Becoming an Institute Fellow or Affiliate
Becoming an Institute Affiliate
All tenured and tenure-track Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences faculty members working in the humanities, including humanistic branches of the social sciences, and all tenured and tenure-track School of Communication and School of Music faculty members working in the humanities are eligible to become Institute Fellows. Eligible faculty members may apply either for a full year of supported leave OR a two-course teaching reduction. Applicants must receive the approval of the Chair of their Department before applying.
Institute Fellows are expected:
(1) to attend and participate in Institute events
(2) to present a talk based upon their Institute-supported research at a mid-day Lunch Colloquium sometime during the year. The presentation will be about 20-30 minutes in length followed by a 30 minute discussion with the group of Institute Associates and other colleagues the Fellow may invite.
(3) to offer, normally during the year immediately following the fellowship year, a new, one-quarter undergraduate course in the humanities (listed as an Institute course) reflecting research undertaken during the fellowship year. (The course can be cross-listed and/or co-listed) in the Fellow's home department and can be open to department majors and others as the department and professor see fit). The applicant should make his or her department chair aware of this future teaching obligation. This course becomes part of the group of courses offered to undergraduates by the Institute and as such it should exemplify the Institute's interdisciplinary agenda and commitment to new scholarship in the humanities.
Fellows who apply for and receive a teaching reduction will be expected to take part in the Institute activities during the quarter(s) in which they hold their Institute fellowship, and are encouraged to participate in the full-year program. Like full-year Fellows, they must offer a new, one-quarter course in the Institute in the year following their Fellowship.
A panel of three external senior humanist Scholars unaffiliated with Northwestern University review the applications and select the fellows.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with Director S. Hollis Clayson (shc@northwestern.edu), if you have any questions about the procedures or schedule of application.
Applying for an Institute Fellowship
The Institute will begin accepting Fellowship applications for 2009-2010 in early 2009. Watch this page for more information.
The Institute will begin accepting Fellowship applications for 2009-2010 in early 2009. Watch this page for more information.
The position of Faculty Affiliate is open to all faculty members working in the humanities within the university, who would be particularly interested in conversations with other humanities scholars. (Faculty Affiliate should not be confused with an Institute Fellowship, currently open only to WCAS, School of Communication, and School of Music tenured and tenure-track faculty.) We also invite applications for Graduate Affiliates—advanced doctoral students working in the humanities in any of the schools across the entire university—who would be interested in sharing their ideas and research with Institute associates and participating in events with our visitors. Annual Institute Affiliates receive a designated research account of $1,000 (some important restrictions apply) and are expected to take an active part in all major Institute activities during the academic year of their affiliation.
Affiliates have lunch and participate in workshops with our speakers, and participate in Institute Lunch Colloquia (usually on Wednesdays at noon) -- events which provide opportunities for dialogue with other humanities faculty and graduate students.
Please do not hesitate to contact Beverly Zeldin-Palmer, Department Assistant, Kaplan Institute for the Humanities b-zeldin@northwestern.edu (or 847-467-3970), if you have any questions about the procedures or schedule of application.
2008-2009 Faculty and Graduate Affiliates
Applying to be an Institute Affiliate
The Institute will begin accepting Faculty and Graduate Affiliates applications for 2009-2010 in early 2009. Watch this page for more information.
