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January 2019
Developing Your Capacity for Doing Sponsored Research
This panel will present information on how researchers in the Arts & Humanities can develop their capacity to get funding for and do sponsored research. Panelists include Dr. Torin Monahan, Professor of Communication and Principal Investigator on multiple sponsored research projects; Dr. Philip Hollingsworth, the Program Administrator for the Institute for the Arts & Humanities Faculty Fellows & Grants Programs, and Ashley Mattheis, Research Development and Funding Consultant for the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and PhD. Candidate in Communication. Topics will cover practical strategies for developing a research trajectory, planning and using campus-based resources and programs, and sponsor -related approaches to developing researcher capacities, skills, and networks. Presentations will be followed by a period of Q&A/ audience discussion. Coffee will be served. Funded through an LDSP grant from The Graduate School at UNC-Chapel Hill.
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March 2019
Doing Innovation, Digital Humanities, & Public Humanities Research
Join us for a conversation about doing innovation, digital, and public humanities research. Our panel includes faculty and administrative practitioners in each area of focus who will share their experiences with doing research in these areas providing insight for those interested in starting research programs as well as those already engaged in these research areas.
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The Benefits and Purpose of Doing a Postdoc in the Humanities
This panel includes the Director of UNC's Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, an Assistant Professor who recently transitioned from a postdoctoral position into a tenure track faculty post, and a current postdoctoral fellow. Discussion will range across topics from why to do a postdoc, how to pick a postdoc, insights about postdoctoral research and the transition to faculty from our current and former postdocs. This panel will debunk the myth that postdocs are not done or needed in the Humanities.
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