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REGIONAL SEMINAR FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING 2005-2008

23.03.2005
SOFIA UNIVERSITY ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI
FACULTY OF CLASSICAL AND MODERN PHILOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL STUDIES

supported by
OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE · HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT PROGRAM

REGIONAL SEMINAR FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING 2005-2008

Contextualizing Classics: Renewal of Teaching Practices and Concepts



CALL FOR APPLICATIONS


The organizers of the project "Contextualizing Classics: Renewal of Teaching Practices and Concepts", part of the ReSET of OSI HESP, are inviting applicants for participation in this three-year initiative. The project is addressed to young academics of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. According to the goals and the principals of the ReSET program, the organizers will recruit a group of up to 25 young academics from the target region selected on a competitive basis. The competition is open for young faculty and doctoral students involved in teaching and research in the field of the classical studies or some affiliated discipline from the area of social studies and humanities.


General information

Disciplines and Academic Areas
Classical Studies, History, Archeology, Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Political Science, European Studies
Target Region
Southeastern, Eastern and Central Europe
Working Language(s)
English, Bulgarian (auxiliary)
Project Period
Summer 2005 – Spring 2008

Program Directors
Petya Yaneva, Ass. Professor, Dr. Habil, Dean of Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, Sofia University
Elia Marinova, Ass. Professor, PhD, Department of Classics, Sofia University
Resource Faculty
Katerina Ierodiakonou, Assistant Prof. in Philosophy, National Technical University of Athens
Anton van Hooff, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Nijmegen
Nikolai Gochev, Ass. Prof., Dept. of Classics, University of Sofia
Mirena Slavova, Ass. Prof., Dept. of Classics, University of Sofia
Kevin Clinton, Professor of Classics, Cornell University
Michael Frede, Prof. of the History of Philosophy, Oxford University
Willard McCarty, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College, London
Nora Dimitrova, Research Associate, Cornell University
Bianca-Jeanette Schroeder, Ass. Prof. in Classics, University of Munich


Project Description

The project is devoted to the advancement of teaching Classical civilization in the perspective of contemporary cultural and social context, and aims to promote renovation in Classics as a university discipline with inherent interdisciplinary nature and significant potential to contribute to strengthening the awareness of a common cultural legacy. The project’s mission is to contribute to critical rethinking of how we use this potential for the advancement of classical studies at the levels of new theoretical ideas, scholarship, curriculum, and methods of teaching.
Team work under the guidance of the resource faculty will be dedicated to the following main topics:
1. Classics at the Dawn of a New Millennium. Rethinking Scholarly Approaches, Academic Curricula and Strategies in Teaching and Research
2. The Post-Gutenberg Age and Classical Literature. Configuration of a New Discipline in Classics Curriculum
3. Politics of Community and Politics of Self. Ethics, Law and Political Theory in European Intellectual Tradition
4. Text and Identity. European Patterns and Experiences in Antiquity and Beyond
The program implies three consecutive summer sessions of two-week duration, at which lectures and short courses will be delivered and discussions will be moderated by the resource faculty, and also inter-session activities including carrying out research projects (with the possible involving of students), exchange of scholarly outcome and teaching experience through local meetings and Internet forum discussions. During the second and third year the participants will be expected to engage more actively in intensive individual and group work with the purpose of elaborating research projects and improving their course syllabi.


Participants Eligibility

Young university teachers or PhD students with teaching experience in relevant disciplines.

The participants have to meet the following requirements and commitments:

 be able to participate in two-week summer sessions in 2005/2006/2007 years;
 have Internet access;
 contribute to the intersession activities, including web-based discussions, local workshops, individual and group work with the purpose of elaborating research projects and new course syllabi;
 make a report on the present state of curricula in their home-institutions and engage in activities striving for meaningful imprоvement of their course syllabi and curricula
 give presentations on their research in the second and third year of the project


During the selection process, the following criteria will be taken into account:
o quality of application including completeness;
o academic background and professional experience;
o qualification referring to the aims of the project;
o motivation statement that should display the presumable benefit expected by the applicant according to his/her research interests;
o language ability (good command of English).


Other Important Information

Costs
Organizers cover following costs: seminar and educational materials; accommodation and meals; special events; travel expenses (lowest tariff).

Timeline
April, 10 - deadline for application
April, 30 - selection results
First contact session – September, 12-25 2005


Contact Information for Applicants and General Inquiries:


Contact persons:

Violeta Gerjikova
Project Coordinator
Yoana Sirakova
Assistant Coordinator
e-mail: proclassics@mail.bg

Postal address:

Sofia University
Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology
Dep. of Classical Studies
1504 Sofia, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd.

fax: (+359 2) 8465 143

Note: For reasons of promptness we prefer applicants to contact the organizers per e-mail or fax and we rely for any kind of correspondence primarily on the electronic means of communication.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 10TH OF APRIL


Application Form


1. PERSONAL DATA

Last name: ………………………………………………………………………………
First name: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Gender: M/F: …………………………………………………………………………………………………
Date of birth: …………………………………………………………………………………………………
Citizenship: …………………………………………………………………………………

2. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Highest academic degree, degree-granting institution and year ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Discipline ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Years of teaching experience………………………………………………………………………………

Name of Teaching Institution………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Position ……………………………………………………………………………………………………

Courses Taught ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Research Interests ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Participation in similar programs in the past: year, type of project ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Language ability: ………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. MOTIVATION STATEMENT

Describe your motivation for participation in the seminar: what do you expect from this event; how it is related to your research interest in generai; in connection with which topic within the framework of the seminar could you possibly work on your own individual research project and give a presentation.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………


4. INFORMATION REGARDING TRAVEL COSTS

What will probably be the amount of your travel costs? (Please give only the lowest tariff, in US Dollars or EUR.)
By bus: .....................................................
By train: ....................................................

5. CONTACT INFORMATION

Email Address…………………………………………………………………………………………………

Tel./fax…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Postal Address…………………………………………………………………………………………………


Return by April, 10th to:

proclassics@mail.bg

Postal address:

Sofia University
Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology
Dep. of Classical Studies
1504 Sofia, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd.

fax: (+359 2) 8465 143

Violeta Gerjikova
Project Coordinator
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