CCC privilégie les communications de 35 minutes suivies de 15 minutes de discussion, mais il est possible d’inclure des communications plus brèves. Le nombre d’orateurs constituant chaque panel est habituellement compris entre 10 et 20. Les communications peuvent être en français ou en anglais. Lors des éditions précédentes de la CCC, de nombreux panels ont abouti à la publication de volumes collectifs. Bien entendu, les présidents de panels sont libres de mener l’éventuel processus de publication comme ils l’entendent.

On peut se faire une idée générale de la CCC en visitant le site web de l’édition 2016 de l’événement, qui s’est tenue à l’University College de Dublin: https://www.sites.google.com/site/celticclassics2016/

La rencontre de Dublin comprenait 21 panels et environ 330 participants.

La CCC est par nature démocratique et inclusive. Elle encourage une certaine mobilité entre les panels et valorise le décloisonnement des spécialités et des traditions nationales.

La CCC n’est pas rattachée à un campus ou à un pays en particulier. Ceci a pour conséquence qu’elle ne dispose pas de fonds résiduel : chaque événement est presque totalement financé par les frais de participation déboursés par les orateurs et les auditeurs. Cette indépendance permet à la CCC de se déplacer entre des sites agréables qu’elle choisit librement (des exemples récents sont Dublin, Edimbourg, Rennes et Bordeaux).

Les propositions de panels pour la CCC 2017 doivent être envoyées d’ici le 20 octobre 2016 au comité organisateur. Celui-ci se fera un plaisir de répondre aux éventuelles questions.

Elsa Bouchard <elsa.bouchard@umontreal.ca>

Bill Gladhill <charles.gladhill@mcgill.ca>

Douglas Cairns <douglas.cairns@ed.ac.uk>

Nandini Pandey <nandini.pandey@wisc.edu>

FELLOWSHIPS AND SUMMER RESIDENCIES IN CINCINNATI, OHIO

We would like to forward to you the following offer made by the Classics Department of the University of Cincinnati. Please note that the deadline for applications is 1 February 2017.

Tytus Fellowships and Cincinnati Summer Residencies

The University of Cincinnati Classics Department is pleased to offer two types of fellowships for study and research in the fields of philology, history, or archaeology at the John Miller Burnam Classics Library: Tytus Fellowships during the academic year, and Cincinnati Summer Residencies from May to August.

Our webpage, with access to further information on each program and to online application forms, is:

http://classics.uc.edu/index.php/tytusinfo 

Senior scholars are invited to apply for the Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program. Applicants for this program will ordinarily be a minimum of five years beyond receipt of the Ph.D., with notable publication histories. Tytus Scholars are expected to be in residence at the University of Cincinnati for a minimum of one semester (ca. four months) and a maximum of two during the regular academic year; see UC Academic Calendar. In exceptional circumstances, Tytus Scholars may be appointed for a shorter term (one to two months) during the regular academic year. Tytus Scholars. will receive a monthly stipend of $1,500 plus housing near campus and a transportation allowance, as well as office space attached to the Burnam Classics Library.

More recent PhDs and other scholars who would benefit from the use of a world-class classics library are invited to apply for the Cincinnati Summer Residency program. Applicants for this program will have their Ph.D. in hand by the time of application, and will ordinarily be in residence at the University of Cincinnati for approximately two months in the summer terms, May to mid-August; see UC Academic Calendar. Cincinnati Summer Residents will receive housing near campus and office space attached to the Burnam Classics Library. Residents are not eligible for a stipend or travel reimbursement.

Apart from residence in Cincinnati for the term of the relevant fellowship, the only obligation of participants in either program is to pursue their own research. They will also have access to the Klau Library at neigboring Hebrew Union College. Preference will be given to those who demonstrate a need for resources peculiar to the Burnam Classics Library or Department of Classics archives, and have not previously been able to access them. For Cincinnati Summer Residents, special consideration will be given to scholars without access to a research library through their home institutions.

The deadline for both fellowships is February 1.

