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
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PHF Graduate Research Assistantship
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:
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student leader of the Graduate Humanities
Forum, working in association with the GHF Faculty Advisor
to organize GHF seminars and special colloquia; |
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chair and coordinator of the annual GHF
spring conference, planning, organizing, and presiding over
the event; |
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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.
Questions? Email or call Jennifer
Conway, 215.898.8220
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