Ebrahim Hussein Fellowship for Research in African Literature
Call for Applications
The Ebrahim Hussein Endowment for research in African literature was established in the College of Letters and Science in 2003 thanks to the generosity of Robert M. Philipson, alumnus of the College of Letters and Science (Ph.D.1989). The College will award $7500 each year to a full-time graduate student in L&S to carry out research in Africa and/or archives outside of the United States. The research must lead to a Ph.D. dissertation. Students may also apply for pre-dissertation research awards, but these will receive lower priority.
The application must include the following materials:
1. An application letter, describing the need for funding, and the proposed research and its role in the student’s career. (1-2 pages.)
2. The student’s academic transcript.
3. The student’s dissertation proposal. This need not be a final, fully polished draft, but nonetheless must at least represent a substantially complete version of the proposal.
4. Two letters of recommendation, discussing the overall excellence of the student’s work, the nature of the student’s research, and the contribution that the dissertation will make both to the student’s major discipline and to the humanities generally.
Three finalists from the application process will be interviewed by the fund committee for the final determination of the award.
Three copies of the application
are due February 9, 2009. They should be delivered to:
Magdalena Hauner
Department of African Languages and Literature
1414 Van Hise Hall
For more information, contact <hauner@wisc.edu> or 263-2445 or 262-2487.
Selection Criteria
- Excellence of research
proposal. Proposals should include a research timeline, description of
contacts overseas, and a budget. Proposals giving attention to one or more African
languages
will receive priority.
- Demonstrated commitment to African literature.
- General academic record.
- Letters of recommendation.