Post by lookielou on Nov 23, 2011 16:10:39 GMT -5
The Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon University
Residential Fellowship, 2012-2013
Media and Social Change
During the 2012-2013 academic year the Humanities Center (in collaboration with the Center for the Arts in Society) will sponsor a series of lectures and workshops focused on Media and Social Change. This is a timely topic since the year 2011 has been marked by protests from Cairo, to Madison Wisconsin, to New York City and Santiago, Chile that have been explained in part by the role new media has played in their organization. We will consider the relationship between media and social change in both recent years and in historical perspective. In what ways has media spurred and facilitated social change? In what ways have new media forms made organizing for social change more difficult? These questions are of particular relevance to the humanities as we move further into the digital age. While much of what fuels the digital revolution may be considered technology (cell phones, algorithms, software, apps), the content of new social media-tweets, Facebook updates, emails, Google searches, the talk produced by talking heads-this content demands new kinds of analysis from humanists. Those of us who are trained to understand language, narrative, and the relationship between content and form are uniquely equipped to think about how these new media forms are making (and/or inhibiting) new kinds of relationships between people.
As part of this program, we invite applications for a residential fellowship at the junior or senior level. Responsibilities include the presentation of a public lecture, participation in the Humanities Center's Faculty Research Colloquium, and contributing to the intellectual life of the center. Fellows must be in residence in Pittsburgh during the term of the fellowship. Successful candidates must have the PhD in hand by the application deadline and have a focused research project that addresses one of the project's central themes. Candidates for the senior fellowship must have a record of scholarship in an area relevant to the themes, and must currently hold a continuing academic position. In addition, the fellow will teach one course relevant to the theme, which will be part of the Humanities Scholars Program. Candidates are urged to consult the HSP website for further information about that program: www.hss.cmu.edu/hsp/. The stipend for the fellowship will be $35,000-$40,000, and the fellow will be provided an office and the use of a computer. The fellowship also includes a small research and travel allowance.
The purpose of these fellowships is to promote exemplary interdisciplinary research in the humanities. Applicants from any field in the humanities are invited to apply and priority will be given to candidates with a demonstrated ability to collaborate across disciplines. Applications from women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged. The deadline for applications is January 15, 2012.Applicants must fill-out a brief on-line application at www.hss.cmu.edu/humanitiescenter/fellowform.html. In addition, applicants are requested to send a c. v., a writing sample, a four-page proposal for research to be carried out during the period of the fellowship, three letters of reference, and (for the junior position only) a description of the undergraduate course to be offered. Application materials can be mailed to Humanities Center Fellowship Committee, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, BH 154, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890. Application materials may also be sent electronically to hssdean@andrew.cmu.edu, with "Humanities Center Junior [or Senior] Fellowship" in the subject line.
Residential Fellowship, 2012-2013
Media and Social Change
During the 2012-2013 academic year the Humanities Center (in collaboration with the Center for the Arts in Society) will sponsor a series of lectures and workshops focused on Media and Social Change. This is a timely topic since the year 2011 has been marked by protests from Cairo, to Madison Wisconsin, to New York City and Santiago, Chile that have been explained in part by the role new media has played in their organization. We will consider the relationship between media and social change in both recent years and in historical perspective. In what ways has media spurred and facilitated social change? In what ways have new media forms made organizing for social change more difficult? These questions are of particular relevance to the humanities as we move further into the digital age. While much of what fuels the digital revolution may be considered technology (cell phones, algorithms, software, apps), the content of new social media-tweets, Facebook updates, emails, Google searches, the talk produced by talking heads-this content demands new kinds of analysis from humanists. Those of us who are trained to understand language, narrative, and the relationship between content and form are uniquely equipped to think about how these new media forms are making (and/or inhibiting) new kinds of relationships between people.
As part of this program, we invite applications for a residential fellowship at the junior or senior level. Responsibilities include the presentation of a public lecture, participation in the Humanities Center's Faculty Research Colloquium, and contributing to the intellectual life of the center. Fellows must be in residence in Pittsburgh during the term of the fellowship. Successful candidates must have the PhD in hand by the application deadline and have a focused research project that addresses one of the project's central themes. Candidates for the senior fellowship must have a record of scholarship in an area relevant to the themes, and must currently hold a continuing academic position. In addition, the fellow will teach one course relevant to the theme, which will be part of the Humanities Scholars Program. Candidates are urged to consult the HSP website for further information about that program: www.hss.cmu.edu/hsp/. The stipend for the fellowship will be $35,000-$40,000, and the fellow will be provided an office and the use of a computer. The fellowship also includes a small research and travel allowance.
The purpose of these fellowships is to promote exemplary interdisciplinary research in the humanities. Applicants from any field in the humanities are invited to apply and priority will be given to candidates with a demonstrated ability to collaborate across disciplines. Applications from women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged. The deadline for applications is January 15, 2012.Applicants must fill-out a brief on-line application at www.hss.cmu.edu/humanitiescenter/fellowform.html. In addition, applicants are requested to send a c. v., a writing sample, a four-page proposal for research to be carried out during the period of the fellowship, three letters of reference, and (for the junior position only) a description of the undergraduate course to be offered. Application materials can be mailed to Humanities Center Fellowship Committee, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, BH 154, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890. Application materials may also be sent electronically to hssdean@andrew.cmu.edu, with "Humanities Center Junior [or Senior] Fellowship" in the subject line.