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The Humanities Center is a member of HASTAC (“Haystack”), a consortium of humanists, artists, scientists, social scientists, and engineers from universities across the country.

Call for 2008-2009 Brown Bag Speakers!!!! We are now inviting volunteers to give talks in the 2008-2009 series. Talks will be held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 12:30-1:30 PM during the fall and winter semesters. If you would like to volunteer, please click on the link. Volunteer to Speak!

Summary of Programs 2007-2008
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2007-2008 BROWN BAG SCHEDULE

RESIDENT SCHOLARS PROGRAM
This program is open to all WSU full-time faculty in the humanities, arts, and related disciplines. Resident scholars are provided with an office in the Humanities Center, a computer, and other office furnishings, and use of the Center's fax and photocopying machines. Residents are also eligible to apply for up to $800 for travel to conferences to report on their approved projects, or for payment for research assistance. This program should be especially attractive to faculty who will be on sabbatical leave for all or part of the year. Deadline: July 11, 2008.

FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS
The Faculty Fellowship competition, held in the spring, is based on an annual theme. The Humanities Center’s Advisory Board selects the theme and prepares an explication for our Faculty Fellowship Competition. The theme for 2008-2009 is Hauntings. Awarded Fellowships average $6,000. Deadline: March 28, 2008. Winners of the 2007-2008 competition, Sovereignty, Justice and the Law Across Disciplines, have now been announced.

FACULTY FELLOWSHIP CONFERENCE
The Faculty Fellows Conference is held in the winter semester. Internal Faculty Fellows Conferences speakers are the recipients of fellowships in the previous year. The conference allows the fellowship recipients to present the result of their funded work and to receive feedback from the audience. In addition to fellowship recipients from WSU, the center invites a distinguished keynoter who is an expert in the area addressed by the theme. The 2008 conference theme is Sovereignty, Justice and Law across the Disciplines.

FALL SYMPOSIUM
The Fall Symposium is held once a year in November. It focuses on a topic of contemporary significance in the humanities and arts. Internal speakers are chosen from abstracts submitted by WSU faculty members. In addition to speakers from WSU, the center invites a distinguished keynoter who is an expert in the area addressed by the theme. This year’s theme is Silence and Silencing.

WORKING GROUPS IN THE HUMANITIES AND ARTS
Three or more faculty members, or faculty and graduate students, from at least two different departments meet regularly throughout the academic year to pursue a shared scholarly or creative interest. The Center will support up to three new groups for the 2008-2009 academic year, providing the use of the Center's conference room and up to $800 for speakers, supplies, or other organizational purposes. Deadline: September 19, 2008.

VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM
The Center, in collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts, the Law School and the College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts invites applications from scholars or artists who are affiliated with other universities and who hold the Ph.D. or equivalent degree for their field. Visits may range in duration from one month to one semester. No stipend is attached, but a Visiting Scholar who stays one full semester is eligible for a grant of up to $3,000 for miscellaneous expenses related to his or her work. The visitor will be assigned an office in the Center and assistance with obtaining library privileges. In return, he or she will be expected to give a talk on his or her project. Deadline: July 11, 2008 for the Fall 2008 Semester.

EDWARD M. WISE DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP
Through the Edward M. Wise Dissertation Fellowship the Humanities Center offers $12,000 in support each year to one student in the final stages of writing his or her dissertation. The Center may offer additional awards, each worth up to $500, to deserving students who apply for the fellowship. This year the Edward Wise Estate has generously agreed to support the fellowship with a grant of $7000. Deadline: November 16, 2007.

TRAVEL AWARD PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
The Center will budget up to $3,000 in the 2007-2008 academic year to support this program. In an effort to spread this funding across the full academic year, the Center will now budget $1,200 for the Fall Semester, $1,200 for the Winter Semester and $600 for the Spring/Summer Semester. The funded will be awarded on a first-come-first-serve basis each semester. Each award recipient will be funded up to $300 for travel to conferences or exhibitions held nationally or internationally between September 1, 2007 and August 15, 2008.