Are you a Ph.D. student working on East Asia, the Middle East, or Eastern Europe and Russia/Eurasia? Are you interested in improving your public speaking skills by presenting your research to community audiences?
Apply for the PATHS/Area Studies Centers Public Lectureship Prize to share your global expertise with local populations. Recipients will receive a $250 stipend and logistical support for planning a talk at a Chicago-area school, public library, or other community venue. Recipients will also engage in required GRADTalk public speaking training as they prepare for their presentations.
Please note this is NOT a job talk. You will be presenting to a general audience and need to prepare a presentation that would be well-received by those who have a limited background on the subject matter. Your presentation would be an important form of outreach by sharing diverse perspectives about international and area studies to the larger community.
To apply, send your CV, an abstract of your proposed 45-minute presentation, and a short (250 words or less) explanation of how your proposed topic would engage and inform a general audience to paths@uchicago.edu.
Past presentation topics have included Cool Japan: Anime, Manga and Their Place in Popular Culture; “Why We Ventured North”: The Social Origins of Mexican Migration to the U.S. Since the 1920s; and A Peninsula Divided: Understanding Korean Politics through Global History.
Applications for this round must be received by Friday, December 6, 2019.