[KS] CfA: 2014 Korean Studies Workshop for Junior Faculty - Deadline: April 15, 2014

[Korean Studies]

The Social Science Research Council is pleased to announce the Korean Studies Workshop for Junior Faculty. Six recent PhDs conducting research on Korea will be selected on the basis of the potential contribution of their proposed book. Fellows will attend a three-day workshop and collaborate with two senior faculty and a developmental editor on the conceptualization and planning of a dissertation-based scholarly monograph. Funding for the workshop is provided by the Korea Foundation.



Application Deadline: Tuesday, April 15, 2014



The 2014 workshop will take place the evening of Wednesday, July 23 through the morning of Sunday, July 27 at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California.



The workshop will provide the following:



  *   Workshop in Pacific Grove, CA, including four nights of accommodations and travel costs;

  *   Discussion with colleagues, developmental editor, and senior faculty.



This year's mentor faculty are Nancy Abelmann (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Nicole Constable (University of Pittsburgh). They will be joined by Reed Malcolm (UC Press) and developmental editor Maria Gillombardo.



Eligibility

Applicants must have Ph.D. in hand by December 31, 2013, with a critical mass of their first book manuscript complete (such as the introduction and two substantive chapters). Applicants in tenure-stream positions are particularly encouraged to apply.



Application

Please submit the following documents to korea at ssrc.org<mailto:korea at ssrc.org> and indicate "Last Name, First Name - Junior Faculty Workshop" in the subject line.



  *   Cover letter assessing your own progress and statement of need

  *   Application form (available for download at www.ssrc.org/fellowships/ksfacultyworkshop/<http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/ksfacultyworkshop/>)

  *   Up to five-page book prospectus, single-spaced

  *   Narrative chapter outline (as detailed in "Sample Chapter Outline")

  *   One-page list of published works that are relevant to your manuscript

  *   Two-page CV



All sections of the application must be collated as a continuous .pdf document, no more than 500 KB, arranged in the order listed above.  Once you have submitted your application, a receipt of notification will be emailed to you.



For the application and more information, visit us on the web at www.ssrc.org/fellowships/ksfacultyworkshop/<http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/ksfacultyworkshop/>.



Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop

Social Science Research Council

One Pierrepont Plaza, 15th Floor

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Tel: 718-517-3640

Fax: 212-377-2727
Email: korea at ssrc.org<mailto:korea at ssrc.org>
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