REMINDER - Application Deadline Feb. 1st: FMS Summer Institute

[Moya Bailey]

The Sixth Annual Future of Minority Studies (FMS) Summer Institute

 

Cornell University

July 26 - August 6, 2010

"Identity, Inequality, and Public Policy: 

Integrating the Humanities and the Social Sciences"

Seminar Leaders:

William Darity, Jr.

Professor of Public Policy, African and African-American Studies, and Economics

Duke University

&

Satya P. Mohanty

Professor of English

Cornell University

Seminar Description:

This seminar, jointly taught by a humanist and a social scientist, will draw on recent developments in cultural theory and the social sciences in order to examine how the findings and methodologies of very different disciplines and traditions of social inquiry can be integrated.  The primary focus will be on questions of social identity and inequality.  Using literary and cultural texts (e.g., novels) and social-scientific data, the seminar will address questions of social causation and discursive and textual analysis, and tackle the practical and theoretical problems involved in the formulation of public policy.  One key concern will be the recent debates about affirmative action and reparation programs, both in the U.S. and abroad.  In a climate where "post raciality" has become a major theme, we will also examine whether redress for race-based disparities can be accomplished without the use of racial -- and, more broadly, identity-based -- classification.

For a more detailed course description (and to download a 8 x 11 poster), visit http://www.fmsproject.cornell.edu

The seminar incorporates 2-3 workshops taught by visiting scholars.

Seminar members will participate in the two-day colloquium on July 30th and 31st. 

Eligibility: 

Doctoral students who have completed at least two years of their Ph.D. work, recent Ph.D.s, and junior faculty in temporary or tenure-track positions who are working on minority issues, are invited to apply to the 2010 FMS Summer Institute. Minority scholars and those who are at HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions are especially encouraged to apply. For the 12 - 14 scholars selected to participate in the summer institute, subsidy will be available to cover room, board, and (if needed) travel costs. Application deadline: February 1st, 2010; results announced by March 8th 2010.

For more information, visit: http://www.fmsproject.cornell.edu, or email Alice Cho, Coordinator, FMS Summer Institute, at fmspr...@cornell.edu

*The FMS Summer Institute is funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation*

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Alice Cho
Coordinator, The FMS Project
Cornell University
250 Goldwin Smith Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853
Phone (607) 255-3391
Fax (607) 255-6661