We are in for an exciting year, with speakers invited for the Mellon Seminar (Media Technology, Culture), EXP’s lecture series, and CDH roundtables. I am organizing my calendar far in advance, and thought I would do my best to provide a comprehensive list:
• Monday, Nov. 5th: JULIA HELL (U. Michigan) on “The Ruins of Modernity” at 5:00 p.m., in 314 Royce Hall. Mellon Seminar.
• Wednesday, Nov. 7th, VIRGINIA KUHN (USC) gives a CDH roundtable on “Resistances to the Digital” in, 12-1:00 p.m., CDH Conference Room (PPB 1023). RSVP
• Wednesday, Nov. 14th, JOHN LYNCH, (doctoral candidate from NELC) will present an informal discussion of bibliographic tools, such as Zotero. 12-1:00 p.m., CDH Conference Room (PPB 1023). RSVP . CDH roundtable.
• Thursday, Nov. 15th, MARK POSTER (UCI) on “McLuhan and Cultural Theory of the Media,” 5:00 p.m., 306 Royce Hall. Mellon Seminar.
• Thursday Nov. 15th, MARK HAYWARD, Creative Lead, BRC Imagination Arts. http://remap.ucla.edu/exp/ 7:00 p.m., UCLA Visualization Portal (5628 Math Sciences). RSVP Reception starts at 6:30 p.m. EXP.
• CANCELLEDWednesday, Nov. 28th, HIJOO SON (Digital Humanities Junior Fellow 06-07, Dept of Asian Languages and Cultures) 1-2 p.m., CDH Conference Room (PPB 1023) . CDH Roundtable.
• Wednesday, Dec. 5th, MATTHEW FISHER (English) 12-1p.m. CDH Conference Room (PPB 1023). RSVP. CDH Roundtable.)
• Thursday, Jan. 31st, BERNHARD SIEGERT (Bauhaus Universität Weimar & UC Santa Barbara), “(Im)possibilities of Writing Media History,” 5:30 p.m., 314 Royce Hall. Mellon Seminar.
• Wednesday, Feb. 13th, WILLEKE WENDRICH (NELC) 12-1p.m. CDH Conference Room (PPB 1023) RSVP . CDH Roundtable.
• Wednesday, March 12th, MARCUS KRACHT (Linguistics). 12-1p.m., CDH Conference Room (PPB 1023) RSVP. CDH Roundtable.
• Wednesday, April 9th, SUSAN LEWAK (doctoral candidate in English) and SHISH AIKAT (Rhythm and Blues), CDH Conference Room (PPB 1023) RSVP. CDH Roundtable.)
• Thursday, April 10th, JOHN UNSWORTH (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne) http://remap.ucla.edu/exp/unsworth.htm 7:00 p.m., UCLA Visualization Portal (Room 5628 Math Sciences). EXP
• Thursday, April 17th, STEFAN ADRIOPOULOS (Columbia University), “Phantasmagoria and German Idealism: An Archaelogy of Modern Media Theory,” 4:30 p.m., 306 Royce Hall. Mellon Seminar.
• Tuesday, April 29th, HELMUT MUELLER-SIEVERS (Northwestern University), “Torque: Machines and Narrative in the Nineteenth Century,” 4:30 p.m., 314 Royce Hall. Mellon Seminar.
• Thursday, May 8th, Michael Goodchild: EXP.)
• Wednesday, May 21st, WOLF KITTLER (UC-Santa Barbara), “Telegraphy in Charles Dickens and Henry James,” 4:30 p.m., 314 Royce Hall. Mellon Seminar.
- Conferences at UCLA:
• Nov 5-9th: Social Data Mining and Knowledge Building. (IPAM) http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/sews3/ Registration
• Dec 6-8th: At the Interface of Religion and Cosmopolitanism: Bernard Picart’s Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (1723-1743) and the European Enlightenment. (The Getty Center and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.) See especially: December 6th, 1: 00 PM, “Digital Picart” at the Getty Research Institute Lecture Hall. Registration Deadline: November 26:
- Exhibitions at UCLA: (at the fowler)
• Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art (October 14, until Feb 17, 2008)
- Funding opportunities:
• Nov 23rd: Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources:
http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/mellon.html
• Nov 30th: NSF: Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation. http://nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07603/nsf07603.htm
• Feb 1st IMLS: National Leadership Grants http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/nationalLeadership.shtm
From Jennifer Drake (jdrake@support.ucla.edu), Director of Development, Corporate and Foundation Relations for UCLA College:
- MICROSOFT ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR A. RICHARD NEWTON BREAKTHROUGH RESEARCH AWARD
POSTED ON OCTOBER 25, 2007
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 3, 2007
Microsoft Research is accepting proposals for the A. Richard Newton Breakthrough Research Award.
