The Stanford Humanities Center and the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts (SiCa) intend to offer up to two short-term residencies to arts writer/ practitioners in academic year 2011-12. Stanford University departments, programs, and research centers are each eligible to nominate one candidate for consideration through their chair or director. Nominations must be submitted by November 1, 2010.
About the Residencies
The purpose of the residencies is to bring high-profile arts writer/practitioners into the intellectual life of Stanford, targeting especially those scholars who would be of particular interest to departments and other units on campus and who fit within the respective missions of the Humanities Center and SiCa.
Residencies will be approximately four weeks. Depending on the availability of funds, longer visits of up to eight weeks may be possible. Arts writer/practitioners in residence will receive an office at the Humanities Center and be invited to weekday lunches with the Humanities Center fellows. They will also participate in SiCa’s programming during the academic year. They will receive a stipend of $2000 per week for the duration of their visit plus a housing and cost of living allowance of $3,000 for the month. The Humanities Center and SiCa will cover travel expenses for one round trip from their place of origin.
Nominating units are asked to commit to hosting at least one activity with the candidate, should the nomination be successful. Examples of such activities include: student workshops, faculty discussion sessions, departmental lectures, participation in departmental colloquia, etc. Note that these residents may not offer courses for credit.
Eligibility and Nomination Process
Stanford University departments, programs and research centers are each eligible to nominate one candidate through their chair or director. Preference will be given to departments, programs and research centers that have not previously hosted a Humanities Center/SiCa visitor. Nominations should include:
—Brief rationale for nomination, including a précis of the candidate’s profile and an explanation of how the candidate would fit with the department’s goals, faculty and mission and engage collegially with the intellectual communities of the institutes (approx. 500 words: see http://shc.stanford.edu/ and http://arts.stanford.edu/ for more information about the two institutes)
—A commitment from the nominating unit to host at least one activity with the candidate if he or she is selected, along with a brief proposal for a possible activity (one or two sentences).
—Candidate’s CV. Candidates will normally be artists and writers with a high degree of visibility. Candidates may, but need not, be affiliated with a university or research institution. Candidates are expected to be able to function in an English-speaking academic context.
Deadline
Nominations must be submitted by November 1, 2010. Please submit nominations electronically to Beth Stutsman (bstutsman@stanford.edu).
Selection Process
Selections will be made by a committee convened by the Humanities Center and SiCa. Especially appropriate are candidates who are finishing a project and are in position to share the results with colleagues on campus.
For questions, contact Beth Stutsman (bstutsman@stanford.edu).
