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IPRH READING GROUPS – A CALL FOR PROPOSALS
2008-09

The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities is pleased to announce that it will be accepting applications for IPRH Reading Groups for the 2008-09 academic year.

Proposals for IPRH Reading Groups are sought each spring for the following academic year, and awards are made in amounts up to $1,250 for the full year. Proposals are encouraged from both new and existing groups, with the possibility of renewed funding in future years (groups wishing to renew their funding must submit a proposal to the IPRH; see guidelines, below, for more information).

Reading Groups may be formed around any topic or theme whatsoever; they need not be coordinated with the IPRH theme for this or any following year. Reading Groups should aim to foster collaborative study in the humanities and across disciplines, and to investigate questions of sufficient breadth to draw scholars from a reasonably diverse array of intellectual traditions. Proposals from groups that focus on readings of seminal texts and/or works in progress by the groups’ members will be invited and considered.

Funds will be made available to Reading Groups to support the following activities: the purchase and/or duplication of readings; visits by external speakers; and other expenses related to the operation of the group, including logistical arrangements, costs associated with public events, and refreshments.

Each Reading Group will be wholly responsible for its own administration, including all clerical and meeting-related activities and the distribution of readings and publicity materials. The IPRH will make its facilities available for use by the Reading Groups, who shall be responsible for scheduling all facility use in advance with the IPRH staff; all scheduling will be based on availability. More detailed information will be provided to the organizers of those groups that are awarded support.

All applications to the IPRH for Reading Group support should include the following:

• The names, departmental affiliations, and e-mail addresses of the group's organizers

• A short statement (maximum two pages) explaining the goals of the group and a brief outline of the proposed activities

• FOR CURRENT IPRH READING GROUPS WISHING TO APPLY FOR RENEWED FUNDING: Please include a brief, one-paragraph synopsis of the group's activities for the current year, in addition to the materials requested above.

Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 7. (Deadline extended)

Applications may be delivered to the IPRH at 805 West Pennsylvania Avenue, or e-mailed as a Word attachment to IPRH Interim Director Christine Catanzarite at catanzar@uiuc.edu. (If you submit your application electronically, please DO NOT also send a hard copy; application is required in only one format.)

(All applications that have been received by the IPRH based on the original deadline announcement are already in our files; no additional materials are needed from these groups.)

Decisions will be announced in mid-April, and all applicants will be contacted at that time.