Upcoming departmental deadline:
Spring 2017 Textbook Adoptions
The textbook adoption system for Spring 2017 is now available to faculty and
departments to submit their Spring 2017 textbook adoptions and materials
requirements. Please visit http://www.textadoption.ufl.edu/ to enter Spring
2017 adoptions. You will notice a small change to the adoption system effective
this term. When entering an adoption, you will see an “Adoption Agreement”
that states the following:
Per federal and state regulations (found at:
Textbook Affordability Statute (1004.085, Florida Statutes)
and Textbook Affordability Statute (1004.085, Florida Statutes) , course
instructors are responsible in determining when a newly marketed
textbook edition differs substantively from the previous edition.
If this textbook adoption contains a book that is a new edition
for the course, the course instructor has determined the
difference between the old and new edition is significant enough to
warrant adopting the new edition. Also, all items, whether listed individually or as a bundled package, are
required for use in the course unless described as recommended instead.
Click “I Agree” to indicate the federal and state regulation requirements
have been read and continue to textbook adoption, or click “Cancel” to
return to the previous page.
Otherwise the system remains unchanged from previous semesters. The deadline
for Spring 2017 adoptions is October 31, 2016. This date coincides with the
beginning of advance registration and when students can view their course
textbook and materials requirements. This information is also available online to
all bookstores to help them ensure appropriate arrival of texts and better prices
for student book buybacks.
Knowledge of course textbook and materials requirements helps students
balance their course loads based on reading demands and financial needs –
including the purchasing of books.
Timely entry of this information also provides students their best opportunity to
sell books back at higher prices. Bookstores typically will not offer to buy back
texts unless the text is listed as being used the next semester.
Timely posting of textbook adoptions has the strong support of the student body,
and it is a law in Florida Statutes. UF students continue to endorse the availability
of textbook information online and have indicated it aids in course selection.
For compliance-monitoring purposes, the final deadline date to submit text
adoptions for Spring courses is November 20, 2016.
If you have any questions about the textbook adoption submission process,
please contact the textbook adoption website administrator at (352) 294-3355 or
email: TextAdoption-WebHelp@bsd.ufl.edu.
Upcoming deadline:
Graduate School Doctoral Research Travel Award
The Graduate School Doctoral Research Travel Award provides research related travel expenses for UF PhD students in selected majors in the humanities, arts, and social sciences (listed below). This program is for students to effectively conduct doctoral dissertation research away from UF when faced with inadequate departmental funding. A limited number of awards will be available each term, depending on the level of available funding. A student may apply for the award more than one time. However a student may receive the award only once.
Application cycle for Spring 2017 is now open. Complete applications must be submitted by to the department by the departmental deadline of 4 p.m. Friday, October 13, 2016 to be considered.
Click on these links to get more information, download an application form from the Grad School website or contact us:
Travel Award Application
Eligible Academic Programs
Frequently Asked Questions
CLAS Dissertation Fellowship Program
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences invites students pursuing the Ph.D. to apply for dissertation fellowships for the spring or summer terms of 2017. We expect up to twelve fellowships to be available, and they will provide students with a stipend of $7,000 per term plus a waiver of tuition fees. Departments may supplement the dissertation fellowship if they wish, but the intent of the awards is to free students from the demands of a teaching assistantship so that they can complete their dissertations. This year there will be a separate category of small awards. These will be selected from among those who apply but do not receive the full awards and whose dissertation project can be completed with a small award. The small awards will not include a waiver of tuition fees.
In order to be eligible to hold a fellowship, students must have already been admitted to candidacy before January 1, 2017. Applicants should submit proposals to their department.
The proposals should include:
1. Cover sheet
2. A 1 to 2 page description (single spaced) of the dissertation project and the work to be conducted with this award. (Fellowships can also be used to fund travel to archives.)
3. Two letters of endorsement from the faculty, with one being from the chair of the dissertation committee
One copy of the proposal must be submitted to Juanita Bagnall in the Department of Anthropology by 4:00 p.m. on September 29, 2016.
The proposals will be ranked by the Department and forwarded to CLAS by their deadline.
A CLAS faculty committee will review the proposals and awards will be announced by November 17, 2016.
Elizabeth Eddy Fellowship Program
If you are applying for the CLAS Dissertation Fellowship and your research includes applied anthropology, you can be considered for the departmental Elizabeth Eddy Fellowship ($7,000 for either the spring 2017 semester OR summer 2017 semester).
