Please join us Monday, November 6 at 2 pm in Sproul 912 for a pre-colloquium discussion with anthropologist Michael Herzfeld. Coffee and carbohydrates will be in the offing.
The Anthropology department colloquium will follow at 4 pm in Young 184. The title of Prof. Herzfeld’s colloquium talk is “Eviction and the Reconfiguration of Space in Rome and Bangkok.”
Available online is a video podcast of Prof. Herzfeld’s lecture “Eviction and Evocation: The West at Home and Abroad - Ethnographic Reflections from Thailand and Southern Europe” at http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/ancestors/herzfeld.htm.
BIO:
Research Interests: social theory, history of Anthropology, social poetics, politics of history; Europe (especially Greece & Italy), and Thailand.
Michael Herzfeld is Professor of Anthropology and Curator of European Ethnology in the Peabody Museum at Harvard University where he has taught since 1991. He is the author of many books, including Ours Once More: Folklore, Ideology, and the Making of Modern Greece (1982), The Poetics of Manhood: Contest and Identity in a Cretan Mountain Village, Anthropology through the Looking-Glass: Critical Ethnography in the Margins of Europe (1987), A Place in History: Social and Monumental Time in a Cretan Town (1991), The Social Production of Indifference: The Symbolic Roots of Western Bureaucracy (1992), Cultural Intimacy: Social Poetics in the Nation-State (1997; a second, revised edition has just been released [2005]), and Portrait of a Greek Imagination: An Ethnographic Biography of Andreas Nenedakis (1997). Dr. Herzfeld has recently published a new book on apprenticeship in Greece and globally, titled The Body Impolitic: Artisans and Artifice in the Global Hierarchy of Value (2004). He is also now conducting new research in Italy and Thailand on gentrification and the management of the past, and plans further work on artisanship and apprenticeship in both countries.
For more biographical information and a list of publications, see Prof. Herzfeld’s Harvard University faculty profile: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/social_pages_herzfeld.html
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006
GSA Travel Awards--Deadline January 5, 2007
http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/funding/travel
Please note-- The GSA Travel Award is DIFFERENT from the Graduate Studies Travel Award. (Stupid, practically identical names!) The two awards cannot be offered concurrently.
Please note-- The GSA Travel Award is DIFFERENT from the Graduate Studies Travel Award. (Stupid, practically identical names!) The two awards cannot be offered concurrently.
Endnote workshop
ENDNOTE WORKSHOP:
Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Bibliographic Methods
Thursday November 16, 2006
4:00 - 6:00 PM
3201 Hart Hall
Want to know how to organize your bibliographic materials? To manage your archives? Come check out this workshop specifically for Cultural Studies students, faculty, and staff, where you'll learn the basics of the Endnote bibliographic program. This workshop will cover how to set up Endnote libraries that contain your reference materials, how to create keywords and fields so that you can quickly sort through your entries and bibliographies, how to create subject bibliographies, how to cite while you write in Microsoft Word, how to import citations from Endnote into Microsoft Word, and how to use Endnote to help you create and manage interdisciplinary scholarship and materials. We invite attendees to bring laptops if they have them, with the Endnote program already downloaded so that we can spend the majority of the time actually helping you set up your Endnote libraries on your computer.
If you don't have your own computer to bring, no worries, you can look on with someone else. So laptops are encouraged but NOT required. In case you haven't heard, U.C Davis has made Endnote available for FREE download to all students and faculty, and is available for both Macs and PCs. To download the program, go to https://my.ucdavis.edu/main_frame.cfm?goto=software. You will log in to my.ucdavis.edu and can download the software from there. This workshop is put on by the Cultural Studies Graduate Collective.
If you have any questions or would like more information, email Cathy Hannabach at channabach@ucdavis.edu or Liz Montegary at lizmontegary@ucdavis.edu
Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Bibliographic Methods
Thursday November 16, 2006
4:00 - 6:00 PM
3201 Hart Hall
Want to know how to organize your bibliographic materials? To manage your archives? Come check out this workshop specifically for Cultural Studies students, faculty, and staff, where you'll learn the basics of the Endnote bibliographic program. This workshop will cover how to set up Endnote libraries that contain your reference materials, how to create keywords and fields so that you can quickly sort through your entries and bibliographies, how to create subject bibliographies, how to cite while you write in Microsoft Word, how to import citations from Endnote into Microsoft Word, and how to use Endnote to help you create and manage interdisciplinary scholarship and materials. We invite attendees to bring laptops if they have them, with the Endnote program already downloaded so that we can spend the majority of the time actually helping you set up your Endnote libraries on your computer.
If you don't have your own computer to bring, no worries, you can look on with someone else. So laptops are encouraged but NOT required. In case you haven't heard, U.C Davis has made Endnote available for FREE download to all students and faculty, and is available for both Macs and PCs. To download the program, go to https://my.ucdavis.edu/main_frame.cfm?goto=software. You will log in to my.ucdavis.edu and can download the software from there. This workshop is put on by the Cultural Studies Graduate Collective.
If you have any questions or would like more information, email Cathy Hannabach at channabach@ucdavis.edu or Liz Montegary at lizmontegary@ucdavis.edu
CFP: Human Traffic
CFP: Human Traffic
Each year, the English department graduate students organize a "scholar's symposium," offering a series of panels held throughout the year where in graduate work is presented on a variety of subjects. The symposium is facilitated in a friendly environment and this serves as good practice forstudents who have not yet presented at a conference, or just offers a greatchance to share your work with your peers. This year, the symposium's organizers would like to open up the Call for Papers to a wider scope. We will be asking for participation from our fellow graduate students in programs like anthropology, cultural studies, comparative literature, performance studies, French, Spanish, etc. We will have English graduate students on each panel, but our hope is that extending the invitation to participate to other scholars will encourage an interdisciplinary program and facilitate a cross campus exchange that is appropriate to our topic, and more fitting the name "scholar symposium." This, the first panel of our four-part series devoted to "Traffic," (which overall will discuss everything from flows of energy, to the exchange of ideas, to the circulation of capital, to the way food is moved through the digestive tract and across the planet), is especially geared towards the movement and migration of people. (We will put out further calls for the other topicsthroughout the year). We are expecting a fairly liberal definition of the phrase "human traffic" and can imagine including papers that would address topics as diverse as border crossing, transportation technology, sex tourism, and disaster demography. If you would like to make a presentation(of about 20 minutes in length) please send abstracts or proposals of no more than 350 words to Sarah Juliet Lauro (slauro@ucdavis.edu) by Nov.3. We will aim for a date early in December for the first symposium.
