Through a yearly competition, the Center constitutes a group of six to eight UWM faculty, plus two external faculty, whose research relates to the Center’s biannual research theme. Fellowships are awarded to support research projects in the humanities, which include, but are not limited to, philosophy, history, literature, religious studies, and art history. Proposals employing humanistic approaches from the social and natural sciences and the arts are also welcome.
The Center provides office space on the ninth floor of Curtin Hall and research assistance (e.g., library work and duplication), as resources permit. Fellows are expected to participate in bi-weekly seminars and public programs throughout the year, and to present the results of their research in a public forum. Public programming consists of lectures, colloquia, and symposia by visiting scholars related to the Center’s theme, as well as the Center’s annual conference.
- UWM Faculty
Center fellows from UWM typically receive a one- or two-course reduction in teaching responsibilities each semester, as well as some relief from committee work. UWM faculty in all departments who hold the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor may apply. No one may hold a Center fellowship more than twice in a five year period.
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The Call for 2010-11 UWM Fellows is now open. The deadline to submit a fellowship proposal is December 1, 2009. For details, please consult the 2010-11 Call for Fellows and application cover sheet.
- Additional Opportunity: Masters of Liberal Studies (MLS) Fellowship
An additional fellowship may be awarded to a member of the UWM faculty who would offer a seminar related to the Center’s research theme within the MLS program. This seminar would be scheduled in the spring semester as part of the fellow’s customary reduced teaching load. In addition to the standard Center fellowship application, interested faculty are asked to submit a one-page description of the proposed seminar. Submission of an MLS course proposal is not required as part of the application and will not necessarily increase a candidate’s chances of being selected. Award of the MLS fellowship is contingent upon acceptance by both the Center and the Master of Liberal Studies program.
- UW System Faculty
One faculty member from the UW System is also selected to be part of the Center’s fellowship program. Terms of the fellowship are the same as those that apply to UWM faculty.
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The Call for 2009-10 UW System Fellows is closed. You may consult this old Call for Fellows and application to get a fuller understanding of the fellowship. The Call for 2010-11 Fellows will be posted in February 2010.
- Provost's Fellowship in the Humanities
To further broaden its fellowship program, the Center offers a Provost’s Fellowship to a scholar from outside UWM and the UW System. The fellow would be expected to be in residence for one academic year, and would be expected to participate in fellows’ seminars and public programs. The Provost’s Fellowship may be held concurrently with other grants, and with sabbatical or other support from home institutions. The Fellowship does not carry health insurance or other benefits.
The Call for 2010-11 Provost Fellowship is closed. You may consult this old Call for Provost Fellowship to learn more about it.
The Center is always interested to hear from UWM faculty about their proposals for conferences, symposia, and other multi-speaker events. Such proposals help the Center further its mission of promoting cutting-edge research and encouraging dialogue across disciplinary boundaries in the humanities, arts, and humanistically informed social sciences. Topics should have the potential both of appealing to a broad range of researchers in and around UWM and of having a wider impact on scholarly debates in the humanities nationally and internationally. Any topic that falls within the humanities, broadly conceived, has interdisciplinary appeal, and does not duplicate recent conferences may be proposed.
We are especially interested in proposals that could be implemented for the second year of our current research theme, Figuring Place & Time.
Call for conference proposals...
To assist faculty in their pursuit of externally funded research projects, the Center coordinates an ongoing grant writing group for faculty in the humanities and social sciences. The overarching goal of these group meetings is to increase the number and quality of grant submissions by faculty in the humanities and social sciences, two broad areas that are generally under-funded by external sources. Toward this end, the workshop is intended to:
Provide information about internal and external grant opportunities and application processes
Improve the quality of writing and thereby the chances for success in achieving funding
Workshops meet four times per year, with ad hoc sessions called for review of each other’s grant proposals.
For further information, contact John Blum
- postal address: p.o. box 413 milwaukee, wi 53201
- street address: curtin hall 929 3243 n downer ave milwaukee, wi 53211
- phone: 414.229.4141
- fax: 414.229.5964
- email: ctr21cs@uwm.edu