If your work is applied, and you want to be considered for the Eddy award, please provide a statement of not more than one page (double-spaced) outlining how your research is applied with your CLAS Dissertation Fellowship proposal package.
Graduate School Dissertation Completion Awards
Finally, please don’t forget that the application process is now open for Graduate School Dissertation Completion awards also.
While the Graduate School deadline is October 21st, because you need both Department Chair and Dean signature on your application package, the Department deadline is October 14th at 4:00 p.m. The completed application package should be submitted to Juanita Bagnall, who will then secure Department Chair and Dean signature before delivering the package to the Graduate School.
Please note that current department policy prohibits you from holding more than one of these awards.
Upcoming events:
Race, science and society in the 21st century
Monday, October 03, 2016 – 06:00 pm, Pugh / Bob Graham Center
Recent studies on human variation seem to confirm what we have known for several decades; the biological concept of race is a crude and inaccurate tool to represent human diversity. Yet, technological advances in DNA research have reinvigorated scientific interest in questions on human differences. Such research has received much public attention and has led several scientists and humanities scholars warning of the emergence of a new kind of biological racism.
Ageliki Lefkaditou, a historian of science focusing on physical anthropology and human genetic variation, will discuss “biological racism” on Monday, Oct. 3 in the Pugh Hall Ocora at 6 p.m. The lecture will reflect on the preconceptions of race in historical and contemporary societies and how this influences racial discourse. Currently, Lefkaditou is working on a project funded by the Norwegian Research Council on how physical anthropology and human genetic variation research have influenced the construction of racial and national identity in Greece from the 1950s and on.
Cosponsors: Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, Center for Greek Studies, Florida Museum of Natural History, Genetics Institute, UF Departments of Anthropology, Biology, Classics and History and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service.
Collaborating with Strangers on Publishing – Smathers Library
Seats are limited. Please register if you are interested or pass this on to others who may be interested.
Light refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by the George A. Smathers Libraries, the University Press of Florida, and Procter & Gamble.
2016 Potlatch Celebration 10/22/2016
The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere
Pleased to announce the fall workshops in our 2016-2017 Humanities Grant-and-Fellowship-Writing Series made possible with support from the CLAS Dean’s Office and UF Office of Research.
These informational workshops highlight funding and career opportunities for graduate students, offer helpful information for faculty advisors, and provide general information for interested parties.
Information about each workshop is below. Remember to look out for another announcement about our spring workshops! As always, please contact the Humanities Center (humanities-center@ufl.edu) with any questions.
“Fellowship Opportunities in the Humanities”
Monday, 17 October, 11-12:30 pm
Criser Hall (LVV Auditorium, Office of Admissions)
This informational workshop organized in collaboration with the Graduate School will be a general introduction to fellowship opportunities in the humanities covering when and why you should apply, what you should keep in mind as you begin to identify specific funding agencies, and a walkthrough of the application process. Participants will leave with a better understanding of the funding landscape and practical strategies for identifying and applying to appropriate funding agencies in the humanities. All graduate students and faculty advisors are welcome, but this workshop will be particularly useful for first or second year graduate students.
To register, log into GIMS and follow the steps below. Register early to guarantee yourself a spot!
Registration Instructions
1. Login to GIMS using your GatorLink ID and Password:
2. Once you login, on the top of the page click on the “Workshops” tab
3. Under “Register” click the box and then “Submit”
4. After you complete this process, you will receive an email confirmation.
If your schedule changes and you are unable to attend the event, repeat the steps above to remove yourself from the list of workshop attendees.
“Broadening the Job Search: Why Humanities Postdocs Matter”
Thursday, 27 October 2016, 12-2 pm
Library West 212 (Scott Nygren Scholars Studio)
Despite the challenges posed by the current academic job market, many graduate students on the cusp of filing their dissertations are either unfamiliar with postdoctoral opportunities or simply decline to apply as they search for teaching positions. While postdoctoral applications, like job letters, require a significant investment of time and effort, postdoctoral opportunities in the humanities offer an important and underutilized bridge to a successful academic career. They afford humanities doctoral students additional time (anywhere from one to five years) to build up their résumés, expand their professional contacts in the field, do publicly engaged work, build up a repertoire of courses they have taught as the instructor of record, and submit additional articles for publication.