Successful breakthrough research applications will demonstrate: problem solutions with potentially profound impact for the sciences and human society; innovative computational approaches providing unique advantages for the problem solution; highly creative problem solving strategies, which may also integrate knowledge and expertise from several domains to solve otherwise intractable problems; and the PI’s successful history of leveraging diverse, specialized expertise, novel approaches, and collaboration with other researchers.
The proposing institution must be either: an accredited degree-granting college or university (or international equivalent) with nonprofit status and awarding degrees at the baccalaureate level or above; or a research institution with nonprofit status. All qualifying institutions are eligible without regard for geographic location.
The total amount available under this Request for Proposals is $1 million. Microsoft Research anticipates making approximately ten to twelve awards, with a maximum of $100,000 for any single award. Awards are made as unrestricted gifts to the institution. Awards are made for the purpose of seed-funding larger initiatives, proofs of concept, or demonstrations of feasibility.
Visit the Web site of Microsoft Research for complete program information.
Contact:
http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/fundingopps/rfps/ARichardNewtonAward.aspx
Primary Subject: Science/Technology
Secondary Subject(s): Education
Geographic Funding Area: National - COMPETITION OPENS FOR FORD FOUNDATION DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIPS
POSTED ON OCTOBER 5, 2007
DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 15, 2007; NOVEMBER 29, 2007
Administered by the National Research Council, the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships seek to increase the diversity of U.S. college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
To facilitate these goals, NRC awards fellowships at the pre- doctoral, dissertation, and postdoctoral levels to students who demonstrate excellence, a commitment to diversity and a desire to enter the professoriate.
The program makes the following annual awards: approximately sixty pre-doctoral awards of $20,000 per year for up to three years (Deadline: November 15, 2007); approximately thirty-five dissertation awards of $21,000 for one year (Deadline: November 29, 2007); and approximately twenty postdoctoral awards of $40,000 each for one year (Deadline: November 29, 2007).
All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation are eligible to apply. Applicants should have evidence of superior academic achievement; be committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level; be enrolled in or planning to enroll in an eligible research-based program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree at a U.S. educational institution; and have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field.
For complete program information and application procedures, visit the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Home Page.
Contact: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/index.html
Primary Subject: Education
Geographic Funding Area: National - OLYMPUS LAUNCHES NATIONAL INNOVATION AWARD PROGRAM
POSTED ON OCTOBER 5, 2007
DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 16, 2007
Technology and consumer electronics company Olympus has announced the Olympus Innovation Award Program for 2008. The program, executed by Olympus in partnership with the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, recognizes individuals who have fostered or demonstrated innovative thinking in education.
The awards will be given to faculty nominees chosen from among the nearly two hundred member institutions of NCIIA, a national alliance of colleges and universities fostering invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship in U.S. higher education.
The Olympus Innovation Award Program includes three awards:
The Olympus Innovation Award recognizes a faculty member who fosters an environment of innovative thinking among students through inventive teaching methods and hands-on educational opportunities. The winner will receive a $10,000 award.
The Olympus Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award recognizes a faculty member who has demonstrated a sustained contribution throughout his or her career to stimulating innovative thinking in students in their own universities and throughout academia. The winner will receive a $2,500 award.
The Olympus Emerging Educational Leader Award recognizes an individual who has inspired innovative thinking in students in a discrete area and who has the potential to make even greater contributions to the field in the future. The winner will receive a $1,000 prize.
Students, faculty, and others at NCIIA institutions of higher learning in the U.S. may nominate qualified educators through the NCIIA Web site. Program information and a list of NCIIA member institutions are also available at the site.
Contact: http://www.nciia.org/olympus/index.html
Primary Subject: Science/Technology
Geographic Funding Area: National