Each year, the English department graduate students organize a "scholar's symposium," offering a series of panels held throughout the year where in graduate work is presented on a variety of subjects. The symposium is facilitated in a friendly environment and this serves as good practice forstudents who have not yet presented at a conference, or just offers a greatchance to share your work with your peers. This year, the symposium's organizers would like to open up the Call for Papers to a wider scope. We will be asking for participation from our fellow graduate students in programs like anthropology, cultural studies, comparative literature, performance studies, French, Spanish, etc. We will have English graduate students on each panel, but our hope is that extending the invitation to participate to other scholars will encourage an interdisciplinary program and facilitate a cross campus exchange that is appropriate to our topic, and more fitting the name "scholar symposium." This, the first panel of our four-part series devoted to "Traffic," (which overall will discuss everything from flows of energy, to the exchange of ideas, to the circulation of capital, to the way food is moved through the digestive tract and across the planet), is especially geared towards the movement and migration of people. (We will put out further calls for the other topicsthroughout the year). We are expecting a fairly liberal definition of the phrase "human traffic" and can imagine including papers that would address topics as diverse as border crossing, transportation technology, sex tourism, and disaster demography. If you would like to make a presentation(of about 20 minutes in length) please send abstracts or proposals of no more than 350 words to Sarah Juliet Lauro (slauro@ucdavis.edu) by Nov.3. We will aim for a date early in December for the first symposium.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Grammar for Grads
Grammar for Grads

A 2-hour workshop for graduate students seeking to improve their writing skills.
Grammar for Grads will teach you how to use grammar to shape the style of your writing. You will learn to how to use the active and passive voice, modifying clauses, parallel structure, action verbs, and concrete nouns to make your style clear, concise, and effective.
Workshop Instructor:
Raquel Scherr Salgado, Ph.D., University Writing Program
Thursday, November 9, 2006
5:00-7:00pm
Register at: http://icc3.ucdavis.edu/gps/GrammarGradsSignUp.htm
Space is limited to 30 - You will receive the workshop room location after successfully registering online.
Co-Sponsored by the Professional Development Series, Office of Graduate Studies and the University Writing Program


A 2-hour workshop for graduate students seeking to improve their writing skills.
Grammar for Grads will teach you how to use grammar to shape the style of your writing. You will learn to how to use the active and passive voice, modifying clauses, parallel structure, action verbs, and concrete nouns to make your style clear, concise, and effective.
Workshop Instructor:
Raquel Scherr Salgado, Ph.D., University Writing Program
Thursday, November 9, 2006
5:00-7:00pm
Register at: http://icc3.ucdavis.edu/gps/GrammarGradsSignUp.htm
Space is limited to 30 - You will receive the workshop room location after successfully registering online.
Co-Sponsored by the Professional Development Series, Office of Graduate Studies and the University Writing Program

Dean's Social FREE FOOD!
You are invited to the Fall Quarter
Dean’s Social for Graduate Students
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Memorial Union: MUII
Our informal quarterly receptions provide graduate students the opportunity
to chat with the Office of Graduate Studies deans and other key staff.
Jeffery C. Gibeling, Dean of Graduate Studies
Ed Caswell-Chen, Associate Dean for Programs
Annik Hirshen, Assistant Dean
Steven Albrecht, Director of Student Financial Support
Hector Cuevas, Director of Outreach, Recruitment and Retention
Lisa Finnegan, Director of Business and Financial Services
Cathy Jurado, Director of Admissions and Academic Services
Yuhang Shi, Director of Analysis and Information Services
Please plan to drop by and enjoy a light snack.
Dean’s Social for Graduate Students
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Memorial Union: MUII
Our informal quarterly receptions provide graduate students the opportunity
to chat with the Office of Graduate Studies deans and other key staff.
Jeffery C. Gibeling, Dean of Graduate Studies
Ed Caswell-Chen, Associate Dean for Programs
Annik Hirshen, Assistant Dean
Steven Albrecht, Director of Student Financial Support
Hector Cuevas, Director of Outreach, Recruitment and Retention
Lisa Finnegan, Director of Business and Financial Services
Cathy Jurado, Director of Admissions and Academic Services
Yuhang Shi, Director of Analysis and Information Services
Please plan to drop by and enjoy a light snack.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Next ASAGSG event!
The Asian American Studies Graduate Student Group (ASAGSG) and the Asian American Studies program (ASA) invite you to the...
Graduate Student + Faculty Meet and Greet
Wed, October 25th
4-530p
3201 Hart Hall
Enjoy a coffee break while you meet and connect with faculty and grad students whose research is in the field of Asian American Studies as it is broadly defined. This event will be a great opportunity to meet new and continuing grad students, make connections with faculty, hear about new scholarship by faculty, talk about how you can get the support you need, and to learn more about the ASAGSG and ASA.
Graduate students from the following departments/programs have been invited to this event:
English - Creative Writing - Comparative Literature - Sociology - Anthropology - School of Law - Psychology - Cultural Studies - Geography - Community Development - Political Science - Education - History - Linguistics
Faculty from the following departments/program have been invited to this event:
Asian American Studies - Women's Studies - American Studies - Sociology - School of Law - Psychology - English - History - School of Medicine - Comparative Literature - African American Studies - Anthropology - Communications - East Asian Languages - Education - Human and Community Development - Linguistics - Political Science
RSVP IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT.
For more information on this event or to RSVP, please contact Dawn at dtlee@ucdavis.edu
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PASS ON AND INVITE OTHERS!
Graduate Student + Faculty Meet and Greet
Wed, October 25th
4-530p
3201 Hart Hall
Enjoy a coffee break while you meet and connect with faculty and grad students whose research is in the field of Asian American Studies as it is broadly defined. This event will be a great opportunity to meet new and continuing grad students, make connections with faculty, hear about new scholarship by faculty, talk about how you can get the support you need, and to learn more about the ASAGSG and ASA.
Graduate students from the following departments/programs have been invited to this event:
English - Creative Writing - Comparative Literature - Sociology - Anthropology - School of Law - Psychology - Cultural Studies - Geography - Community Development - Political Science - Education - History - Linguistics
Faculty from the following departments/program have been invited to this event:
Asian American Studies - Women's Studies - American Studies - Sociology - School of Law - Psychology - English - History - School of Medicine - Comparative Literature - African American Studies - Anthropology - Communications - East Asian Languages - Education - Human and Community Development - Linguistics - Political Science
RSVP IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT.
For more information on this event or to RSVP, please contact Dawn at dtlee@ucdavis.edu
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PASS ON AND INVITE OTHERS!
