April 2022

Are you looking for summer funding? Do you want to gain professional development experience with a cohort of fellow Humanities PhD students? If so, check out the following Humanities Engage opportunities. Applications are on a rolling basis as long as resources last.

Summer Immersive Fellowships (Curated & Pitch Your Own)

• collaborate with a host organization of your choice
• gain experience that can impact your research and dissertation
• explore how your academic training can translate into a variety of careers

Curricular Development Opportunity for PhD Students

• collaborate with a faculty mentor and librarians, archivists, and curators, as needed
• gain leadership experience in curricular development and pedagogy
• create innovative curricular content for your teaching portfolio

Immersive Dissertation Research Fellowships (IDRF) reopened with expanded eligibility. Applications due April 15.

Interested and want to learn more? Make an appointment with Melissa Lenos, the Senior Director of Graduate Advising and Engagement for the Humanities.

You can apply to multiple opportunities but can only accept one Humanities Engage fellowship or grant of any type over the summer.

In collaboration with members of the Staycee Pearl Dance Project and with input from other faculty, Associate Professor of Music Amy Williams will develop the course “Interdisciplinary Performance Laboratory.” This course will provide graduate students with valuable perspectives into cross-disciplinary creative processes and culminate in a public performance of new multi-disciplinary works, organized around a relevant social issue.

Faculty Summer Stipends for Curricular Innovation are still available to support the development of new graduate courses with significant public and/or digital humanities scholarship components. Applications are due April 8th.

• Apr 6 | Developing a Diversity Statement
• Apr 6 | Generative Comics Workshop with Ebony Flowers (Innovative Dissertation)
• Apr 7 | Mentoring Academy | Third Session
• Apr 8 | The #1 mistake PhDs make in their job search
• Apr 13 | Why every PhD should be on LinkedIn and 3 steps to get you started
• Apr 19 | Virtual Interviewing: Champion Yourself Through Storytelling
• Apr 21 | Building During Breakdown
• Apr 22 | Leaving academia? Here’s what you need to do to prepare
• May 7 & 14 | Beyond the Professoriate's 9th Annual Online Career Conference
• May 9 | ACLS: A Healthy Ecosystem for Humanities Scholarship: The Evolving Role of Open Access
• May 17 | ACLS: Beyond the Academy: Pathways to Non-Academic Careers for PhDs
• May 18 | Finding and Maintaining Motivation in Your Professional Life

 

Make a one-on-one appointment today with Dr. Melissa Lenos, Senior Director of Graduate Advising and Engagement, to discuss:

• Succeeding in doctoral study (productivity, time management, etc.)
• Setting professional development goals and marshaling resources
• Honing strategic competencies
• Establishing and maintaining strong mentoring networks
• Preparing for interviews and job searches in all sectors

Email melissalenos@pitt.edu to schedule.

The ability to collaborate across disciplines is an undeniably valuable skill inside and outside of the academy. One of the most surefire ways to develop cross-disciplinary fluency is to familiarize yourself with the methods of your colleagues in other departments.

Humanities Engage will be hosting a number of in-person and remote workshops this summer that will allow you to learn about research, teaching, and methods across the humanities, and to explore possibilities for interdisciplinary collaboration. Topics might include translating your work and experience for a variety of audiences, effective networking, and integrating experience into your research methods (and vice versa).

Keep an eye on summer event notifications from Humanities Engage to make sure you don’t miss out on these opportunities.

All the best,

Melissa