Research Topic: Keywords
Application deadline: March 20, 2024
The Wolf Humanities Center invites applications from Penn undergraduate students interested in conducting humanities research on "Keywords" during the 2024–2025 academic year. Students may apply for a Research Fellowship or for a Research Fellowship with a position on the Executive Board. The selection committee will prioritize projects that engage with terminology, keywords, and well-defined themes, specifically applications that engage explicitly with methods of tracking the movement of ideas, concepts, or keywords across time, space, or context (cultural, class, etc.), or offer original approaches to the study of the movement, circulation, or incorporation of mobile ideas, concepts, or keywords.
For the 2024–2025 academic year, Undergraduate Humanities Forum meetings will be held on Fridays between 2:00pm and 4:00pm and the Research Conference will be held on a Friday in late spring (date to be confirmed), 9:00am–5:00pm. Interested applicants are advised to avoid conflicts in scheduling classes and other obligations during these times.
Applicants from all of Penn's schools are welcome to apply, provided their project fits the intellectual agenda of the Wolf Humanities Center, and must be full time, on campus for the full academic year of the award, and in good academic standing.
TO APPLY, please submit the following via the Interfolio application portal no later than Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 11:59pm Eastern. The Interfolio application portal will open in November 2023.
1. Research Plan
Please include the following: Project Title; Project Abstract (125 words max); and Project Proposal (300-500 words). In your proposal, please explain how you came up with this project, how it relates to the topic of Keywords, and outline your theoretical and methodological approach.
2. Personal Statement
Please explain why you are applying for a humanities fellowship and how participating in a humanistic research program will benefit your research. The Wolf Humanities Center is an inclusive intellectual space. If you have had any experiences of diversity that have shaped your approach to your research and educational path, we would be glad to hear about it. (300-500 words)
3. Unofficial Transcript
4. Confidential Letter of Recommendation
A letter from the Penn faculty member who has formally agreed to act as your project advisor and is familiar with your proposed research is required. Letters must be submitted via Interfolio by the March 20 deadline.
5. Executive Board Applicants Only
Students applying for a position on the Wolf Undergraduate Humanities Forum Executive Board should also prepare 200-300 words explaining each of the following: previous experience you have had in planning events or organizing groups, why you think an Undergraduate Humanities Forum is important, ideas you have for organizing and motivating your Wolf Undergraduate Humanities Forum colleagues, and ideas for inspiring other Penn undergraduates to become involved in future years.
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