RFP - UC AAPI Policy Initiative
Request for Proposal -- Small Grants Program Translating Academic Research on AAPIs to Policy Briefs
Sponsored by UC AAPI Policy Initiative and UCOP California Policy Research Center with support from the UCOP California Policy Research Center (CPRC), the UC AAPI PolicyInitiative is pleased to announce a small grants program to supportthe translation of academicresearch on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders into policy briefs. The UC AAPI Policy Initiative promotes and coordinates applied andpolicy research on topics relevant to California's growing Asian American and Pacific Islander population. The Initiative serves as a bridge linking UC researchers to community organizations,the media, and elected officials and their staff. These activities help the University ofCalifornia to integrate research, teaching, and community outreach in ways that inform and enlighten public discourse onimportant public policy issues. The Initiative is supported through funds from the UC Office ofthe President, UCLA's Asian American Studies Center, and other academic units from throughout the UC system.
The UC AAPI Policy Initiative will support three Research-to-Policy translation projects at$3,000 each. Each project is expected to produce an 8-10 page policy brief based on existingresearch and a 1-page summary. The brief should report the policy relevant findings from the research, discuss the implication for policy and legislation, and propose future applied and policyoriented research in this area. New research is not required, although each project should consult appropriate stakeholders to solicit input on policy and legislative issues and priorities.The UC AAPI Policy Initiative will provide additional support for the selected projects. This includes sponsoring a workshop for awardees on translating researchinto written products that are accessible to the general public, elected officials, the media and community groups. The workshop will be hosted at one of the UC campuses and will also be open to other interested researchers. If required, travel funds will be provided to the awardees. The Initiative and CPRC will assist projects in contacting community organizations and legislative staff, and will provide editing and type setting services for the policy briefs and summaries. The products will be published by the Initiative and posted on the Initiative's web site. The Initiative will also work with AAPI Nexus to publish briefs that are appropriate for that journal and with CPRC to disseminate the products to key individuals in the policy arena. The funds should be used to support a graduate student who has the relevant experience in preparing policy briefs. If requested, the Initiative can help identify a qualified graduate student.
The funds do not cover educational fees. All UC faculty are eligible to apply, and non-UC faculty can be included as a co-PI. A two-page proposal should include a brief statement about the research topic (including relevant publications by the PI), the policy or legislative issue to be addressed, a short biography of the PI, and a shortbiography of the graduate student (or the required qualifications if a student is not identified at the time of submission). Proposals are due at noon on November 15, 2006 and should be sent electronically to Oiyan A. Poon at oiyan.poon@ucla.edu. Awards will be announced within two weeks. Drafts of the briefs and summarizes are due February 23, 2007.
Sponsored by UC AAPI Policy Initiative and UCOP California Policy Research Center with support from the UCOP California Policy Research Center (CPRC), the UC AAPI PolicyInitiative is pleased to announce a small grants program to supportthe translation of academicresearch on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders into policy briefs. The UC AAPI Policy Initiative promotes and coordinates applied andpolicy research on topics relevant to California's growing Asian American and Pacific Islander population. The Initiative serves as a bridge linking UC researchers to community organizations,the media, and elected officials and their staff. These activities help the University ofCalifornia to integrate research, teaching, and community outreach in ways that inform and enlighten public discourse onimportant public policy issues. The Initiative is supported through funds from the UC Office ofthe President, UCLA's Asian American Studies Center, and other academic units from throughout the UC system.
The UC AAPI Policy Initiative will support three Research-to-Policy translation projects at$3,000 each. Each project is expected to produce an 8-10 page policy brief based on existingresearch and a 1-page summary. The brief should report the policy relevant findings from the research, discuss the implication for policy and legislation, and propose future applied and policyoriented research in this area. New research is not required, although each project should consult appropriate stakeholders to solicit input on policy and legislative issues and priorities.The UC AAPI Policy Initiative will provide additional support for the selected projects. This includes sponsoring a workshop for awardees on translating researchinto written products that are accessible to the general public, elected officials, the media and community groups. The workshop will be hosted at one of the UC campuses and will also be open to other interested researchers. If required, travel funds will be provided to the awardees. The Initiative and CPRC will assist projects in contacting community organizations and legislative staff, and will provide editing and type setting services for the policy briefs and summaries. The products will be published by the Initiative and posted on the Initiative's web site. The Initiative will also work with AAPI Nexus to publish briefs that are appropriate for that journal and with CPRC to disseminate the products to key individuals in the policy arena. The funds should be used to support a graduate student who has the relevant experience in preparing policy briefs. If requested, the Initiative can help identify a qualified graduate student.
The funds do not cover educational fees. All UC faculty are eligible to apply, and non-UC faculty can be included as a co-PI. A two-page proposal should include a brief statement about the research topic (including relevant publications by the PI), the policy or legislative issue to be addressed, a short biography of the PI, and a shortbiography of the graduate student (or the required qualifications if a student is not identified at the time of submission). Proposals are due at noon on November 15, 2006 and should be sent electronically to Oiyan A. Poon at oiyan.poon@ucla.edu. Awards will be announced within two weeks. Drafts of the briefs and summarizes are due February 23, 2007.
RESEARH GRANT - Consortium for Women and Research
The Consortium for Women and Research announces the Graduate Research Awards and Research Interest Group Awards (RIGS)
Applications for Graduate Research Awards (up to $1000) and Research Interest Group Awards (RIGS) (up to $2000) are due Tuesday, November 21st. For information and application forms, please visit our website at cwr.ucdavis.edu. Blank applications are available outside the Consortium's office at 168 Kerr Hall as well.
Applications for Graduate Research Awards (up to $1000) and Research Interest Group Awards (RIGS) (up to $2000) are due Tuesday, November 21st. For information and application forms, please visit our website at cwr.ucdavis.edu. Blank applications are available outside the Consortium's office at 168 Kerr Hall as well.
CFP: Univ. of Illinois, Chicago Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/AmericanCommunities
Call for Papers or Panel Proposals - University of Illinois at Chicago
*Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/AmericanCommunities
* March 16-17, 2007
A National Conference by the UIC chapter of Asian Pacific American Graduate Students Organization
*Submission Deadline: November 3, 2006
* Building on the success of the 1st APAGSO conference held at University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign, the 2nd conference will be held at Universityof Illinois at Chicago. For this conference, we invite papers and panel proposals from across thedifferent disciplines in arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences toengage with issues of immigration, transnationalism, and diaspora and theirrelevance for Asian/American communities. The conference especiallyencourages papers that adopt comparative or interdisciplinary approaches. Wewant to explore how the modalities of immigration, transnationalism anddiaspora can be productively engaged with precisely throughinterdisciplinary and comparative means. How are traditional ways ofunderstanding Asian/American immigration, transnationalism, and diasporabeing reimagined in diverse disciplines? What are the emerging contours ofAsian/America at the conjuncture of these issues? This conference hopes tobe a venue where faculty and graduate students can address Asian/Americanscholarship across disciplinary and methodological boundaries. We welcome paper or panel proposals by graduate students at any stage oftheir research and in any discipline. The proposal should include anassessment of where this scholarship fits within the current literature ofthe chosen field and how the work contributes to and/or expands theknowledge of Asian/American experiences.
