Supported Groups at CHAT

2009-2010 Groups

To participate in the activities of any of these groups, please contact one of the organizers listed below.

American Studies Consortium (web)

Bryant Simon, History

Civil War and Emancipation Study Forum (web)

Elizabeth Varon, History
Anthony Waskie, Modern Languages

Cultural Production and Politics

Philip Glahn, Drawing and Sculpture
Jena Osman, English

New India Forum (web)

Priya Joshi, English

New York Studies

Scott Gratson, Strategic Communication
Rickie Sanders, GUS

Nineteenth-Century Forum (web)

Talissa Ford, English
Elizabeth Varon, History

Philadelphia Cinema and Media Seminar (web)

Chris Cagle, Film and Media Arts
Oliver Gaycken, English

Political Theory Workshop

Jane Gordon, Political Science
Paul Taylor, Philosophy

Premodern Studies Colloquium (web)

Kathleen Biddick, History
Shannon Miller, English

Social and Cultural Dynamics of Language Contact

Paul Garrett, Anthropology
Augusto Lorenzino, Spanish & Portuguese

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We offer four arrangements for assisting faculty and students working together on shared areas of intellectual inquiry. In common, all groups help to facilitate interdisciplinary conversation on topics in the humanities and interpretive social sciences, whether bringing new perspectives to bear on old problems or defining entirely new areas of inquiry. Further information on each program is provided in its attached guidelines (PDF format).

Study Groups

Deadline: September 22, 2008. Designed to facilitate research by assisting faculty and students who wish to work together exploring new areas of intellectual inquiry. Past Study Groups have examined a wide array of topics, including gender and sexuality, disability, performative texts, the Civil War, aestheticism, area studies and period studies. CHAT supplies Study Groups with a physical space for meeting and a $400 budget for expenses. Minimum of four (4) participants. Guidelines.

Interdisciplinary Research Groups

Deadline: September 22, 2008. These groups provide robust support for faculty and graduate students from different departments and disciplines working on shared research interests. Groups meet monthly (or more often) throughout the year. Interdisciplinary Research Groups should seed new and vital research activity and are not meant to provide ongoing support of existing programs. Funds can be used to support meeting costs, photocopying, visiting speakers, and so forth. Proposals that engage emerging fields of inquiry and/or are linked to a interdisciplinary curriculum are especially encouraged, as are group models other than a speaker series. Normally awards will not exceed $1,500. Minimum of six (6) participants. Guidelines.

Consortia

Deadline: Revolving. Consortia are groups at Temple that work collaboratively with similar groups at other academic institutions and have regular, coordinated activities. CHAT will award up to $2,000 per year to successful applicants who obtain matching funds from at least one other institution. Consortia should be designed to promote ongoing, interdisciplinary research in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Activities can take the form of regularly scheduled meetings to discuss new or important work; annual conferences or symposia; public lecture series; publications projects; or other forms of collaboration between scholars at different institutions. Funding is for a maximum of three (3) years. Funds may be used for honoraria, rental feels, publicity, and similar expenses. Guidelines.

Co-Sponsorships

No Deadline. Although CHAT dedicates most of its resources to programs that it initiates, it reserves some funds for proposals it receives from individuals, departments, or colleges within the Temple community. We encourage interdisciplinary proposals and proposals that have pledges of support from more than one department or program, including participation from units outside the College of Liberal Arts. CHAT will consider providing grants of $100 to $200 to supplement other funding for such proposals. Guidelines.