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Faculty and Graduate Affiliates

Each year the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities welcomes 8-12 faculty members and advanced graduate students as Institute Affiliates. The purpose of the Affiliate Program is to provide support for research and a space for cross-disciplinary discussion. Institute Affiliates form a critical part of our intellectual community, joining Institute Fellows, participants in the DIALOGUE Series, and the Distinguished Harris Lecturer in a variety of interdisciplinary events across the academic year.

Applications for 2013-14 Affiliates

Applications for 2013-14 affliates are now available. Please find links to download below. The deadline for 2013-14 applications is Friday, April 12. Please submit your application to megan.campbell@northwestern.edu.

2013-14 Affiliate Application

2012-13 Institute Affiliates»

Benefits of the Affiliate Program

• Meet faculty and doctoral students working in the humanities from a variety of departments and programs
• Receive $1000 in research funds
• Participate regularly in Institute programing
• Enjoy the AKIH Wednesday Lunch Colloquia
• Present dissertation research in the AKIH Dissertation Forum (for graduate affiliates) on March 8, 2013

Eligibility

• FACULTY Affiliateships are open to all faculty members of all ranks working in the humanities from any school within NU
• GRADUATE Affiliateships are open to advanced doctoral students or MFA students working in the humanities in any school within NU
• Affiliates cannot be scheduled to teach on Wednesdays at noon, the time of the Institute’s Lunch Colloquia
• Preference is given to those who have not previously held an affiliateship
• Previous Affiliates must wait three years before reapplying
  

Criteria

• Selections emphasize no single theme, but rather the originality, quality and importance of the research project. The applicant’s perceived ability to participate in collegial interaction is an additional criterion for selection
• A Humanities Council committee makes the final selections based upon scholarly merit and the need to insure distribution across rank and department