*Paper Submissions* should include (1) contact information (including university, year in school, address, telephone number, fax number, ande-mail address); (2) a 250 word abstract; and (3) a curriculum vitae and abrief biography for each presenter.
*Panel Proposals* should include (1) a cover sheet with contact information for the chair and each panelist (including university, year in school,address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address); (2) a one-pagerationale explaining the relevance of the panel to the theme of theconference; (3) a one-page abstract for each proposed paper; and (4) acurriculum vitae and a brief biography for each presenter.
*Submission Guidelines: *Please submit individual paper proposals or full panel proposals via e-mailattachment by November 3, 2006 to apagsocfp_at_uic.edu with the subjectline,"APAGSO Conference Submission."Attachments should be in word, pdf, or rtf formats.Submissions should be *one* document (i.e. include all required informationin one attached document).
Submissions may fall under the purview of the following disciplines/subject fields. This list is not exhaustive: - Asian American Studies - Critical Race Theory - English - History - Sociology - Anthropology - Public Health - Medicine - Psychology - Education - Urban Studies - Gender Studies - Comparative Literature - African American Studies - Latino Studies - Postcolonial Literature - Art History
Limited support for graduate student travel to attend the conference may beavailable. For more information, contact apagsocfp@uic.edu
*Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/AmericanCommunities
* March 16-17, 2007
A National Conference by the UIC chapter of Asian Pacific American Graduate Students Organization
*Submission Deadline: November 3, 2006
* Building on the success of the 1st APAGSO conference held at University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign, the 2nd conference will be held at Universityof Illinois at Chicago. For this conference, we invite papers and panel proposals from across thedifferent disciplines in arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences toengage with issues of immigration, transnationalism, and diaspora and theirrelevance for Asian/American communities. The conference especiallyencourages papers that adopt comparative or interdisciplinary approaches. Wewant to explore how the modalities of immigration, transnationalism anddiaspora can be productively engaged with precisely throughinterdisciplinary and comparative means. How are traditional ways ofunderstanding Asian/American immigration, transnationalism, and diasporabeing reimagined in diverse disciplines? What are the emerging contours ofAsian/America at the conjuncture of these issues? This conference hopes tobe a venue where faculty and graduate students can address Asian/Americanscholarship across disciplinary and methodological boundaries. We welcome paper or panel proposals by graduate students at any stage oftheir research and in any discipline. The proposal should include anassessment of where this scholarship fits within the current literature ofthe chosen field and how the work contributes to and/or expands theknowledge of Asian/American experiences.
*Paper Submissions* should include (1) contact information (including university, year in school, address, telephone number, fax number, ande-mail address); (2) a 250 word abstract; and (3) a curriculum vitae and abrief biography for each presenter.
*Panel Proposals* should include (1) a cover sheet with contact information for the chair and each panelist (including university, year in school,address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address); (2) a one-pagerationale explaining the relevance of the panel to the theme of theconference; (3) a one-page abstract for each proposed paper; and (4) acurriculum vitae and a brief biography for each presenter.
*Submission Guidelines: *Please submit individual paper proposals or full panel proposals via e-mailattachment by November 3, 2006 to apagsocfp_at_uic.edu with the subjectline,"APAGSO Conference Submission."Attachments should be in word, pdf, or rtf formats.Submissions should be *one* document (i.e. include all required informationin one attached document).
Submissions may fall under the purview of the following disciplines/subject fields. This list is not exhaustive: - Asian American Studies - Critical Race Theory - English - History - Sociology - Anthropology - Public Health - Medicine - Psychology - Education - Urban Studies - Gender Studies - Comparative Literature - African American Studies - Latino Studies - Postcolonial Literature - Art History
Limited support for graduate student travel to attend the conference may beavailable. For more information, contact apagsocfp@uic.edu
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Bodies and Spectacles: A Conference on Asian American Performance
Bodies and Spectacles: A Conference on Asian American Performance
Ocotber 26-27, 2006
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignFree and open to the public
Conference Website: http://www.aasp.uiuc.edu/performanceconference/index.html<http://www.aasp.uiuc.edu/performanceconference/index.html>The conference will explore the relationship between Asian Americanbodies and the production of spectacles in the performing arts (theatre,music, and dance) and everyday life. Topics range from ethnohistoricalimaginings of early 20th century Bharata Natyam to the politics ofdisseminating contemporary Asian pop soundscapes. Each nationally andinternationally recognized scholar/artist on the panel will address thecentrality of creative practice and performative discourse in theproduction of Asian American identities on local, national, and globalstages.
Keynote: Thursday, October 26 at 4:00 p.m. Josephine Lee, University of Minnesota"New Directions in Asian American Performance"
Co-organizers: Yutian Wong & Esther Kim Lee, University of Illinois atUrbana-ChampaignCo-Sponsors:College of Fine and Applied Arts (Lorado Taft Lectureship), Departmentof Theatre, Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, Center forAdvanced Study, Department of History, Illinois Program for Research inthe Humanities, South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Department ofSociology, Native American House/American Indian Studies Program
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Endnote FREE!
This email came out over the summer. Just in case some of you missed it, I'm reposting here. Enjoy! -dawn
EndNote is now available for download on the Software web site.(<https://my.ucdavis.edu/software" target=extern>https://my.ucdavis.edu/software>https://my.ucdavis.edu/software)Currently, only the Windows Version X is available. We expect to receivethe Mac Version X this week and will put it on the Software web site assoon as it arrives.EndNote is bibliographic software that is used to search databases andorganize and format references for academic and scholarly papers. Itruns on Windows and Mac OS, and is fully compatible with recent versionsof Microsoft Word. (<http://www.endnote.com/eninfo.asp" target=extern>http://www.endnote.com/eninfo.asp>http://www.endnote.com/eninfo.asp)The EndNote site license permits installation and use of the software onwork and home computers by all current UCD faculty, staff, and students.The software is under a "perpetual license" with updates and supportincluded for the duration of the contract.If you have any questions about EndNote please send email tosoftware@ucdavis.edu.
Regards,Debbie Edwards--UC Davis Software License Coordination Unit<https://my.ucdavis.edu/software" target=extern>https://my.ucdavis.edu/software>https://my.ucdavis.edu/software(530) 752-5413
EndNote is now available for download on the Software web site.(<https://my.ucdavis.edu/software" target=extern>https://my.ucdavis.edu/software>https://my.ucdavis.edu/software)Currently, only the Windows Version X is available. We expect to receivethe Mac Version X this week and will put it on the Software web site assoon as it arrives.EndNote is bibliographic software that is used to search databases andorganize and format references for academic and scholarly papers. Itruns on Windows and Mac OS, and is fully compatible with recent versionsof Microsoft Word. (<http://www.endnote.com/eninfo.asp" target=extern>http://www.endnote.com/eninfo.asp>http://www.endnote.com/eninfo.asp)The EndNote site license permits installation and use of the software onwork and home computers by all current UCD faculty, staff, and students.The software is under a "perpetual license" with updates and supportincluded for the duration of the contract.If you have any questions about EndNote please send email tosoftware@ucdavis.edu.
