Applications are due on January 15th of each year for the coming academic year.  Visit humanities.uconn.edu for application forms and additional information.

http://judaicstudies.uconn.edu/

Date Time	Speaker	Event Details
Wed. August 26 6:30pm	Pressman	Jewish Federation of Western CT – Antonietta Hallet 203-267-3177 “The Iranian Nuclear Question: Comparing Scenarios”
Thurs. August 27 7:00pm	Shoulson	Rodeph Sholom in Bridgeport “Forgiveness in Shakespeare,”
Wed. September 9 8:00pm	Shoulson	Sisterhood B’nai Shalom – Putnam – Sue Stern susandstern@gmail.com “Not Your Hebrew School Bible Lecture”
Mon. October 19 7:30pm	Balma	Congregation Beth El – Fairfield – “Hiding in Plain Sight: Italian Jews in Mussolini’s Film Industry (and Beyond).”
Wed. October 21	Johnson	Jewish Federation of Western CT – Antonietta Hallet 203-267-3177 “Not Lost in Translation”
Fri. November 20	Shoulson	Temple Shalom, New Milford “Not Your Hebrew School Bible”
Sat. November 21	Shoulson	Stamford JCC “Whose Books Are They Anyway?”
Sun. December 6	Shoulson	Temple S’Nai – Topic to be determined
Sun. April 3	Shoulson	B’nai Tikvoh-Sholom, Bloomfield “Not Your Hebrew School Bible”
Tue. April 12	Shoulson	Congregation Or Shalom, Orange “Not Your Hebrew School Bible”
Mon April 25	Lansing	Congregation Rodeph Sholom – Bridgeport – Carol Weinshel 203-820-7487 “German Nazi-Hunters: The Legacy of the Holocaust”
Tue. May 10	Shoulson	Congregation Or Shalom, Orange “Prayer for the Government”

 

Public Discourse Funding Opportunities

Next week we look forward to welcoming our 2015-16 Fellows

The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the Research Excellence Program (REP) for the 2015-2016 academic year.

The primary goal of the Research Excellence Program (REP) is to provide seed funding to promote, support, and enhance the research, scholarship, and creative endeavors of faculty at UConn, including (but not limited to) the strategic and emerging areas delineated in the Academic Plan.  As an outcome of these awards, recipients are expected to submit proposals to extramural sponsors (federal, state, private, industry, or foundation sponsors) and/or carry out activities consistent with the highest standards of accomplishment in their discipline. The REP is designed to assist faculty, regardless of rank, in all areas of scholarly work and to facilitate the competitiveness of extramural funding opportunities as well as contribute to UConn’s national and international reputation as a premier research university.

Two broad categories of competitive awards are available. Proposals should be submitted to the category that best represents the project’s goals, methods of study, and expected outcomes rather than a specific discipline or area of study.

o    Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Social Sciences

• Single PI awards capped at $25,000
• Multi-PI awards capped at $50,000
• Proposals should emphasize how the research will advance knowledge in the Sciences (basic and applied life science, physical sciences, mathematical science, social and behavioral sciences), Technology, Engineering, or Society (applied research, interdisciplinary research)

o    Fine Arts, Humanities, Business, Law, and Engagement

• Single PI awards capped at $10,000
• Multi-PI awards capped at $25,000
• Proposals should emphasize how the research, project, or scholarship will advance the arts, humanities, business, law, education, creative endeavors, or engaged scholarship (community partnerships, evaluation research, participatory research)

Deadlines

o    Letter of Intent must be submitted by 11/20/2015

o    Full proposals must be submitted by 12/18/2015

o    Notification of awards will be made by 5/1/2016

 

Program requirements are available at http://research.uconn.edu.

For further information, contact: research@uconn.edu

We are pleased to announce that our 2014-2015 Graduate Dissertation Fellow Beata Moskal was appointed a 4 year post-doc position at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Congratulations!