New Media Literacies, Gutenberg to Google

Coordinator:

Meredith McGill

Department of English, Rutgers Universty

meredith.mcgill@rutgers.edu

The Rutgers University Center for Cultural Analysis (CCA), an interdisciplinary research center, announces a competition for visiting postdoctoral fellowships for 2008-2009 on the topic New Media Literacies, Gutenberg to Google.

Fellows will receive a $40,000 stipend with benefits and support for their research, with office space located in the Center. Fellows will be invited to teach one honors seminar in one semester of the year’s residence. They will also be expected to participate in all of the Center's programs on the year's subject, and in all other related activities. Fellows are encouraged to participate in the life of the university in any number of various ways – by, for example, lecturing or participating in other faculty’s scheduled classes, offering an occasional colloquium or lecture, or participating in reading groups other than those officially connected with the year's subject. At the conclusion of the year, all fellows will be asked to provide a summary report of their year's work at the Center.

Non-funded fellowships are also available. These carry no stipend but provide full access to all Center activities and possible support for research. All fellowships, funded and non-funded, must be applied for with the External Fellowship Application Form.

The Center will host a series of visits and lectures from important scholars working on the subject of the year's program.

The Center invites scholars from all disciplinary perspectives and methodologies -- empirical, analytical, literary, historical, theoretical. Special consideration will be given to projects that are markedly interdisciplinary in approach.

The application below describes the topic and procedures for study during 2008-2009. We invite your inquiries about any aspect of the application process or about the year's program on New Media Literacies.

We also invite your inquiries about any aspect of the application process or about the year’s program on Mind and Culture.

Apply for Fellowship (External Fellows)