That being said, there are a wealth of different kinds of postdoctoral fellowships, some more research-focused, others very teaching-intensive, and some more specifically aimed at public engagement. Following an introduction to the landscape, recent UF faculty and PhDs will discuss their experience as humanities postdoctoral fellows in a variety of settings. The workshop will conclude by offering perspectives from the other side of the table, namely that of the postdoctoral fellowship reviewer. Students will get insight into how to present themselves most effectively at this transitional phase – and the balance they should make in their applications between their dissertations and new areas of research at this early stage. Participants will gain some perspective as to what makes the top applications in very competitive pools stand out.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided. For more information about this event and RSVP requirements, please visit: http://www.humanities.ufl.edu/calendar/20151027-Humanities_PostDocs.html
“Addressing the Gap: Resources and Support for International Graduate Students in the Humanities and Social Sciences”
Monday, 7 November 2016, 12-1:30 pm
Marston Visualization Lab (L136)
There is a growing gap between domestic and international students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. The difference in available resources and institutional support is often quite stark and the limited available resources are frequently not codified in a coherent fashion. But this situation is a result of poor communication as much as anything else. Resources exist, but may not be easily accessible; support is available, but not always utilized.
This informational workshop is an opportunity to address this gap in communication and highlight what resources and institutional support exist for international students in the humanities and the social sciences. Our presenters will focus primarily on external grants and fellowships for which international students are eligible. They will discuss the institutional challenges that one must navigate in order to avail oneself of these opportunities.
By the end of the workshop, participants will know what funding bodies support grants and fellowships for international students in the humanities and social sciences, will learn strategies for navigating the institutional challenges, and will get a better sense of what resources and contacts are available at UF to make life as an international student less challenging. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. For more information and RSVP requirements, please visit: http://www.humanities.ufl.edu/calendar/20161107-International.html
Additional Items of Interest:
CHPS 2017-2018 Call for Proposals
The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere is excited to announce our 2017-2018 Call for Proposals.
We would like to draw particular attention to our newest grant program for faculty: Publication Subvention. This program is designed to support faculty in the humanities who otherwise may not be able to publish their work because of subvention costs required by a publisher. We are continuing the online submission of proposals initiated last year. All applicants are required to submit their proposals through an online submission form. Please find the link to this form in each CFP and please let us know about any problems you experience (if any) with the submission process or general questions regarding submission procedure. Our grant programs are at the heart of what we do. We look forward to reading many excellent proposals.
Library Enhancement Program in the Humanities (deadline Friday, 2 December 2016 5:00 PM): Library Enhancement Grants provide up to $5,000 for the acquisition of library resources, print, digital, or audio-visual media in a field of study in or related to the humanities disciplines but not currently well-served by the University’s collections. This program is open to faculty of any rank as well as graduate students.
Interdisciplinary Team-Teaching in the Humanities (deadline Friday, 6 January 2017 by 5:00 PM): The objective of this program is to encourage two faculty members in different departments or colleges to collaborate with one another in the classroom and offer undergraduate interdisciplinary courses on any topic related to the humanities. The program will provide compensation to departments in exchange for releasing faculty members to participate in this program and give course development funds ($1500) to each faculty member who has not previously received monetary support from this or other grant-giving agencies (on or off campus) for these courses.
Tedder Family and Rothman Doctoral Fellowships in the Humanities (deadline Friday, 13 January 2017 by 5:00 PM): The Tedder Family and Rothman Doctoral Fellowships provide an opportunity for graduate students currently writing their dissertations to conduct research for their projects. The grant awards up to $2,000 to be used in form of reimbursement for travel, research expenses, or salary.
Support for Workshops and Speaker Series in the Humanities (deadline Friday, 20 January 2017 5:00 PM): The Workshop and Speaker Series grant program supports faculty and graduate students who wish to organize one-day events or longer-running programs. These events should foster the exchange of interpretations and ideas and make these ideas more accessible to a wider academic and public audience. A maximum of $5000 in funds will be provided to bring in a maximum of three external guests per proposal.
Programs in the Public Humanities (deadline Friday, 10 February 2017 at 5:00 PM (for the statement of intent) & Friday, 10 March 2017 at 5:00 PM (for applications pre-approved through the statement of intent process): Programs in the Public Humanities is designed to encourage on- and off-campus individuals, groups, or institutions to collaborate in the creation and implementation of humanities programs off the UF campus. As such the grant is open to faculty of any rank, graduate students, and their community partners. The program awards up to $3,000.