Regards,Debbie Edwards--UC Davis Software License Coordination Unit<https://my.ucdavis.edu/software" target=extern>https://my.ucdavis.edu/software>https://my.ucdavis.edu/software(530) 752-5413
TRC Workshops
In case anyone was interested in teaching workshops. There are also workshops on SmartSite and Wikis!
http://trc.ucdavis.edu/trc/calendar/index.html
http://trc.ucdavis.edu/trc/calendar/index.html
Film screening and discussion with filmmaker Vivek Bald
MUTINY: ASIANS STORM BRITISH MUSIC
Directed by Vivek Bald
Film screening and discussion with filmmaker Vivek Bald
Monday, October 16, 2006
5:30-7:301130 Hart HallUniversity of California, DavisPizza and Refreshments provided!
Combining music documentary and social documentary, MUTINY: Asians Storm British Music charts the meteoric rise of South Asian electronic music in 1990s Britain, focusing particularly on the decades of cultural cross-pollination and political struggle that led up to that historic moment. Shot independently on digital video over the course of seven years, Mutiny features Asian Dub Foundation, Talvin Singh, Fun^Da^Mental and a host of other British musicians of Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi descent, presenting these artists and their music at extreme close range.
Directed by Vivek Bald
Film screening and discussion with filmmaker Vivek Bald
Monday, October 16, 2006
5:30-7:301130 Hart HallUniversity of California, DavisPizza and Refreshments provided!
Combining music documentary and social documentary, MUTINY: Asians Storm British Music charts the meteoric rise of South Asian electronic music in 1990s Britain, focusing particularly on the decades of cultural cross-pollination and political struggle that led up to that historic moment. Shot independently on digital video over the course of seven years, Mutiny features Asian Dub Foundation, Talvin Singh, Fun^Da^Mental and a host of other British musicians of Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi descent, presenting these artists and their music at extreme close range.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
LOCUS ARTS-- Asian American Performance
Women Rock! THURSDAY at the Rockit Room, and other upcoming Locus Arts Events
(Mailing list information, including unsubscription instructions, is located at the end of this message.)
Locus Arts is happy to co-present the fifth Asian American Musicians Showcase (AAMS) with Monkey King Records:
Thursday, October 12
Rockit Room (406 Clement Street, between 5th and 6th Ave, San Francisco)
8pm
Admission: $7
The show features Asian female-fronted punk, folk, and alternative rock bands:
Sputterdoll
Julia Lau
Say Bok Gwai
Lumaya
Emerging from the low-key Bay Area punk/indie scene, SPUTTERDOLL members Bernadette, Rio and Dennis all pump out a blend of punk rock resembling their influences, yet you still can't quite put finger on their sound. Bobbing your head to melodies of adolescent experiences, outlook on the little things, and ex-significant others, you realize that it's not about them, it's about you.
JULIA LAU is a multifaceted artist who defies any one characterization. Her acoustic guitar-based songs are at times, playful, dreamy and romantic and at other times, dark and haunted. In a set that mesmerizes, she moves effortlessly from poignant stories of struggle to flirty love songs… from songs filled with despair and longing to cathartic songs tackling universal themes like “fear” and “learning to let go.”
SAY BOK GWAI combines hardcore, metal, punk, thrash music with Cantonese vocals. A unique blend of two cultures, Say Bok Gwai covers a variety of the harder musical genres and has songs about food, differing cultural perspectives, Chinese American pride, white America, mating, metal, politics, and more.
LUMAYA's music is powerful, driving, and infectious. They deliver a unique, refreshing sound that is simultaneously ethereal and aggressive. Lumaya’s sound is marked by lead singer Olga Salamanca’s haunting and forceful vocals. Whether she is singing a soft bluesy lilt or an angry brooding plea, her dynamic voice commands attention, captivating any audience.
Save the date for other Locus Events coming up soon:
Saturday, October 21, 2006 8:00pm
Lap-Pop 3.0! The convergence of geekery, bloggery, and apa performance arts!
Space180 - 180 Capp Street, 3rd Floor (@17th Street), San Francisco
More info at http://locusarts.org/calendar.html?date=21+9+2006
Thursday, November 3, 2006
Native Guns SF TOUR
Space180 - 180 Capp Street, 3rd Floor (@17th Street), San Francisco
Rent Party
Friday, October 27 11:00pm
Space180 - 180 Capp Street, 3rd Floor (@17th Street), San Francisco
multi-identity; multi-fun. hapa comedians & rockers give thanks, talk shit, and rock mic.
Saturday, November 25, 2006 8:00pm
Space180 - 180 Capp Street, 3rd Floor (@17th Street), San Francisco
More info at http://locusarts.org/calendar.html?date=25+10+2006
Please check in for updates at www.locusarts.org
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Locus Arts is happy to co-present the fifth Asian American Musicians Showcase (AAMS) with Monkey King Records:
Thursday, October 12
Rockit Room (406 Clement Street, between 5th and 6th Ave, San Francisco)
8pm
Admission: $7
The show features Asian female-fronted punk, folk, and alternative rock bands:
Sputterdoll
Julia Lau
Say Bok Gwai
Lumaya
Emerging from the low-key Bay Area punk/indie scene, SPUTTERDOLL members Bernadette, Rio and Dennis all pump out a blend of punk rock resembling their influences, yet you still can't quite put finger on their sound. Bobbing your head to melodies of adolescent experiences, outlook on the little things, and ex-significant others, you realize that it's not about them, it's about you.
JULIA LAU is a multifaceted artist who defies any one characterization. Her acoustic guitar-based songs are at times, playful, dreamy and romantic and at other times, dark and haunted. In a set that mesmerizes, she moves effortlessly from poignant stories of struggle to flirty love songs… from songs filled with despair and longing to cathartic songs tackling universal themes like “fear” and “learning to let go.”
SAY BOK GWAI combines hardcore, metal, punk, thrash music with Cantonese vocals. A unique blend of two cultures, Say Bok Gwai covers a variety of the harder musical genres and has songs about food, differing cultural perspectives, Chinese American pride, white America, mating, metal, politics, and more.
LUMAYA's music is powerful, driving, and infectious. They deliver a unique, refreshing sound that is simultaneously ethereal and aggressive. Lumaya’s sound is marked by lead singer Olga Salamanca’s haunting and forceful vocals. Whether she is singing a soft bluesy lilt or an angry brooding plea, her dynamic voice commands attention, captivating any audience.
