CLA DEAN’S FRESHMEN RESEARCH and CREATIVE SCHOLARS PROGRAM

The 2016-2017 CLA Dean’s Freshman Research and Creative Scholars Program and to ask you to share this information with your faculty and encourage them to participate. This program helps recruit exceptional students to CLA across the social sciences, arts, and humanities by offering incoming students a scholarship to work with a faculty member in some aspect of the faculty member's ongoing scholarly or creative work. Students are matched to faculty in the fall and participate in research in the spring. Matches are made between faculty members and freshman participants based on the available faculty, the requirements of the research opportunity, and the majors and interests of the students.  We make every attempt to match students’ interests with available research opportunities.  Feedback from both students and faculty who participated in 2016 was overwhelmingly positive.  

Our goal for this year is to offer 150 awards of $2,000 to exceptional CLA freshmen. Faculty members can receive up to $250 for related expenses. Students are expected to devote up to 10 hours of effort each week during the spring and are required to submit a poster presentation, short report, performance piece, or similar at the end of the semester. Students have the option of registering for 1-2 credits in order to engage in work beyond 10 hours/week, or to complete a more substantial report. For more details please view the program description at http://ugp.cla.umn.edu/research.

Faculty interested in including a talented freshman in their scholarly work for spring semester should respond no later than Friday, September 30, by completing the 2016-2017 Faculty Questionnaire for the CLA Dean's Freshman Research and Creative Scholars Program with their proposal information (form requires University of Minnesota email sign-in). Faculty can have more than one freshman research student.

The Director of Administration, Scholarships, and Awards Barbara Schwab would be happy to answer any questions you may have about the program.  She can be reached at 612-625-7994 or schwa133@umn.edu.

INTERDISCIPLINARY DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS (IDF) internal deadline: October 24, 2016 by 12:00 Noon.

The Graduate School's is offering the Interdisciplinary DoctoralFellowships (IDF), which includes $23,000 and full tuition. The American Studies internal deadline is based on the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) deadline. If you intend to apply and partner with a different center/institute, please inform Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) by Monday, October 3, so she can review those center/institute requirements.


All materials required by the center/institute that you are applying to (with the exception of the letter of endorsement from the director of the center/institute) are due to Melanie by the Department's internal deadline of Departmental internal deadline is Monday, October 24th, 2016 by 12:00 Noon    

The instructions for applying to the IAS for an IDF can be found here:
http://ias.umn.edu/programs/idf/application-instructions/

For Graduate School (general) information about the IDF and the
centers/institutes that will house IDF fellows, please click here:
http://www.grad.umn.edu/about-interdisciplinary-initiatives-funding-opportunities/idf-17-18

RACE, INDIGENEITY, GENDER & SEXUALITY STUDIES INITIATIVE (RIGS) THREE PART SERIES

RACE, INDIGENEITY, GENDER & SEXUALITY STUDIES INITIATIVE (RIGS) is pleased to announce its three part series that focuses on reframing the dialogue around current issues: race, police, violence, and public health in the United States. 

Questions? -- Call 612-624-9440 or e-mail both@umn.edu

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THE MID- AMERICA AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION (MAASA) & THE AMERICAN STUDIES JOURNAL RECEPTION

The Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA) & the American Studies Journal invite you to join us for drinks, food, and conversation at our 2016 ASA Reception on Friday, November 18th from 4-6pm at The Corner Office, 1401 Curtis Street, Denver.

For more information, please contact Sarah Atwood (atwoo049@umn.edu) or click on the flyer below.

YALE UNIVERSITY'S CALL FOR PAPERS

YALE UNIVERSITY is pleased to announce their call for papers for the 2017 American Literature in the World Graduate Conference. This conference hopes to broaden the scope of American Literature, opening it to more complex geographies, and to a variety of genres and media. The conference will be held on April 6^th, 2018. Abstracts (250 – 650 words) are due by Friday, December 15 to americanliteratureintheworld@gmail.com.  Click here for more information.