Application Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2009

Please send all application materials to
Jennifer Conway, Associate Director
Penn Humanities Forum
Room 207, 3619 Locust Walk/6213

TO APPLY
Please submit the following:

1. Cover letter in which you briefly describe how your research and academic interests relate to Connections

2. Dissertation Proposal

3. Curriculum vitae

4. Transcript of courses

5. One confidential letter of recommendation from either your dissertation director or your graduate chair

  

PHF Graduate Research Assistantship

Call for Applications, 2009–2010
Topic: CONNECTIONS

The Penn Humanities Forum announces a Graduate Research Assistantship for the 2009–10 academic year for a University of Pennsylvania dissertation-level (ABD) student in the humanities whose thesis pertains to Connections, the Forum's research topic for 2009–10.

The Penn Humanities Forum Graduate Research Assistantship provides full support for the 2009–10 academic year (tuition plus a stipend of $19,200), and carries with it membership in the Forum's weekly Faculty Mellon Research Seminar. Applicants may not be holding other positions (e.g., teaching) and must be in good academic and financial standing with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

The position requires 15–20 hours per week of service in a variety of functions:

1. student leader of the Graduate Humanities Forum, working in association with the GHF Faculty Advisor to organize GHF seminars and special colloquia;
2. chair and coordinator of the annual GHF spring conference, planning, organizing, and presiding over the event;
3. assistant to the PHF staff, Jennifer Conway and Sara Varney, helping to carry out the general business of the Forum (requires some evenings and, rarely, weekend work).

The RAship is awarded competitively. Finalists are interviewed on campus in March/April as part of the selection process.dots
Questions? Email or call Jennifer Conway, 215.898.8220