CSR-undergrads-list February 2007

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by Tamsin Jones Farmer

Dear Juniors, Next week Prof. Lewis and I will be holding an informational meeting about the senior year in the Study of Religion. We will discuss the two options for seniors: writing a senior thesis or the capstone project. We will also be providing information about funding resources for thesis research. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 6 from 5:30 - 6:30 pm in Barker 403 and attendance is mandatory. Please let me know if you are unable to make it for some reason so that we can sort out alternative means of getting information to you. Have a good week. Best, Tamsin Tamsin Jones Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies Committee on the Study of Religion Harvard University Barker Center, 406 12 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 496-1010

17 years, 2 months

Fwd: The Dean for Humanities and the Humanities Center present The Humanities: A Way in the World

by Thomas A. Lewis

> >Tuesday, March 6 > >The Dean for Humanities and >the Humanities Center at Harvard >present > >The Humanities: A Way in the World >A series of discussions for undergraduates with Harvard alumni and >alumnae who concentrated in the Humanities > >High Tea >with James F. Rothenberg >Treasurer of Harvard University, >Member of the Harvard Corporation and Board of Overseers, >President of Capital Research and Management Company, >and an English Concentrator, Class of 1968. > >March 6, 4:00 p.m. >Plimpton Room (133), Barker Center, 12 Quincy St. >Seating is very limited. Reservations required. >RSVP by Thursday, March 1 to Claire Sammon, >sammon(a)fas.harvard.edu > > >Emacs! > > >Humanities Center >Harvard University >12 Quincy Street >Cambridge, MA 02138 >617.495.0738 ><http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr>www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr > Thomas A. Lewis Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Committee on the Study of Religion and the Divinity School Harvard University Barker Center 409 12 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 phone - 617.495.2085 fax - 617.496.5798

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Fwd: More Secondary Fields information

by Thomas A. Lewis

> >***************************************************************************************************************************************************** > >The Secondary Fields Web Tool will be active on >Thursday, March 1 from this >address: ><http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~secfield/forms.html>http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~secfield/forms.html > > > >What can I do with the Secondary Fields Web Tool? > > > >Considering a secondary field? > >Create and save an online worksheet to track >your progress toward the completion of a >secondary field by recording which courses you >want to count toward a given program. The >worksheet can help you think about progressing >toward a secondary field, but no one else will see this information. > >Decided on a secondary field? > >After choosing a concentration at the end of >fall semester sophomore year, you may choose to >work toward the completion of a secondary field. >If you decide to do so, use this tool to notify >the program of your interest and send your >contact information and course plan to the secondary field adviser. > >Remember: It is your responsibility to track >your own progress, but you must talk to the >secondary field adviser to make sure that the >courses you choose will count for the secondary field. > >Changed your mind? > >Delete your worksheet and let the program know >that you are no longer interested. > >All done with your secondary field? > >Once you have completed the course requirements >for your secondary field (or, if you are a >second term senior, once you have enrolled in >the last of the required courses), there are two things you must do: > > File your application and send it to the >program and to the Registrar. Note: Only seniors >graduating in June or November 2007 may use this >feature at this time. Once you click file, you >cannot change anything on-line. > > Print the form, have it approved and signed >by the secondary field adviser, and hand it in to the Registrar. > >Remember: The Registrar must receive both the >online and printed portions of your secondary field form. > >The deadline for June and November 2007 >graduates to submit the signed forms to the Registrar is March 19, 2007. Thomas A. Lewis Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Committee on the Study of Religion and the Divinity School Harvard University Barker Center 409 12 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 phone - 617.495.2085 fax - 617.496.5798

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Fwd: Humanities Center--Strangers in a Strange Land: Questions of Travel--TODAY, February 15

by Thomas A. Lewis

> >Subject: Humanities Center--Strangers in a Strange Land: Questions of > Travel--TODAY, February 15 > >Dear Directors of Undergraduate Studies in humanities departments, > >This evening we are hosting the first Humanities Center event >specifically directed toward undergraduates, organized by our new >undergraduate advisory committee. The committee has been quite >enthusiastic about involving undergraduates in the Center's >activities, and I'm looking forward to many more such events in the future. > >All best, > >Homi K. Bhabha >Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities, Department of English >Director, Humanities Center > > >TODAY! TODAY! TODAY! TODAY! TODAY! TODAY! >Strangers in a Strange Land: Questions of Travel >A discussion of the changing nature of travel in an era of transformation. > >With comments by: >Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of History >Virginie Lefebvre, Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design >Steven Caton, Professor of Anthropology >Mariano Siskind, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures > >Thursday, February 15, 6:00 p.m., Thompson Room, Barker Center. > >Sponsored by the Humanities Center Undergraduate Committee. > > >-- >Humanities Center >Harvard University >12 Quincy Street >Cambridge, MA 02138 >617.495.0738 > >www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr > > Thomas A. Lewis Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Committee on the Study of Religion and the Divinity School Harvard University Barker Center 409 12 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 phone - 617.495.2085 fax - 617.496.5798

