Join us tomorrow afternoon for the first session of the SOMD Alumni Speaker Series! Dr. Kate Rogers, who earned who B.A., M.A., and M.Mus. at UO will offer a lecture on her current research at this week’s THEME meeting. Pop into Collier 106 at 2PM directly before to hear from Dr. Rogers in a professional development workshop, too!

Wondering what to do with your extensive education in performing arts that isn’t performing or teaching? This is the resource for you! Launched by Creative Baggage in September 2022, For the Lost Creative is a curated database of free opportunities for folks in the arts with the goal of encouraging collaboration over competition in creative fields. This includes interdisciplinary scholarships, grants, jobs, internships, workshops, and so forth that can be filtered to your needs.

Find the link to For the Lost Creative here or under the Professional Development tab of Session Archives.

Hey THEME people! Consider applying for professional mentorship through SEM and learn more about your desired career path. See below for more information on the program and applications from SEM:

SEM is pleased to announce Year Two (2023) of its Public Ethnomusicology Mentoring Program. As was the case in 2022, this program will pair individual senior colleagues working in public/applied ethnomusicology with individual early-career colleagues interested in pursuing similar professional paths outside the academy. Mentors will be available for one-on-one consultations with their mentees monthly or every other month during 2023.

To apply to the program as a mentee, please visit the Public Ethnomusicology Mentoring Programpage on the SEM website and submit a brief application form and letter of interest. The deadline for applications is April 1, 2023. SEM expects to select six mentees for the 2023 year.

Hey THEME! Today, Ukrainian guest artists and folklorists visited UOSOMD musicians to teach them about the call to spring. Join them tonight at 7:30PM in Beall Hall to hear the extended cut! Keep up with the World Music Series here for future performances.

Hey THEME!

Does your research include Latinx and/or Latin American issues? This opportunity might be right for you!

CLLAS is accepting Calls for Proposals for the 2023 CLLAS Graduate Student Research Grant. Proposals are due March 3, 2023. We expect to award at least five grants for up to $3,000 each to advance research for master’s and doctoral candidates in any discipline.  The award will support research-related activities related to Latinx and/or Latin American issues carried out before December 31, 2023. More information, including application instructions, can be found on the CLLAS website funding page here: https://cllas.uoregon.edu/grant-opportunities/

Hey THEME people! Check out these fellowship opportunities, you may be eligible!

Competition Now Open! Deadline to Apply: April 11

Fulbright-Hays DDRA fellows conducting research in the field.

See “Fellows in the Field” below to learn more about these DDRA fellows

 

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowship program provides opportunities for doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to deepen research knowledge and increase the study of modern foreign languages, cultural engagement, and area studies not generally included in U.S. curricula. 

 

Program features

Students may request funding to support overseas research for a period of no less than six months and no more than 12 months. Funds support travel expenses to and from the residence of the fellow and the country or countries of research; maintenance and dependent allowances based on the location of research for the fellow and his or her dependent(s); an allowance for research-related expenses overseas; and health and accident insurance premiums. Projects may focus on one or more of the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories).

 

Eligible applicants

Institutions of higher education (IHEs) in the United States are eligible to apply for grants under this program. As part of the application process, eligible students submit their individual research narratives and application forms to their home IHE. The IHE compiles all eligible individual student applications for inclusion in the institutional application that is submitted to the U.S. Department of Education (Department). A student is eligible to receive a DDRA fellowship from their IHE if they:

• Are a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United States.
• Are a graduate student in good standing at an IHE.
• Are admitted to candidacy in a doctoral degree program in modern foreign languages and area studies at that institution when the fellowship period begins.
• Are planning a teaching career in the United States upon completion of their doctoral program.
• Possess sufficient foreign language skills to carry out the dissertation research project.

How to apply

The U.S. Department of Education’s International and Foreign Language Education office (IFLE) expects to make 90 new awards totaling approximately $3.8 million under the fiscal year (FY) 2023 DDRA program competition. The FY 2023 application is available online through the Department’s G5 system between Feb. 10 and April 11.

 

Please refer to the official Federal Register notice for detailed information about the FY 2023 competition. 

 

Application technical assistance webinar and web chat

IFLE will post a prerecorded technical assistance webinar on its YouTube channel on Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. (Eastern Time) to help students and institutions learn more about the 2023 DDRA program and how to apply. Please subscribe to IFLE’s YouTube channel and check periodically for updates.

 

In addition to the webinar presentation, IFLE will host a live web chat to answer specific applicant questions. There will be a LIVE Question & Answer Session hosted by DDRA staff on March 8 3-4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time). All potential applicants are welcome to attend the live session by clicking the following link: Join the Live Q & A Session on Microsoft Teams. Attendees should ensure they have viewed the prerecorded webinar ahead of the live question and answer session.

 

If you have questions about the program or application process, please send them by email to DDRA@ed.gov.

Hi THEME people!

One of the new features we’ll be trying out on the blog is a Student & Faculty Spotlight. The intention here is to create an opportunity to share research, current projects, and so on with one another outside of the presentation format. We can rotate through people at interval, but submissions can be ongoing–if you’re doing something cool, let us know!

Use this link to access the submission form. Feel free to nominate yourself and others!

(Tab blank for the time being, but navigate to the drop-down menu under “About” to see your colleagues in the spotlight soon!)

Are you interested in working in a Latin American context? Check out Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies’ Grad Student Summer Research Grant!

The Center for Latino/a & Latin American Studies (CLLAS) Announces Graduate Student 2023 Summer Research Grants 

In order to encourage and support interdisciplinary graduate student research in the areas of Latinx and Latin American Studies, CLLAS announces a program for summer research support. We expect to award up to three summer grants for $3,000 each to advance research for either master’s or doctoral candidates. The award will support research-related activities carried out from July 1 through December 31st, 2023.∗ We are especially interested in projects that link Latinx Studies or Latin American Studies with other disciplines. See criteria in the linked PDF: 2023 Call for Grad Proposals Final

Find the CLLAS Call for Proposals linked here:
2023 CLLAS Summer Research Grant  

Please find the CFPs linked above and on the CLLAS website funding page here: https://cllas.uoregon.edu/grant-opportunities/

Please contact CLLAS at cllas@uoregon.edu if you have questions about eligibility.

Proposals are due Friday, March 3, 2023.