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JESSICA HAGEDORN, Regents' Lecturer, January 12-23, 1998,
sponsored by the Department of Literature, Ethnic Studies, Women's Studies,
the Cross-Cultural Center, and the Pan Asian Staff Association.
Graduate Student Organized Event
Thursday, January 15, 3:00 p.m.
deCerteau Room, 155 Literature Building
Reception following
Lettau Commons, 3138 Literature Building
Reading from her Works
Wednesday, January 21, 7:30 p.m.
Center Hall Room 119
Reception and Book Signing
Friday, January 23, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Cross-Cultural Center
Office Hours
Wednesday, January 14, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 21, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Room 3451 Literature Building (4th Floor)
Poet, multimedia theater artist, novelist, and screenwriter, Jessica
Hagedorn was born and raised in the Philippines and moved to the U.S. in
her teens. Her novel, Dogeaters (Pantheon and Penguin Books, 1990),
was nominated for a National Book Award and has been translated into several
languages. She is also the author of the novel, The Gangster of Love
(Houghton Mifflin, 1996; Penguin, 1997) and Danger And Beauty (Penguin,
1993), a collection of poetry and prose. She is the editor of Charlie
Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction (Penguin,
1993), and her poems, prose and theater pieces, essays, and fiction have
been anthologized widely. Ms. Hagedorn wrote the screenplay for Fresh
Kill, an independent first feature film directed and produced by Shu
Lea Cheang. Her multimedia theater pieces include Teenytown, The Art
of War: Nine Situations and Holy Food. She is the recipient
of the 1994 Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund Writer's Award and a 1995
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship.
PATRICIA SEED, Department of History, Rice University,
speaking on representations of indigenous peoples by early modern colonialist
writers.
Thursday, January 15, 4:00 p.m.
Galbraith Conference Room, Humanities and Social Sciences Building
Research/Fellowship Opportunities
Research Grants. Academic Senate members who would like
to apply for research support for the remainder of 1997-98 must submit
a Research Grant Application to the Committee on Research, Academic Senate
Office, 0002, by 2:00 p.m., January 30 , 1998. Applications received
after this date will be returned. Grants generally do not exceed $7,000.
Priority is given to junior and new faculty with no extramural support
and to new projects that will lead to extramural support. Second applications
in the same fiscal year will receive low priority. Funds may be awarded
for supplies, field work, assistance, travel for research purposes and
equipment. Limited funds are available to support the final preparation
of manuscripts for submission to publishers. Additional information and
application forms are available from Linda Lewis, or electronically at
http://www-senate.ucsd.edu.
Intercampus Exchange Opportunity Fund Grants. Airfare
is provided to Academic Senate members and registered graduate students
for travel to other UC campuses and/or facilities for study and research,
and to faculty invited to UCSD from other UC campuses for the purpose of
research consultations which will benefit UCSD faculty. These funds may
not be used for travel to attend conferences that happen to take place
at UC facilities. Awards are made for the lowest published airfare not
to exceed $250 (or mileage in lieu of airfare), but not per diem. See Linda
Lewis for an application.
UCSD Center for the Humanities Call for Program Proposals for
the 1998-99 Academic year. The Center will consider support in
the following categories:
1. Collaborative Group Research Planning Grants: provide initial
support for group projects that have the potential of attracting outside
support for projects seeking seed funds to develop applications for foundations
or specific programs. Interdisciplinary research will be supported under
this category. Maximum award $10,000.
2. Conferences: provide funds, matching grants, and seed money
for the organization of conferences on significant issues in the humanities
that are of interest to the university and the community. Maximum award:
$20,000.
3. Humanities Faculty Fellow: supports research of faculty from
the Division of Arts & Humanities by providing the opportunity for
full-time research effort. Up to $5000 will be made available to the Fellow's
home department to cover temporary teaching replacement needs. Faculty
Fellows will remain in residence at UCSD and be asked to present their
research at the Center's faculty luncheon series. Faculty are not eligible
if, within the last two years, they have received a UC President's Fellowship
in the Humanities or a major fellowship such as a Guggenheim or NEH that
provided a leave of two quarters or more. At least six Faculty Fellows
will be funded.
4. Humanities Graduate Student Fellowship: supports dissertation
research of graduate students from the Division of Arts and Humanities.
Each department within the Division my submit two candidates for consideration.
At least six awards of $4,000 each will be funded. (Students should see
Quinny before proceeding with an application.)
5. African-American Literature and History: supports research,
conferences, and a lectureship in this area. Maximum award $10,000.
6. Ethnic Literature and History: supports research, conferences,
and a lectureship in this area. Maximum award $10,000.
7. Community Outreach: supports events that involve the local
community and community organizations and contribute to the interaction
of UCSD faculty and the San Diego community. Maximum award $10,000.
8. Humanities Research Institute (Irvine) Bridge Grants: provide
support for proposals that have the potential of becoming Humanities Research
Institute (HRI) resident research groups. The groups bring together scholars
to work in collaboration on interdisciplinary topics of special significance.
The deadline for submitting proposals for Resident Research Groups at HRI
is December 15th of each year. A project submitted in 1998 would be for
the residence period 2000-2001. Maximum award $5,000.
ELIGIBILITY: Faculty--All members of the Academic Senate
who are eligible for funds from the Committee on Research are eligible.
Members of the Executive Committee of the UCSD Center for the Humanities
are not eligible to apply during the time they serve on the Executive Committee.
Graduate students--Full-time graduate students in the Division of
Arts and Humanities in good standing are eligible for the dissertation
awards. They may also serve as research fellows on research projects initiated
by faculty. Undergraduate students--Undergraduate students are presently
not eligible for support for their own projects. However, full-time undergraduate
students in their Junior or Senior year, with a GPA of 3.5 or higher, are
eligible to serve as research fellows on research projects initiated by
faculty.
DEADLINE: Proposals should be submitted no later than Friday,
January 14, 1998. Late proposals will not be considered. Please forward
proposals to: UCSD Center for the Humanities, Mail Code 0406. Awards will
be announced by February 16, 1998.
Summer 1998 Getty Undergraduate Internships for Diversity in the
Arts and the Humanities. The J. Paul Getty Trust hosts internships
for a culturally diverse group of undergraduate students from all academic
backgrounds who are interested in exploring careers in the visual arts
and the humanities. The selected interns will reflect the diversity of
Southern California and will be exposed to issues relating to the arts
in Los Angeles. During the ten-week intensive program (June 15 - August
21), interns attend biweekly meetings, participate in seminars and field
trips, and receive grant payments totaling $3,000 each. To be eligible,
candidates must have completed at least three quarters of college at the
time of application. Students graduating before December 1998 are not eligible
to apply. Priority will be given to students in the Los Angeles metropolitan
area and residents of the area who attend school elsewhere. Application
materials must be postmarked no later than March 2, 1998. Applications
are available from the Internship Coordinator, Getty Undergraduate Internships
for Diversity in the Arts and the Humanities, J. Paul Getty Trust, 1200
Getty Center Drive, Suite 400, Los Angeles CA 90049-1681; (310) 440-6545;
or summerinterns@getty.edu.