February registration deadline for Willson Center Workshop on Long-term and Short-term Fellowships

Alan Rutenberg, Humanities Specialist in the Office of Research at the University of Tennessee, will offer two workshops on humanities fellowships at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education on March 16-17, 2016. In the period since Rutenberg started advising fellowship applicants at UT in 2004, UT ranks eighth in the country in NEH fellowships and first in NEH summer stipends.

The cost of the workshops is provided by the Willson Center and the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, but registration is required. Faculty may register for one or both workshops. A limited number of individual consultations will also be available. Faculty are encouraged to register for at least one of the workshops if also making an individual consultation request. The short-term workshop is also open to postdocs and PhD students who would like to register.

Registration Deadline: February 15.

Workshop schedule: March 16 and 17 (Wednesday and Thursday)

  • Advanced Workshop on Long-term Fellowships (9-11 a.m., Wed. 3/16)

The goal of this advanced workshop is to help transform an already serious project into a compelling fellowship proposal. This often means thinking anew about how to frame a project, not just about how to write a proposal.

The workshop will analyze the four major intellectual elements of a successful fellowship proposal, with constant reference to examples from successful NEH proposals.

  • Introductory Workshop on Short-term Fellowships at Research Libraries (10-11:30 a.m., Thu. 3/17)

This workshop offers a briefer treatment of the four major intellectual elements of a successful proposal. It then addresses a strategic approach to short-term fellowships at the most prestigious research libraries. These fellowships are frequently a key first step to success in subsequent fellowship competitions.

  • Individual Consultations (Wed. and Thu. afternoon by appointment)

Faculty interested in an individual consultation should include a request in their email registration for the workshop/s. A limited number of individual consultation appointments will be available. Faculty will be asked to provide a draft of their fellowship proposal or abstract prior to the consultation.

Registration: Faculty should send a brief email to Dr. Lloyd Winstead (winstead@uga.edu), Senior Associate Director, by February 15 indicating if they would like to attend one or both workshops. Faculty requesting individual appointments in addition to workshop registration should note this in their registration request. Confirmation and further details regarding the workshop including room location will be provided to faculty by February 22. Faculty requesting consultation appointments will also be notified by February 22.

Alan Rutenberg has a BA in English from Brown University, and an MA in English and JD from the University of Chicago. He has more than ten years of experience at UT as a successful advisor for humanities fellowship proposals. He has also played a significant role in a number of core humanities initiatives at UT, including the UT Humanities Center, the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and the UT Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome.