NEW DIRECTIONS IN FEMINIST RESEARCH – SEMINAR DIRECTOR
and NEW DIRECTIONS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
ANNUAL CALL FOR SEMINAR DIRECTOR:
Each autumn, the Center for Feminist Research will invite proposals from USC scholars in any school or discipline to be the annual Director of the “New Directions in Feminist Research” seminar. Candidates should propose a broadly thematic, interdisciplinary topic for a research seminar derived from their own ongoing research. Topics must be related to feminism or gender studies or employ feminist approaches or methods. Directors will help select four funded New Directions Fellows to participate in a year-long scholarly seminar focusing on collaborative discussion of works in progress related to the chosen seminar theme. Seminar Directors will receive $5000 in research funding and, if they hold positions within the College, release from teaching one course (pending deans’ final approval in each case.) Director will also manage a small programming budget. Seminar format is flexible but must include at least six meetings over the academic year.
ANNUAL CALL FOR NEW DIRECTIONS FELLOWS:
Each spring, the Center for Feminist Research will invite proposals from USC faculty, advanced graduate students, and resident artists in any school or discipline for New Directions Fellowships. Fellows must propose ongoing research projects related broadly to the seminar’s theme. Fellows are expected to attend all seminar meetings and events, to present their work to the seminar, and help plan any public programming related to the year’s seminar. They are expected to produce a completed project at end of the seminar, (for example, a monograph chapter, article, multimedia project, performance, or major grant proposal.) Fellows will each receive $5000 in research funding.
For more information about New Directions in Feminist Research, the position of seminar Director, or New Directions Fellowships, please contact: