The New Faculty Fellows program offers a $50,000 stipend plus a $5,000 research/travel allowance, covers health insurance for two years, and provides a one-time $1,500 moving allowance. To be eligible, an applicant must have been awarded a Ph.D. in a humanities or humanistic social science discipline between January 2010 and December 2011. Ph.D.s who have already secured tenure-track positions are not eligible. See detailed competition criteria and application instructions for the KU nomination process here. Further details about the program are available at http://www.acls.org/programs/newfaculty/. 

Applications for nomination are due before 5 p.m. on October 5. 

 "Research Engagement"  

Joshua Rosenbloom, Associate Vice Provost, Research & Graduate Studies,  

and Jeff Moran, History
October 13, 12:00-1:30 p.m. 

Hall Center Seminar Room   

Join Jeff Moran and Joshua Rosenbloom for a discussion of what it means to be a faculty member at a Research I University. How does this designation impact the expectations for faculty research? How do these expectations relate to tenure and promotion guidelines? How is the university seeking to measure research engagement?  How can you ensure you remain research active in the midst of teaching duties? The Hall Center's New Faculty Workshops seek to help new faculty members in the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts negotiate the first three years at KU. The workshops are an interactive forum in which speakers will provide a short talk before taking your questions.

Lunch will be provided, but RSVP is required by October 6  to
hallcenter@ku.edu or 864-4798.  

Idea Café at the Commons  

Garth Myers 

Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Urban International Studies, Trinity College 

"What Causes City Dwellers to Riot, and How Do Cities Recover?"

 October 7, 11:30 a.m.  

 The Commons, Spooner Hall 

The Zanzibar Revolution of 1964 followed a period of unrest and rioting that gripped the city for seven years prior. Subsequent riots embroiled Zanzibar City off and on from 1988 to 2001 and have manifested in occasional flare-ups since. Professor Myers will respond to Northwestern University historian Jonathon Glassman's new book, War of Words, War of Stones: Racial Thought and Violence in Colonial Zanzibar (2011), in which the author addresses the roots of Zanzibar's contemporary political violence and struggles and what caused ordinary people to not only riot, but kill innocent people. Since 2002, Zanzibar City has largely been peaceful, and as of October 2010, it has been governed by a "Government of National Unity." Are there any lessons from its experiences for post-riot recovery for other cities? The Idea Café is intended to elicit energetic exchanges between attendees in response to the speaker's introduction. 

The RSVP deadline for this event has passed. To see if attendance is still possible, contact Emily Ryan at thecommons@ku.edu.

Digital Humanities Seminar  

Margaret Pearce, Geography  

"Digital Cartopgraphy and Collaboration in Maine: Transcultural Map Design with the Penobscot Nation" 

 October 4, 3:30-5:00 p.m.  

Hall Center Seminar Room 

This presentation explores the methodological and design challenges inherent to cartographic translations of place name landscapes through the example of Dr. Margaret Pearce's collaboration with the Penobscot Nation Cultural & Historic Preservation Department to map the Wabanaki place names of Penobscot territory. Pearce will focus on how and why she is combining both manual and digital mapping tools in her collaboration, whether as mode of inquiry or means of visual expression.

The Digital Humanities Seminar, co-sponsored by the Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities (IDRH), provides a forum for sharing and discussion of new digitally-enabled humanities research efforts, with a specific focus on what digital humanities tools and practices can do for a range of humanistic research. For more information, contact Arienne Dwyer (Anthropology, 864-2649, anthlinguist (at) ku (dot) edu) or Brian Rosenbloom (KU Libraries, 864-8883, brianlee@ku.edu).

University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 

"The 1909 People's Budget: A Century's Retrospective"

October 6, 3:30 p.m.   

Hall Center Seminar Room 

Honorary Professorial Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of History, Bruce K. Murray (University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) will deliver a century's retrospective on an important moment in British history, the contest over the 1909 People's Budget. Murray is the author of five books, including The People's Budget 1909-10: Lloyd George and Liberal Politics (Clarendon, 1980) and in 2004 was awarded the University of Witwatersrand Gold Medal, intended to honor persons of outstanding distinction who have been important to the life of the university. He graduated with a PhD in History from the University of Kansas in 1967.

Upcoming Seminars

 Oct 3 Early Modern Seminar Keri Sanburn Behre  

 "Voracious Mothers: Craving and Identity in Early Modern English  Drama" 

 Oct 7 Peace, War, & Global Change/Latin American Seminar  

Claire Wolnisty  

 "The Race to Nicaragua:  Anglo-Saxonism and Regeneration in William   Walker's Empire"

Reminder: Award Opportunity Deadlines   

Commons Seed Grant Full Proposal Deadline 

Deadline: Monday, October 31 

These grants are intended to nurture and develop interdisciplinary, collaborative research ideas at the conceptual stage. The outcome of a seed grant should be the development of a substantive grant proposal to an external funding entity. For more information, please contact the Commons at thecommons@ku.edu.

Directorship of the Fall 2012 Faculty Colloquium 

Deadline: Monday, October 31 

The director determines the theme, provides intellectual leadership and guidance, and acts as coordinator of the colloquium. You must use the competitions portal to apply for this competition.