Save the date for other Locus Events coming up soon:
Saturday, October 21, 2006 8:00pm
Lap-Pop 3.0! The convergence of geekery, bloggery, and apa performance arts!
Space180 - 180 Capp Street, 3rd Floor (@17th Street), San Francisco
More info at http://locusarts.org/calendar.html?date=21+9+2006
Thursday, November 3, 2006
Native Guns SF TOUR
Space180 - 180 Capp Street, 3rd Floor (@17th Street), San Francisco
Rent Party
Friday, October 27 11:00pm
Space180 - 180 Capp Street, 3rd Floor (@17th Street), San Francisco
multi-identity; multi-fun. hapa comedians & rockers give thanks, talk shit, and rock mic.
Saturday, November 25, 2006 8:00pm
Space180 - 180 Capp Street, 3rd Floor (@17th Street), San Francisco
More info at http://locusarts.org/calendar.html?date=25+10+2006
Please check in for updates at www.locusarts.org
RESEARCH GRANT: Pacific Rim Research Program
Subject: LS#06-91: Pacific Rim Research Program--Faculty & Grad Student Research GrantsN.B. You must submit your pre-proposal to limsubmissions@ucdavis.edu
Do NOT submit any application material to the UCOP Pacific Rim Research Program website at this time. Limited Submissions Program Number06-91Title http://www.ucop.edu/research/pacrim/
Pacific Rim Research Program Funding Sponsor University of California, Office of the President
Program TypeLimited Submission (a pre-proposal must be submitted to the Office of Research for the UC Davis internal review and nomination process)
Funding Amount & Duration
RESEARCH GRANTS
1. Faculty/Staff: Research Grants fund collaborative projects of varying sizes. One-year grants in 2006-07 ranged from $7,500 to $24,000, with a median award of $14,900. Awards are ordinarily granted for one year, but two-year projects will also be considered, with second-year funding contingent on the submission of an interim report demonstrating satisfactory progress in the first year. Proposals for projects that are part of larger research programs funded by external sources should specify the programmatic and funding relationship between the proposed research and the project(s) already funded.
2. Graduate Students: Advanced Graduate Research Fellowships support graduate students in a year of dissertation research or its equivalent. Research Grants to graduate students in 2006-07 ranged from $5,380 to $22,000, with a median award of $16,500. Students may apply for a maximum of $22,000 in funding for a year of research, with budget justification. Budget requests for less than a year of funding should be adjusted proportionally. If more than one year of research can be justified, the graduate student may reapply for an additional year of funding.
WORKSHOP AND PLANNING GRANTSWorkshop and Planning Grants enable investigators to refine a hypothesis or line of inquiry, develop a strategy for implementation, and share or disseminate research findings. The grant shall not exceed $15,000. Workshops should lead to a publication reflecting an advance in the state of knowledge of a field; planning meetings should lead to a proposed program of collaborative research. Campus centers are eligible to apply for workshop and planning grants through a designated Principal Investigator.
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANTSFaculty Development Grants support UC faculty in developing new directions in Pacific Rim research through short-term (one to three months) residence in the region. All UC faculty with PI status may apply, either for the PI's own travel, or on behalf of a collaborator in another Pacific Rim country who will be hosted on the PI's home campus. The award shall not exceed $10,000. The proposal should aim at facilitating collaboration or field work on a project. If the residence occurs during the academic year, the applicant is responsible for making appropriate arrangements for a leave of absence from the university. During the period of residence, the applicant may not be remunerated for teaching or research-related activities by the host institution.
UC Davis Pre-proposal DeadlineDue +11:59pm, November 15, 2006 Please send your pre-proposal ina single PDF (preferred) or MS WORD file to:limsubmissions@ucdavis.edu
***IMPORTANT*** You must submit your pre-proposal tolimsubmissions@ucdavis.edu
Do NOT submit any pre-proposal application materials to theUCOP Pacific Rim Research Program website. Pre-proposals that consist of more than a single file will be returned to the applicant for consolidation. Please include the Limited Submissions Program Number and Title in the subject line of your e-mail.
Sponsor DeadlineFebruary 16, 2007
Nomination Requirements**Please read Program Guidelines carefully to determine your eligibility** UC Davis may submit a total of twelve applications for Research, Advanced Graduate Research Fellowships, Workshop/Planning, and Faculty Development Grant proposals. As many as three of these may be Faculty Development Grant Proposals. UC faculty and staff who are eligible to be Principal Investigators on their campus may seek Research Grants, Workshop and Planning Grants, Faculty Development Grants. Graduate students may apply for Advanced Graduate Research Fellowships, Workshop and Planning Grants, and Mini-grants. A graduate student applicant for a Workshop and Planning Grant must obtain sponsorship from a faculty member who will have budgetary and project oversight responsibilities. All successful applicants must maintain eligibility during the life of the grant. Grants are not transferable to non-UC institutions. Each applicant may submit no more than one proposal per annual competition cycle.Funding Areas**Please read Program Guidelines carefully to determine application requirements** The Pacific Rim Research Program promotes the study of the Pacific Rim as a distinctive region. For the purposes of this Program, the term "Pacific Rim" encompasses all areas and nations that border the Pacific Ocean, including Southeast Asia, the Pacific islands, and Pacific Latin America. The Program places priority on research that is new, specific to the region, and collaborative --reaching across national boundaries and bridging academic disciplines.Proposals may come from any discipline and should address questions that contribute to an understanding of the Pacific Rim region as a whole. Proposals will be evaluated for scholarly merit, originality, purpose, relationship to existing research, theoretical framework, methodology, qualifications and role of each investigator and collaborator, adequacy of available resources, justification for the budget, anticipated scholarly products, tentative schedule, and plan for dissemination of the research results. In addition to these features, successful proposals ordinarily include thefollowing:• investigation across national, cultural, linguistic, and/or regional boundaries;• focus on interactions, flows, or major issues affecting the Pacific Rim region;• collaboration of scholars in different countries and, where appropriate, different disciplines.Multi-disciplinary, multi-regional research is encouraged. Studies of single countries may be funded if the proposal articulates broader regional significance. “Collaboration” is broadly defined and need not be required in all aspects of the research. Collaborative projects should be aimed at facilitating, whenever possible, long-term ties between the UC, institutions, and individuals throughout the Pacific Rim. Projects should enable researchers who have not previously approached Pacific Rim subjects to interact with colleagues who are experts on 2 regional issues. For graduate students, international collaboration will often be in the form of institutional affiliation abroad or faculty sponsorship in the host country. Studies of flora, fauna, diseases, minerals, and other natural phenomena that occur in the Pacific Rim will be considered only if they significantly enhance understanding of the Pacific Rim and its peoples. Such proposals will receive more favorable consideration if they address cultural, social, or policy issues and include collaborators from both social science/humanities and natural science disciplines.
