Eminent
Scholar
The
Eminent Scholar Program began as the result of a state-sponsored
program that was supplemented
by UAH funding efforts and a Challenge Grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities. Under this program,
every other year the Humanities Center, in cooperation with
a selected department in the College of Liberal Arts, conducts
a national search for a scholar who is a truly outstanding
national figure in one of the humanities fields. The
position of Eminent Scholar rotates between the disciplines
within the humanities. The responsibilities of the Eminent
Scholar are to teach, speak in the community, engage in
scholarly interaction with faculty and students on campus,
and participate in symposia.
Past scholars have included:
Dr.
Edward Ingram, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Prof. Kelly Cherry, University of Wisconson in
Madison, WS
Professor Daniel Schwartz, Cornell University ,
CA
Dr. James Allan Parr, University of California
in Riverside, CA
Dr. Richard Talbert, University of North Carolina
in Chapel Hill, NC
Recently,
the Humanities Center began to consider proposals inviting
eminent scholars in the humanities for shorter terms,
(1-2 week) visits to UAH. Departments are encouraged
to consider
this option, using the same criteria to identify potential
candidates as those used for full-term visits.
Past
scholars in the short-term program have included:
Dr.
Sandara Harding, University of California
in Los Angelos, CA
Dr. Catherine Elgin, Harvard University, MA
Dr. Charles Mills, University of Illinois in Chicago
Dr.
Edward Ingram, Simon Fraser University,
Canada
and
Gilbert Din,
Professor of History
