Seminars & Hubs

We invite applications for research seminars which convene faculty and graduate students around a specific topic, area, or question at the intersection of disciplines, fields, and methods. Regular participants must span multiple departments, and regular attendance by all participants is expected. The goal of these seminars is to advance research through collaborative intellectual exchange around shared readings with a clear set of goals in mind for all participants. For example, seminars may create structures for detailed feedback on works-in-progress with the goal of preparing articles, books, anthologies, or journal special issues for publication and dissemination. For seminars focused on works-in-progress, applicants should propose formal structures to offer substantive constructive feedback. Applications focused on pedagogical research may lead to proposals for new interdisciplinary curricular initiatives. Outcomes might include a set of proposals for new or redesigned courses, an undergraduate certificate or minor, a graduate initiative, or a structure for collaborative or cross-school teaching. In such cases, the seminar would support institutional, field-based, and/or pedagogical research for the advancement of a concrete proposal. 

Seminars may be funded for one semester OR one academic year. The renewal of funding is contingent on the success of the seminar as documented in an end-of-cycle report. 

Research seminars may be used to explore the potential and/or explicitly lay the groundwork for a Collaborative Research Hub in the following year (i.e., culminating in a conference, workshop, edited volume, special issue of a journal, etc.). In such a case, a group of Emory faculty might convene in the first year around a set of shared readings and the exchange of works-in-progress, and in the second year organize a conference with external participants.  

Examples of support for Interdisciplinary Research Seminars include: priority access to the Fox Center Seminar Room for meetings; modest catering for meetings; the purchase of materials; a stipend for a graduate student assistant. A research stipend is also provided to convener(s): $1000 for a sole convener or $500 for each co-convener. 

How to propose an Interdisciplinary Research Seminar: 

Please send proposals to foxcenter@emory.edu. Informal inquiries may be directed to Director Benjamin Reiss (breiss@emory.edu). 

Proposals should be 1-2 pages in length and include: 

1. A description of the research theme, format, and goals. If the focus is on works-in-progress, please outline how the seminar will support progress to publication. Please also indicate if you anticipate that the seminar will lead to a hub. 
2. An outline of planned meetings, with tentative dates. Please include the tentative reading assignment and/or presenter if already known. 
3. A list of anticipated participants, including titles and affiliations. Regular attendance by all participants is expected. 
4. A budget with itemized expenses. Please indicate any other financial support received or solicited. 
5. The CV(s) of the convener(s).