Graduate Student and Postdoc Announcements
Recent Announcements (Updated August 12, 2009)
All recent announcements are first sent out to all graduate students through graduateaffairs@jhu.edu, then posted here. Announcements will remain posted for 3 weeks unless noted otherwise. (Any announcement requests should be sent to graduateaffairs@jhu.edu.)
Research Writing Course for Graduate Students
he Center for Leadership Education is offering a research writing course this spring that is open to graduate students. There is no additional charge for this course and you may register for it by going to the Registrar’s Office and filling out a registration form for course number EN.661.610. A brief description of the course is provided below, but if you have additional questions about the class, please contact Julie Reiser.
Lattman Graduate Student Community Seminar Series: Call for Proposals
Through this seminar series, Homewood graduate students present broad-based research seminars to fellow graduate students and the entire Homewood community in an environment of collaboration and support. Please read the attached guidelines for details. Please contact the Graduate Affairs Coordinator, Rita Banz, at banz@jhu.edu if you have any questions.
Columbia University, Society of Fellows in the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Society of Fellows with grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the William R. Kenan Trust, will appoint a number of post-doctoral fellows in the humanities for the academic year 2010-2011. We invite applications from qualified candidates who have received the Ph.D. between 1 January 2006 and 1 July 2010. Fellows are appointed as Lecturers in appropriate departments at Columbia University and as postdoctoral research fellows. The fellowship is renewable for a second and third year. In the first year, Fellows teach one course per semester: at least one of these courses will be in the undergraduate general education program of the University. In years two and three, Fellows teach one course per year. In addition to teaching and research, the duties of Fellows include attendance at the Society's lectures and events as well as active participation in the intellectual life of the Society and of the department with which the Fellow is affiliated. The annual stipend will be $55,000. Each Fellow will also receive a research allowance of $5,000 per annum. The application can be access at www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows. The deadline for the receipt of completed applications is October 5, 2009.
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences is currently accepting applications for the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities for three fellows, who will be appointed to a one-year term beginning July 1, 2010, renewable for a second.
The Mellon Postdoctoral Program encourages innovative teaching, enriches educational and research opportunities in the humanities, and fosters the career development of a select group of promising young scholars. Fully one-third of the Krieger School’s faculty is engaged in humanities departments, where scholarly and pedagogical excellence has been the standard since the university’s founding in 1876.
Each fellowship carries a departmental affiliation and the responsibility of teaching one course per semester. The initial stipend is $48,000, with an additional $1,000 available for research and travel expenses. Health insurance and a one-time moving allowance of $1,500 are also provided. Appointments are for one year, renewable for a second year.
Humanities departments and an interdisciplinary committee of Krieger school faculty members will review applications and select fellows for 2010-2011. Fellows will be selected based primarily on applicants’ scholarship and promise, as well as their abilities to fill research and teaching needs within the university’s humanities departments. Applicants should have completed their Ph.D. in one of the following fields:
History, English, History of Art, Musicology, Classics, Anthropology, German and Romance Languages and Literatures, Comparative Literature, History of Science and Technology, Near Eastern Studies, no earlier than June 30, 2005 and no later than June 30th, 2010. For further information visit: http://krieger.jhu.edu/research/mellon/Mellon%20checklist.pdf. Applications must be postmarked by Thursday, November 12, 2009.
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans supports thirty individuals a year for up to two years of graduate study in any subject anywhere in the United States. The Fellowship provides $20,000 maintenance and half tuition (up to a maximum of $16,000 per annum) wherever the Fellow attends. Candidates must be either holders of Green Cards, naturalized citizens, or children of two naturalized citizen parents. Students may already be in a graduate study program to be eligible, but may not be past their second year. The deadline is November 1, 2009. Recipients will be announced in March. Please read the attached document for more information or check out the following website: www.pdsoros.org.
Summer Intensive Courses in German and Latin for Graduate Students
This summer, four-week intensive courses in German for reading knowledge and Latin will once again be offered, free of charge, to entering and continuing JHU graduate students. These courses aim to provide a basis for reading these languages in just four weeks. They are suitable for students with no prior experience of the language in question, as well as for those seeking a review/brush-up. The courses are both scheduled to run Monday, August 3 - Friday, August
28, meeting 5 days per week, 9 A.M. to noon. They entail no grades and no formal academic credit. The Latin instructor is Timothy Phin of Classics (tphin1@jhu.edu), and the German instructor is Caroline Domenghino of GRLL (domenghino@jhu.edu). To express interest in one of these courses, please contact the relevant instructor directly, and copy Professor Matthew Roller as well (mroller@jhu.edu on the email.
Permanent Announcements
All permanent announcements are first sent out to all graduate students through graduateaffairs@jhu.edu, then posted here. Announcements will remain posted for one academic year unless noted otherwise. (Any announcement requests should be sent to graduateaffairs@jhu.edu.)
Crime Safety Tips
This message is being sent to you by the Homewood Graduate Affairs and Admissions Office. During the past week we have seen an increase in thefts from autos, assaults, and attempted burglaries in the vicinity of the Homewood Campus. The Security Office has provided a few safety tips which will help ensure your personal safety and protect your property (attached). Additionally, the Security Office would like to remind all students that when traveling at night to please use the Security Department's escort service at 410-516-8700. Security Escort Vans are operational from 5:00 PM to 3:00 AM and run within a one mile radius of the campus. During exam week an Escort Van will also run from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM as a service to students studying on campus.
Herbal Medicine - A Holistic Approach at the Student Health and Wellness Center
Submitted by: Student Health and Wellness Center
If you suffer from chronic stress, frequent illnesses, chronic conditions not adequately managed with conventional approaches, or you just want to explore a healthier lifestyle, you may want to consider herbal medicine. During an appointment, we discuss health concerns, review lifestyle factors like diet and exercise, and explore ways to achieve optimum wellness using herbs. Visits are part of the free services offered at the JHU Student Health and Wellness Center. (Please note: There is a charge for herbs and supplements). For an herbal medicine consult with Allegra Hamman, please contact the Student Health and Wellness Center at 410-516-8270. Appointments are available Wednesday afternoons or Friday mornings.
Johns Hopkins Homewood Emergency Alert Text Message System
Submitted by: Campus Security
On Monday, February 9, a test of the Johns Hopkins Emergency Systems was preformed. Besides the siren alarm that was tested on the Homewood Campus, a test text message sent to all cell phone users who had previously signed up for this emergency broadcast feature. If you are not yet a subscriber to the JHEA text message system, you can sign up on the my.johnshopkins.edu. After signing in with your JHED ID, go to the 'My JHED' tab then update your emergency alert information. Remember to click 'Save' when you are done.
Ancient History in 3-D
Last spring, Near Eastern studies graduate student Adam Maskevich teamed up with Professor Glenn Schwartz and MICA's Peter Chomowicz to teach Ancient City of the Future, a course in which students created a three-dimensional reconstruction of the Bronze Age city of Umm el-Marra, believed to be one of the world's first cities.
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