Program Guidelines URL**For questions regarding program eligibility and application requirements---see program guidelines:http://www.ucop.edu/research/pacrim/documents/2007-08prrp_call.pdf
http://www.ucop.edu/research/pacrim/documents/2007-08prrp_call.pdf
http://www.ucop.edu/research/pacrim/
For questions regarding the OR Limited Submissions process, please contact:Jodi Casselman at 530.757.3063,limsubmissions@ucdavis.eduorJesse Szeto at 530. 297.4492, limsubmissions@ucdavis.edu
Do NOT submit any application material to the UCOP Pacific Rim Research Program website at this time. Limited Submissions Program Number06-91Title http://www.ucop.edu/research/pacrim/
Pacific Rim Research Program Funding Sponsor University of California, Office of the President
Program TypeLimited Submission (a pre-proposal must be submitted to the Office of Research for the UC Davis internal review and nomination process)
Funding Amount & Duration
RESEARCH GRANTS
1. Faculty/Staff: Research Grants fund collaborative projects of varying sizes. One-year grants in 2006-07 ranged from $7,500 to $24,000, with a median award of $14,900. Awards are ordinarily granted for one year, but two-year projects will also be considered, with second-year funding contingent on the submission of an interim report demonstrating satisfactory progress in the first year. Proposals for projects that are part of larger research programs funded by external sources should specify the programmatic and funding relationship between the proposed research and the project(s) already funded.
2. Graduate Students: Advanced Graduate Research Fellowships support graduate students in a year of dissertation research or its equivalent. Research Grants to graduate students in 2006-07 ranged from $5,380 to $22,000, with a median award of $16,500. Students may apply for a maximum of $22,000 in funding for a year of research, with budget justification. Budget requests for less than a year of funding should be adjusted proportionally. If more than one year of research can be justified, the graduate student may reapply for an additional year of funding.
WORKSHOP AND PLANNING GRANTSWorkshop and Planning Grants enable investigators to refine a hypothesis or line of inquiry, develop a strategy for implementation, and share or disseminate research findings. The grant shall not exceed $15,000. Workshops should lead to a publication reflecting an advance in the state of knowledge of a field; planning meetings should lead to a proposed program of collaborative research. Campus centers are eligible to apply for workshop and planning grants through a designated Principal Investigator.
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANTSFaculty Development Grants support UC faculty in developing new directions in Pacific Rim research through short-term (one to three months) residence in the region. All UC faculty with PI status may apply, either for the PI's own travel, or on behalf of a collaborator in another Pacific Rim country who will be hosted on the PI's home campus. The award shall not exceed $10,000. The proposal should aim at facilitating collaboration or field work on a project. If the residence occurs during the academic year, the applicant is responsible for making appropriate arrangements for a leave of absence from the university. During the period of residence, the applicant may not be remunerated for teaching or research-related activities by the host institution.
UC Davis Pre-proposal DeadlineDue +11:59pm, November 15, 2006 Please send your pre-proposal ina single PDF (preferred) or MS WORD file to:
***IMPORTANT*** You must submit your pre-proposal to
Do NOT submit any pre-proposal application materials to theUCOP Pacific Rim Research Program website. Pre-proposals that consist of more than a single file will be returned to the applicant for consolidation. Please include the Limited Submissions Program Number and Title in the subject line of your e-mail.
Sponsor DeadlineFebruary 16, 2007
Nomination Requirements**Please read Program Guidelines carefully to determine your eligibility** UC Davis may submit a total of twelve applications for Research, Advanced Graduate Research Fellowships, Workshop/Planning, and Faculty Development Grant proposals. As many as three of these may be Faculty Development Grant Proposals. UC faculty and staff who are eligible to be Principal Investigators on their campus may seek Research Grants, Workshop and Planning Grants, Faculty Development Grants. Graduate students may apply for Advanced Graduate Research Fellowships, Workshop and Planning Grants, and Mini-grants. A graduate student applicant for a Workshop and Planning Grant must obtain sponsorship from a faculty member who will have budgetary and project oversight responsibilities. All successful applicants must maintain eligibility during the life of the grant. Grants are not transferable to non-UC institutions. Each applicant may submit no more than one proposal per annual competition cycle.Funding Areas**Please read Program Guidelines carefully to determine application requirements** The Pacific Rim Research Program promotes the study of the Pacific Rim as a distinctive region. For the purposes of this Program, the term "Pacific Rim" encompasses all areas and nations that border the Pacific Ocean, including Southeast Asia, the Pacific islands, and Pacific Latin America. The Program places priority on research that is new, specific to the region, and collaborative --reaching across national boundaries and bridging academic disciplines.Proposals may come from any discipline and should address questions that contribute to an understanding of the Pacific Rim region as a whole. Proposals will be evaluated for scholarly merit, originality, purpose, relationship to existing research, theoretical framework, methodology, qualifications and role of each investigator and collaborator, adequacy of available resources, justification for the budget, anticipated scholarly products, tentative schedule, and plan for dissemination of the research results. In addition to these features, successful proposals ordinarily include thefollowing:• investigation across national, cultural, linguistic, and/or regional boundaries;• focus on interactions, flows, or major issues affecting the Pacific Rim region;• collaboration of scholars in different countries and, where appropriate, different disciplines.Multi-disciplinary, multi-regional research is encouraged. Studies of single countries may be funded if the proposal articulates broader regional significance. “Collaboration” is broadly defined and need not be required in all aspects of the research. Collaborative projects should be aimed at facilitating, whenever possible, long-term ties between the UC, institutions, and individuals throughout the Pacific Rim. Projects should enable researchers who have not previously approached Pacific Rim subjects to interact with colleagues who are experts on 2 regional issues. For graduate students, international collaboration will often be in the form of institutional affiliation abroad or faculty sponsorship in the host country. Studies of flora, fauna, diseases, minerals, and other natural phenomena that occur in the Pacific Rim will be considered only if they significantly enhance understanding of the Pacific Rim and its peoples. Such proposals will receive more favorable consideration if they address cultural, social, or policy issues and include collaborators from both social science/humanities and natural science disciplines.
Program Guidelines URL**For questions regarding program eligibility and application requirements---see program guidelines:http://www.ucop.edu/research/pacrim/documents/2007-08prrp_call.pdf
http://www.ucop.edu/research/pacrim/documents/2007-08prrp_call.pdf
http://www.ucop.edu/research/pacrim/
For questions regarding the OR Limited Submissions process, please contact:Jodi Casselman at 530.757.3063,
Deadlines approaching!
