Summer Research Scholarships

The Research School of Humanities welcomes applications for Summer Research Scholarships.
The School will endeavour to appoint at least one summer scholar every year.

The Research School of Humanities is staffed by a cross-disciplinary group of scholars whose work enriches scholarly and public understandings of cross-cultural relations and histories, particularly, but not exclusively, in Australia and the immediate region.

The School encourages interdisciplinary and comparative work, and seeks to take a provocative as well as supportive role in relation to existing humanities studies in Australia. It aims to give special attention to topics and disciplines which stand in need of particular stimulus in Australia.

While we welcome applications in all areas of humanities research it important that we are able to offer you appropriate supervision during your stay with us.

To ensure this you should:

1. Look over the list of the academic staff at the Research School of Humanities and see if there is anyone who has appropriate research interests to supervise your work. You will find the list on the following link: http://rsh.anu.edu.au/people/index.php

2. Contact that person to see if they are available and willing to work with you over summer.

Unless you have secured the agreement of a supervisor your application will not be considered.
Information about the RSH's specific research platforms may be found at http://rsh.anu.edu.au/research/index.php

General Information for 2007-2008 is now available at Summer Research Scholarships at the ANU .

The Summer Research Scholarship encourages promising students to develop research skills that are applicable to scholarship undertaken for higher degrees.
To determine if you are eligible, please read the general information here.
The successful applicant will be provided office space with IT facilities and material for research as well as guidance from outstanding academics and researchers who will be at the Centre during period between late-Nov and early December to post-Christmas break until early February.

Benefits
The Graduate School will pay the applicant a weekly stipend of $135 (tax exempt), travel (rail fares at student concession rates, economy airfares for students coming from New Zealand and distant parts of Australia) and 8 weeks accommodation and meals at a residential college on campus.

Application Process
Applications have to be received no later than 28 September 2007. The application should be accompanied by the form found here plus your academic transcripts. All applicants must request references from two referees, and inform them that the reference is in connection with an application for a Summer Research Scholarship.

Enquiries
For information regarding Summer Research Scholarships at the Research School of Humanities please contact either:
Dr Paul.Pickering T: 02 612 53451 or E: Paul.Pickering@anu.edu.au
Vanessa Burne T: 02 6125 4812 or E: Vanessa.Burne@anu.edu.au

Previous Summer Scholars based at the CCR and their research proposals		Previous Summer Scholars based at the HCR and their research proposals
1999-2000 Kate McCarthy Research project: ‘Cultivation’ in a colonial context: the concept of (private) property in early NSW		N/A
2000-2001 Sheryn Goodes Research project: Framlingham Aboriginal Reserve near Warrnambool in South East Victoria		N/A
2001-2002 Vanessa Nguyen Research project: The relationship between the white feminist movement and the struggles of Indigenous women		2001-2002 Drew Pearson, University of Notre Dame, Law and Arts Degree Research project: Australian History
2002-2003 Ewen Lim Research project: The role of the US and other Western governments as participants and enablers of modern cultural integration by means of the economic relationships they have with transnational corporations. Lara Norman Research project: Report and video – David MacDougall’s films “working methods and ethical decisions”		2002-2003 Tom Apperley, Film and Media Studies, Massey University, New Zealand Research projects: • Human/Machine interface in Science fiction • Virtual reality in film • Using Deleuze & Guattari to critique hyperbole surrounding new media technology • Computer gaming as a cultural activity • The internet and intellectual property • Art in the digital age
2003-2004 Sanchia Peace Kumalija Research project: impact of assumptions of collective identity on indigenous peoples, representation of indigenous peoples in world politics, national identity & exclusion, burden sharing and the role of detention centres for people seeking asylum, people trafficking Lindsay Coleman Research project:Cinema Studies with regard to Post-colonialism, History & Memory, Works of David MacDougall		2003-2004 Ann Jones, Arts, La Trobe University (doing a PhD at HRC from 2006) Research Project: Historical relationships between Australia and Latin America
2004-2005 Elizabeth Lanford Research project: political themes evoked by the literature of Arundhati Roy and other Indian writers Tess Connolly Research project: Politics of memory, politics of atrocity, Ethnicity and Nationalism		2004-2005 Christopher Robert Familton, Arts/Commerce, University of Auckland, NZ Research Project: History of Identity in the British Empire
2005-2006 Oliver Wilson Research project: Representation of Indigenous Perspective in Academic Literature concerning New Zealand Maori Music		2005-2006 Anna Kesson, Arts/Commerce, University of Western Australia Research project: African Americans
2006-2007 Alessandro Antonello, RSSS, ANU Research Project: Development of environmental sensibilities in Australia Maryam Rashidi, University of Newcastle Research project: Rugs of War: influence and contribution of the Afghan diaspora Amanda Whitford, Flinders University Research project: National narrative of international obligation: Textual analysis of Australian refugee policy and political rhetoric		2006-2007 Hamish Dalley, English, University of Otago, New Zeland Research project: How are masculine identities the product of colonial history Cameron McLachlan, English, University of Otago Research project: English and Cultural Studies