Rothman Summer Faculty Fellowships in the Humanities (deadline Friday, 17 February 2017 by 5:00 PM): The Rothman Summer Faculty Fellowship grant program is open to faculty of all ranks including non-tenure track faculty or “visiting faculty” and provides support up to $3,000 in the form of salary, travel reimbursement, or research expenses.
*Publication Subvention (rolling deadline): Publication Subvention is a new program that will offer up to $10,000 per annum in recognition of the growing need for faculty publication support in the humanities.
Journal of American Studies: Eurasian Perspectives (JASEP)
The Journal of American Studies: Eurasian Perspectives (JASEP) is an international peer-reviewed journal, published semi-annually. The Institute of Language and Communication Studies and Macro World Publishing jointly edit the journal. It invites research on the topics of American literature, art and humanities including U.S. culture and literature, socio-linguistics, migration to the U.S., feminism, socio-cultural approaches to American life, social problems and social changes, human rights, ethnic and racial studies, terrorism and public service. Its main focus, however, is on the various European and Asian perspectives on these issues.
JASEP seeks to open a debate on the legacy of Europeans and Asians on the Americas, and in turn examines the socio-political and cultural ways in which America shapes the continents of Europe and Asia. The journal aims to demarcate an interdisciplinary field of inquiry and to seek innovative research issues related to ethnic studies disciplines that critically examine the history, culture, politics, and experiences of the people of Eurasia in an encounter with the American continent.
JASEP also focuses on exploring American mind reflections in the people of Eurasian ancestry. Moreover, the journal centers on the reflections of the history, culture, literature and politics of the United States in the minds of Asian and European people.
The Journal of American Studies: Eurasian Perspectives is an interdisciplinary platform that publishes articles representing a wide range of academic disciplines, including sociology, history, political science, literature, cultural and gender studies and promoting a variety of research methods. The double blind review process, the rich editorial board, zero tolerance for plagiarism and high respect for publication ethics, as well as a strong commitment towards scheduled publication are the key features of the Institute’s journals. The journal accepts online submissions only.
If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, or seek advice on the submission process please contact the Editorial Office, at the following email address: jasep@macroworldpub.com
Submission and Publication Information:
Submission deadline: December 20th, 2016
Final manuscript submissions to publisher: Feb, 2017
Submission to first decision: 3 weeks
Submission to final decision: 6 weeks
Number of papers: 7 to 10 papers
USF Instructor Position in Cultural Anthropology or Archaeology
USF is a high-impact, global research university dedicated to student success. For information regarding the USF System.
The Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida seeks to fill a nine-month, full-time Instructor position in Archaeology and/or Cultural Anthropology. We have a dynamic Applied Anthropology program committed to promoting holistic perspectives, fostering community engagement, and creating and supporting a diverse faculty. PhD in Anthropology is required. Applications from individuals who are ABD will be accepted, but the degree must be conferred by our appointment start date. A proven record of experience in teaching primarily undergraduate in Archaeology and/or Cultural Anthropology is required. The ability to teach graduate level classes is desirable, also. Preference will be given to candidates who can demonstrate a history of teaching excellence.
Candidates are expected to teach: Archaeology, Introduction to Anthropology, and Cultural Anthropology. Candidates should also be able to teach upper-level required/electives and graduate classes in their areas of specialization in Archaeology or Cultural Anthropology. Geographic area is open. In addition, candidates who have experience in undergraduate research mentoring, internship coordination, or directing field schools or community-based research projects (domestic or international) will be given preference.
Salary is negotiable. To apply, please visit http://employment.usf.edu and attach a cover letter, CV, evidence of teaching competence (philosophy and evaluations) and names and contact information for three references. In the cover letter, applicants should address how they and/or their research and teaching contribute to the department’s mission statement on diversity and inclusion (see link at http://anthropology.usf.edu/). Position closes and review of applications begins on November 25, 2016.
USF is a high-impact, global research university dedicated to student success. USF is a Top 25 research university among public institutions nationwide in total research expenditures, according to the National Science Foundation. For information regarding the USF System, please visit our website at https://www.usf.edu/. Conclusion of this search is subject to final budget approval. According to Florida Law, applications and meetings regarding them are open to the public. USF is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Institution. For disability accommodations, contact Karen Boston at (813-974-3116), a minimum of five working days in advance. Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
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