Announcement for Summer 2008:
[ Summer 2008 awards announced ]
With substantial financial support from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
and the Graduate College, the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory will
once again offer graduate student fellowships to the School of Criticism and
Theory (SCT) at Cornell University. Currently directed by Dominick LaCapra, the
SCT is a six-week summer institute that has existed for more than thirty years
and provides the opportunity for graduate students and faculty members to take
seminars with some of the world’s leading critical theorists. The SCT provides
an unparalleled opportunity for advanced training in critical theory and for
making connections with an inbertternational cohort of peers and world-class
scholars. This year the Unit for Criticism will once again provide two full
fellowships for graduate students on a competitive basis.
This summer’s SCT will take place between June 15-July 24, 2008 and will
feature the following six-week seminars, from which participants must pick one
(full descriptions are available on the SCT website)
--J. M. Bernstein, "Torture and Dignity"
--Carolyn Dean, "On Disbelief, Exaggeration, and the 'Victim' in Contemporary
Cultural Discourses"
--Elizabeth Povinelli, "Recognition, Camouflage, Espionage"
--Haun Saussy, "Bilingualism"
Additional mini-seminars for all SCT participants will be given by Homi Bhabha,
Wendy Brown, Judith Butler, Gerald Early, and Hal Foster. More information
about the SCT, seminar descriptions, and application instructions and forms are
available on their website.
Under the SCT’s “Sponsored Participant” program, the Unit for Criticism will be able to select two graduate students this year to send to Cornell; with the help of funds from LAS and the Graduate College, we will be able to pay for the entire SCT tuition, and also contribute up to $1,400 for documented housing, food, and transportation costs. (On campus housing at Cornell costs $1,100, but less expensive options in town are also possible.) The Sponsored Participant chosen by the Unit does not have to go through the SCT application process; that person simply files an abbreviated application and is generally guaranteed the seminar of his or her choice.
Students who would like to apply to be one of the Unit for Criticism’s Sponsored
Participants should read the guidelines below and submit the necessary
materials by Monday, January 28, 2008. The fellowships will be awarded soon
after and applications and other materials are due at Cornell by March 1.
Fellowships will be awarded by a selection committee made up of Unit faculty
members from different departments. Please note that the SCT recommends
that students be in their post-course taking phase, but all students who meet
the criteria described below are eligible to apply.
Please contact Unit for Criticism Director Michael Rothberg if you have any questions about this program.
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Guidelines for participation in the Unit’s Sponsored Participant program at the School for Criticism and Theory:
1. Applicants must be full-time graduate students enrolled in a degree-granting program at UIUC who will return to UIUC in fall 2008.
2. Applicants must be affiliated students of the Unit for Criticism, but Unit applications can be submitted concurrently with SCT applications. See our website: http://criticism.english.uiuc.edu
3. Applications must be received in the Unit for Criticism office (100 English Building) by Monday, January 28, 2008 at 3:00 pm.
Necessary materials:
1. A short cover letter that gives the names of two UIUC faculty references; indicates which six-week seminar the student would like to attend.
2. Five copies of a statement of approximately two pages single-spaced
describing current scholarly interests and plans and how the SCT might further
those interests and plans. The statement should include information about
courses taken in critical theory and about ongoing and projected research
projects. It should also clarify what your current status is in your program (i.e.
ABD, taking courses, etc.). Please be sure to connect your interests and
research to the particular seminar you would like to attend. This is the most
important part of your application.
3. Five copies of a current c.v.
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