Please note that the deadline for panel submission for the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) is Tuesday, October 31.
Also, applications for GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS (for travel to professional meetings) are...
http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/ssupport/internal_travel.html
AWARD PERIOD: January 1, 2007 - June 30, 2007
APPLICATION DEADLINE (Student application to their Program): November 1,2006
APPLICATION DEADLINE (Program nominations to Graduate Studies): December1, 2006
AWARDS ANNOUNCED: December 18, 2006
The Graduate Council Committee on Support and Welfare is now accepting applications for graduate student awards for travel to meetings ofnationally and internationally recognized professional societies to beheld between January 1, 2007 and June 30, 2007.
ELIGIBILITYGraduate students at or near the completion of their studies who havenot previously received this award and who are presenting a researchpaper (acceptance of paper may be pending at time of application) areeligible. Students must be in good academic standing and are requiredto hold and maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0. Applicants must beregistered graduate students. Students on PELP (Planned EducationalLeave Program) are not eligible for this award. Students on Filing Feestatus may apply. Travel must take place during the award period (seeabove).
AWARDAward amounts vary depending on the destination of travel. Only actualexpenditures up to the award amount, and allowable under UC Davis Policy& Procedure 300 - Travel & Transportation, are reimbursable.(http://manuals.ucdavis.edu/ppm/contents.htm#300)All international travel - $1,000Domestic travel outside of California - $500Hawaii & Alaska (exception) - $1,000Travel within California - $250Disabled student applicants, whose disabilities require the assistanceof a personal attendant, may also request an award for the attendant'stravel.
APPLICATION PROCEDURENovember 01, 2006: Graduate Students submit their application to theirGraduate Program Chair:Please submit the "Application for Graduate Student Travel Award" form(http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/forms/travapp.pdf) withthefollowing attached supporting materials:1. An abstract of the paper or presentation2. A letter (or email) of acceptance, a formal invitation, or a printedprogram as evidence of acceptance - Indicate "Pending" on theapplication if written confirmation has not yet been received. (Funds,if awarded, will be released when the Office of Graduate Studies hasreceived evidence of acceptance)3. A list of the applicant's publications and awards4. A copy of academic record or transcript (an unofficial copy isacceptable but not from SISWEB)5. A letter of recommendation from the student's major professorBefore 5pm, December 1, 2006: Graduate Program Chair submits a maximumof FIVE ranked applications to the Office of Graduate Studies, 250 MrakHall, for the Support & Welfare Committee's review.
Also, applications for GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS (for travel to professional meetings) are...
http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/ssupport/internal_travel.html
AWARD PERIOD: January 1, 2007 - June 30, 2007
APPLICATION DEADLINE (Student application to their Program): November 1,2006
APPLICATION DEADLINE (Program nominations to Graduate Studies): December1, 2006
AWARDS ANNOUNCED: December 18, 2006
The Graduate Council Committee on Support and Welfare is now accepting applications for graduate student awards for travel to meetings ofnationally and internationally recognized professional societies to beheld between January 1, 2007 and June 30, 2007.
ELIGIBILITYGraduate students at or near the completion of their studies who havenot previously received this award and who are presenting a researchpaper (acceptance of paper may be pending at time of application) areeligible. Students must be in good academic standing and are requiredto hold and maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0. Applicants must beregistered graduate students. Students on PELP (Planned EducationalLeave Program) are not eligible for this award. Students on Filing Feestatus may apply. Travel must take place during the award period (seeabove).
AWARDAward amounts vary depending on the destination of travel. Only actualexpenditures up to the award amount, and allowable under UC Davis Policy& Procedure 300 - Travel & Transportation, are reimbursable.(http://manuals.ucdavis.edu/ppm/contents.htm#300)All international travel - $1,000Domestic travel outside of California - $500Hawaii & Alaska (exception) - $1,000Travel within California - $250Disabled student applicants, whose disabilities require the assistanceof a personal attendant, may also request an award for the attendant'stravel.
APPLICATION PROCEDURENovember 01, 2006: Graduate Students submit their application to theirGraduate Program Chair:Please submit the "Application for Graduate Student Travel Award" form(http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/forms/travapp.pdf) withthefollowing attached supporting materials:1. An abstract of the paper or presentation2. A letter (or email) of acceptance, a formal invitation, or a printedprogram as evidence of acceptance - Indicate "Pending" on theapplication if written confirmation has not yet been received. (Funds,if awarded, will be released when the Office of Graduate Studies hasreceived evidence of acceptance)3. A list of the applicant's publications and awards4. A copy of academic record or transcript (an unofficial copy isacceptable but not from SISWEB)5. A letter of recommendation from the student's major professorBefore 5pm, December 1, 2006: Graduate Program Chair submits a maximumof FIVE ranked applications to the Office of Graduate Studies, 250 MrakHall, for the Support & Welfare Committee's review.
Professional Development!!
There was overwhelming feedback at last week's event for more professional development events. The UCD Office of Grad studies has a bunch that are coming up that you should take advantage of (* indicates topics that were requested by ASAGSG folks in the past):
October:
2 Overcoming Writer's Block
10 Preparing for Your Qualifying Exam
17 Translating the Advanced Degree - Transferrable Skills Workshop
18 Writing a CV*
25 The Consulting Industry
25 Applying & Interviewing for Faculty Positions*
26 Working with Human Subjects
31 Writing a CV*
November:
1 Entering the Industry: From Grad to Consultant
2 IRB Office Hours
7 Applying & Interviewing for Faculty Positions*
13 How to Give a Professional Talk*
14 Writing a CV*
21 Applying & Interviewing for Faculty Positions*
28 Revising for Grad Students and Postdocs*
30 Writing a CV*
December:
4 Writing Competitive Grants*
7 Applying & Interviewing for Faculty Positions*
More detailed descriptions, dates, times and locations of the workshops can be found at:
http://icc3.ucdavis.edu/gps/pds/pds.htm
October:
2 Overcoming Writer's Block
10 Preparing for Your Qualifying Exam
17 Translating the Advanced Degree - Transferrable Skills Workshop
18 Writing a CV*
25 The Consulting Industry
25 Applying & Interviewing for Faculty Positions*
26 Working with Human Subjects
31 Writing a CV*
November:
1 Entering the Industry: From Grad to Consultant
2 IRB Office Hours
7 Applying & Interviewing for Faculty Positions*
13 How to Give a Professional Talk*
14 Writing a CV*
21 Applying & Interviewing for Faculty Positions*
28 Revising for Grad Students and Postdocs*
30 Writing a CV*
December:
4 Writing Competitive Grants*
7 Applying & Interviewing for Faculty Positions*
More detailed descriptions, dates, times and locations of the workshops can be found at:
http://icc3.ucdavis.edu/gps/pds/pds.htm
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