The University of Cincinnati Burnam Classics Library is one of the world's premier collections in the field of Classical Studies. Comprising 269,000 volumes and a wide range of electronic resources, the library covers all aspects of the Classics: languages and literatures, history, civilization, art, and archaeology. Of special value for scholars is both the richness of the collection and its accessibility; almost any avenue of research in the classics or the post-classical Greek world can be pursued deeply and broadly under a single roof. The unusually comprehensive core collection, maintained by professional classicist librarians, is augmented by several special collections, including 15,000 nineteenth century German Programmschriften, plus extensive holdings in Palaeography, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. At neighboring Hebrew Union College is the Klau Library, with holdings in excess of 445,000 volumes, rich in Judaica and Near Eastern Studies.

CFP: WORLD HUMANITIES CONFERNECE, LIÈGE 2017

The World Humanities Conference, which we introduced you to in this blog, has now issued a call for proposals of symposia and papers (deadlines 31 January 2017 and 30 March 2017 respectively).

The conference entitled “Challenges and Responsibilities for a Planet in Transition” will be held in Liège from 6-12 August 2017. Please read all relevant information below or follow the link.

World Humanities Conference

Challenges and Responsibilities for a Planet in Transition

Liège, 6^th-12^th August 2017

CALL FOR PROPOSALS OF SYMPOSIA AND PAPERS

Purpose and scope

Humanities have been a main structuring dimension of knowledge and understanding of societies throughout time, allowing to approach complexity, rendering time and causal dimensions to features or making sense of processes. Actually, the divide between the Humanities and other knowledge clusters (e.g. natural sciences or technologies) is a recent feature. One of the first initiatives undertaken in the framework of UNESCO, soon after World War II, was the establishment of the International Council for the Philosophy and Humanistic Studies, in January 1949. Yet, Humanities lost ground in the most recent decades, while global acceleration led societies to focus on short term issues rather than on foresight and mid to long term concerns.

Four several dimensions are to be considered when attempting to resume a central role for the Humanities in contemporary society, namely their epistemological framework, their institutional networking, the scope of Humanities concerns in daily life of societies and their relations to the arts and education. It is within these concerns that the World Humanities’ Conference will be organised, by CIPSH, UNESCO and Liège Together partners, in August 2017.

This is the time for Humanities scholars, but also related collaborators, artists, scientists or policy makers, to stand forward. The global context is difficult, and the preparation of a World Conference is difficult. This is precisely why it is so needed, and we address to you.

Humanities themes offer a unique sight into global concerns, offering them specific time length and causal sequencing understandings. While six main topics have been proposed, as key interfaces between Humanities research and societal concerns, the World Humanities’ Conference invites submissions from all Humanities disciplines and encourages them to address those themes and related issues on the basis of Humanistic methodologies and epistemologies. Papers, sessions and symposia which address these broad issues from the perspective of History, Creative Literature, Visual Arts, Performative Media, Anthropology, Comparative cultural studies, Archaeology, Philosophy or any other Humanities fields, are welcome.

The World Humanities’ Conference is being largely prepared with a bottom-up methodology, and has a major and ambitious challenge: to change the tide and resume centrality for the Humanities. This will mainly depend on the engagement of scholars across the world. There are countless relevant research and applied projects and networks in the domains of the Humanities, but there is little coordination and awareness about them.

There is a growing feeling of the need to change methods, approaches and concerns, but this is the moment to focus and integrate them within a diversity framework. Please do bring your research, concerns, doubts and proposals for this major forum that will start reversing the course of Humanities periphery current status.

Structure and deadlines

The world Conference will accept proposals of sessions, symposia and of papers for sessions.

The sessions are organized under the sub-topics of six sections, as in the attached list; it is possible to propose sessions within the sections, until November 1^st, 2016.

The symposia are organized by a professional association or a specific group, and should address a specific theme not covered by the sessions. Symposia proposals must include a minimum of six papers by different participants, and may be proposed until January 31^st, 2017.

The papers are submitted for any of the sessions listed in the attachment and the conference website, and may be submitted until March 30^th, 2017.

Please complete one or more of the proposals forms, attached.

