The Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, UC Berkeley
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH SEMINARS, 2015-16
Call for Proposals, Stage 1
Collaborative Research Seminars (CRS) are designed to direct Berkeley’s unique intellectual resources
toward large, cross-disciplinary topics, to encourage collaborative work among faculty and advanced
graduate students, and to offer faculty the unique opportunity to engage in a large-scale team teaching
effort. Examples of topics that might meet these goals are “Hemispheric Identities,” “Time and
Experience,” “Biology and Politics,” and “Cultural Production.”
Eligibility
A Collaborative Research Seminar may be proposed by any two ladder-rank Berkeley faculty members
representing different departments. At least one of the two conveners must be from a department
within the Division of Arts and Humanities. The seminars themselves will be team-taught by a group of
six faculty, including the two conveners. Enrollment will be open to graduate students in the third year
of study or beyond, to form a total seminar of approximately 18 participants, faculty and students
combined.
Stage 2 (spring semester): All ladder-rank faculty are eligible to apply for participation in the CRS in
Stage 2. Please visit the Townsend Center’s website in the spring semester to download the CRS Stage 2
application materials.
Grant Provision
Conveners will receive a course enhancement award of $10,000 to be used for the development of
course materials, teaching assistance (e.g., GSR or work-study help), intellectual enrichments (e.g.,
visiting speakers), or in any other way that is consistent with the aims of the research seminar and with
University policies.
Departments whose faculty will co-teach the seminars will count participation as the equivalent of one
graduate level course. (They may do this by assigning the faculty member to a 298, 299, or other
suitable course number, according to departmental and dean’s office policies.) Student enrollments will
be apportioned to the departments of participating faculty, or to their home departments in the case
that their department is not represented among the faculty team.
Deadline, Stage 1
November 13, 2015 – received by 5:00 pm
CRS Stage 1 Application Deadline: November 13, 2015 – received by 5:00 pm.
The Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, UC Berkeley
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH SEMINARS, 2015-16
Proposal Guidelines
One of the two conveners proposing a Collaborative Research Seminar should be designated as the
principal administrative contact and a single department will serve as administrative home of the
project. Applications should include:
1. A Townsend Center Proposal Cover Sheet with signatures of both Department Chairs.
2. A 400-500 word description of the proposed seminar, including:
 The basic question or questions the seminar aims to investigate.
 The ways in which this seminar is cross-disciplinary to the degree that it could not be offered
within the bounds of a single department or effectively co-taught by a pair of faculty
members.
3. Please indicate whether either convener has previously taught all or part of this topic, or
adjacent topics. Please provide basic details and briefly indicate how this seminar proposal is
new or different.
4. Pleased indicate some of the basic readings and/or other materials you would hope to cover in
the seminar.
Submission Guidelines
The Townsend Center requires all applications to be sent electronically.
Please send one .pdf document that contains all of the materials stipulated above. Please include your
last name, first initial, and “CRS15-16” in the filename in the format:
Smith-J_CRS16-17.pdf
Send the file as an attachment to townsend_applications@berkeley.edu.
Applications should be addressed to:
Alan Tansman
Director
Townsend Center for the Humanities
University of California, Berkeley
For more information, interested faculty may contact Director of Fellowships John Paulas
(jpaulas@berkeley.edu)
CRS Stage 1 Application Deadline: November 13, 2015 – received by 5:00 pm.
The Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, UC Berkeley
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH SEMINARS, 2015-16
STAGE 1 PROPOSAL COVER SHEET
Title of Project/Course:
Convener 1 (Administrative Contact)
Name:
Department:
Mailing Address:
Email Address:
MSO (required)
Email Address (required)
**Department Chair Signature:
Date:
Convener 2
Name:
Department:
Mailing Address:
Email Address:
**Department Chair Signature:
Date:
**PLEASE NOTE: Seminar participation requires approval of the department chair.
To be completed by Administrative Home Department MSO or Financial Manager
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CRS Stage 1 Application Deadline: November 13, 2015 – received by 5:00 pm.