2013 - 2014 Call for Applications

The Calgary Institute for the Humanities (CIH) was established at the University of Calgary in 1976 to foster advance study and research in a broad range of subject areas reflecting its multi-disciplinary and multi-faculty orientation.  It supports research in traditional Humanities disciplines such as languages and literature, history, religious studies, philosophy, as well as in philosophical and historical aspects of the social sciences, arts, sciences, and professional studies.  The humanities are not conceived as a specific group of academic disciplines, but as forms of study that examine what is human - typically guided by literature, history, social and physical settings, artifact, visual and performing arts.

Eligibility

Applications are especially invited from scholars of established reputation, although less-established scholars are eligible if they hold a doctorate or equivalent qualification at least two years prior to the Fellowship's tenure. Awards are primarily intended for scholars on sabbatical or release-time leaves to provide opportunity for a research visit to the Institute. Preference will be given to candidates whose work could be well supported at the University of Calgary and it is of value to more than one academic area.

Value

Assistance offered beyond Honorary Fellow status is modest, consisting of secretarial support and an office in an active research environment.

Terms of Fellowship

The term of the fellowship will normally be one year.  The fellowship will commence September 1, 2013.  The Fellowship is not renewable.

Other Information

Libraries and Cultural Resources (LCR) at the University of Calgary brings together the University Library, Archives and Special Collections, The Nickle Arts Museum, and the UofC Press.  LCR develops, preserves, and provides access to large collections of print, digital and three-dimensional objects, and archival materials. This unique organizational structure provides a key strategic advantage to researchers and makes information - regardless of format - readily available.  LCR has a number of subject specialists including Subject Librarians, Special Collections Librarians, Archivists, and Curators.

Visiting Fellows will be expected to conduct their research at the Institute. They will be expected to share their research in a public lecture and in an in-house seminar, and to involve themselves in the community of scholars working at the Institute. The Institute's support should be acknowledged in all oral and written publications that result from the research supported.

Application Procedure

An electronic PDF version of the application must include:

1. a curriculum vitae
2. a detailed statement of the research proposal in a form that makes the applicant's research project understandable to experts in his or her own discipline
3. a descriptive title and abstract of 150 words directed to an interdisciplinary adjudication committee
4. applicants are to provide names of three scholars whose opinion the Institute may seek.  It normally solicits additional external assessments.  The applicant's list of assessors are to be submitted on a separate page that includes their addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and email addresses.

To be submitted to the Institute at cih@ucalgary.ca 

Deadline for Applications

Applications are sent to the attention of the Director, The Calgary Institute for the Humanities, the University of Calgary  The results of the competition will be made known early in the new year.  The deadline for applications is the last Friday of October.

Particulars

Further information is available from the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 (telephone: 403-220-7238; fax: 403-282-7822; e-mail: CIH@ucalgary.ca; web page: http://www.ucalgary.ca/cih).