Send the  proposals to  cmh-wch@ulg.ac.be  and cipsh@unesco.org

Proposal of Session (complete the table below)

Name of organiser	Institutional affiliation
Name(s) of the co-organiser(s)	Institutional affiliation(s)
Email contacts
Section under which the session is proposed: 1 ¨  2  ¨ 3  ¨ 4  ¨ 5  ¨ 6  ¨
Title of proposed session
Summary (150 words)
5 Keywords

Proposal of Symposium (complete the table below)

Name of organiser	Institutional affiliation
Name(s) of the co-organiser(s)	Institutional affiliation(s)
Email contacts
Section under which the symposium is proposed: 1 ¨  2  ¨ 3  ¨ 4  ¨ 5  ¨ 6  ¨
Title of proposed symposium
Summary (150 words)
5 Keywords
Paper 1 Author(s) name(s): Affiliation(s): Email(s): Title: Abstract (100 words):

Proposal of Symposium (page 2)

Paper 2 Author(s) name(s): Affiliation(s): Email(s): Title: Abstract (100 words):

Paper 3 Author(s) name(s): Affiliation(s): Email(s): Title: Abstract (100 words):

Paper 4 Author(s) name(s): Affiliation(s): Email(s): Title: Abstract (100 words):

Paper 5 Author(s) name(s): Affiliation(s): Email(s): Title: Abstract (100 words):

Paper 6 Author(s) name(s): Affiliation(s): Email(s): Title: Abstract (100 words):

Proposal of Paper (complete the table below)

Author(s) name(s)	Institutional affiliation(s)
Email contacts
Session under which the paper is proposed: 1 ¨  2  ¨ 3  ¨ 4  ¨ 5  ¨ 6  ¨
Title of proposed paper
Abstract (150 words)
5 Keywords

LIST OF SESSIONS

SECTION I. HUMANITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Session 1. Environmental Anthropology, Interpretation and Creativity

Session 2. History of the Natural Environment and Climate

Session 3. Humans and the Environment: Adaptations and Modifications

Session 4. Humans and the Environment in the Industrial Era

Session 5. The Humanities in Environmental Management

Session 6. Environment, Societies and Values

SECTION II. CULTURAL IDENTITIES, CULTURAL DIVERSITIES AND INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS: A GLOBAL MULTICULTURAL HUMANITY

Session 1. Interdisciplinary Approach to Cultural Identity and its Components

Session 2. Cultural Identity and Diversity in Dynamic Perspective

Session 3. Internal Analysis of Interculturalism

Session 4. Dynamic Analysis of Interculturalism

Session 5. Roads of Dialogue, Paths of Knowledge and Cultural Routes

SECTION III. BORDERS AND MIGRATIONS

Session 1. Conceptual Analysis

Session 2. Borderscape: Borders as Organization of Space: Tracing and Marking

Session 3. Migration in its Dynamics

Session 4. Migration, Culture and Values

SECTION IV. HERITAGE

Session 1. Regarding the Notion of Heritage

Session 2. Threats to Tangible Heritage

Session 3. Threats to Intangible Heritage

Session 4. New Patrimonialisations

Session 5. Heritage Reclaimed

SECTION V. HISTORY, MEMORY AND POLITICS

Session 1. Epistemological Perspectives

Session 2. The Work of the Historian in its Political Context

Session 3. Commemorations, Celebrations and Remembrance

Session 4. From Eurocentric History to Multipolar History

Session 5. Collective Memory and the Consequences of War

SECTION VI. THE HUMANITIES IN A CHANGING WORLD. WHAT CHANGES THE WORLD AND IN THE WORLD? WHAT CHANGES THE HUMANITIES AND IN THE HUMANITIES?

Session 1. Surveys on the Evolution of the Humanities

Session 2. Digital Worlds

Session 3. The New Research Landscape

Session 4. Old Texts, New Approaches

Session 5. Publication and Assessment

Session 6. The Humanities, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Social Sciences

Session 7. Humanities, Education and Culture

Session 8. Gender studies

Concluding Session: Rebuilding the Humanities, Rebuilding Humanism