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Fwd: REMINDER: Reischauer UNDERGRADUATE grants deadline: February 27, 12:00 noon

by Thomas A. Lewis

More grant possibilities ... > Could you kindly promptly email your UNDERGRADUATES reminding > them of the Tuesday, February 27, 12:00 noon deadline for these two > Reischauer Institute (RI) grants: >1) RI Undergraduate Summer Travel Grants, and >2) RI Undergraduate Summer Language Study Grants > > If they have questions, they may contact Dr. Theodore Gilman, > Associate Director, Reischauer Institute at > <mailto:tgilman@fas.harvard.edu><tgilman(a)fas.harvard.edu>; 495-3220). >I attach the full description of these grants. > >Many, many thanks, as always! >Ruiko >-- >Ms. Ruiko Connor, Assistant to the Director >Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies >Harvard University >1730 Cambridge Street, Room S234 >Cambridge, MA 02138 > >Email: <mailto:rconnor@fas.harvard.edu>rconnor(a)fas.harvard.edu >Telephone: (617) 495-3220 >Fax: (617) 496-8083 > >REISCHAUER INSTITUTE WEBSITE: ><http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Erijs>http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs > Thomas A. Lewis Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Committee on the Study of Religion and the Divinity School Harvard University Barker Center 409 12 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 phone - 617.495.2085 fax - 617.496.5798

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Fwd: funding for senior thesis research

by Thomas A. Lewis

>----------------------------------------- > >Dear juniors in Study of Religion, > >Greetings from the Warren Center, Harvard's American history >research center. If you are planning a thesis in American history >broadly defined, please consider applying for a Warren Center Senior >Thesis Research Grant for summer 2007. More information appears >below, and at: >http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cwc/grantsundergradapp.html. Note that >our deadline is March 12th. > >We also welcome you at our events, a listing of which appears at >http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cwc/fsprogramschedule.html. Our theme >this year is "Cultural Reverberations of Modern War," and we welcome >you at our events. > >My best wishes for the start of the spring term. > >Arthur Patton-Hock, Warren Center administrator > >CHARLES WARREN CENTER FOR STUDIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY >SENIOR THESIS RESEARCH GRANT >SUMMER 2007 > >Each spring, the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American >History awards up to four summer research fellowships to Harvard >College juniors writing a senior thesis on any topic in American >history. The award amount is typically (but not always) $2,500 each. >Undergraduates in any concentration are welcome to apply, but the >focus of the thesis must be on American history and the methodology >must be primarily historical. The purpose of the fellowship is to >enable students to spend a significant period of time on thesis >research in the summer preceding the senior year. > >A complete application consists of the following: > >* Submission of the materials listed below by 5pm on Monday, March >12th, 2007; deliver materials in hardcopy to the Warren Center, >Emerson Hall Fourth Floor > >* Printed output from the Common Application for Research and Travel >(CARAT) found at ><https://admin-apps.fas.harvard.edu/carat/>https://admin-apps.fas.harvard.edu/carat/ >Please contact Warren Center administrator Arthur Patton-Hock >(apattonh(a)fas.harvard.edu) if you encounter any difficulties >accessing or using the CARAT application. > >* The research proposal, (no more than four pages, double-spaced) >including the following three elements: 1) statement of the subject >proposed, 2) list and discussion of the sources, libraries and >archives to be consulted, and 3) itinerary and plan of summer >research. This proposal should be developed in consultation with the >recommender (see next item). If the recommender will not be the >thesis adviser, please say so in the research proposal, with an >indication of plans to date towards the identification of the thesis adviser. > >* One letter of recommendation from a faculty member, tutor or >teaching fellow. You may direct the recommender to her/himself send >the letter to the Warren Center by the deadline, or collect the >letter yourself for submission along with the rest of the >application. If the latter, the letter should be in a sealed >envelope, signed by the recommender across the seal. > >* An official grade transcript (through the fall semester) sent to >the Warren Center. > >Again, applications and supporting materials are due at the Warren >Center, Emerson Hall 400, on Monday, March 12, 2007. > >Applicants will be notified of the Center's decisions in April. Note >that you must inform the Warren Center immediately in the unlikely >event that you receive an award for the same or similar research >from another source. > >Successful applicants will receive the total stipend in May. Each >fellowship winner is required to submit in the fall a brief report >of his or her summer's research and to give a copy of the completed >thesis to the Center. Thomas A. Lewis Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Committee on the Study of Religion and the Divinity School Harvard University Barker Center 409 12 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 phone - 617.495.2085 fax - 617.496.5798

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Fwd: Boston Urban Education Fellowship

by Thomas A. Lewis

>X-Spam-Flag: NO >X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) >X-Spam-Level: >X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=4.5 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,J_CHICKENPOX_53, > RCVD_BY_IP version=3.1.1 >X-Spam-Report: > * 0.3 RCVD_BY_IP Received by mail server with no name > * 0.6 J_CHICKENPOX_53 BODY: 5alpha-pock-3alpha > * 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message >DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; > d=gmail.com; s=beta; > >h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:x-google-sender-auth; > >b=i/nkxqjuMgFR0IBzoaIFkNb1196rWhtzD/Pnx6Fh4JpfXMU6anbNu0+10rBXkPwEfxHBqBI5J/vfg2jTl+fr+XdwMXt0qrrs2jwtMaysXFBtlxmiaVQok2Qy+FvlhygdUyqa0+SMnJiMOtpxUNZpHuauqNfTHbCV//NgJLS4rRc= >Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 16:58:41 -0500 >From: "Tim Morton" <morton(a)post.harvard.edu> >Sender: tim.morton(a)gmail.com >To: rorsi(a)fas.harvard.edu, tlewis(a)fas.harvard.edu >Subject: Boston Urban Education Fellowship >X-Google-Sender-Auth: 0d666abf52001bf9 > >Dear Professors Orsi and Lewis, > > > >My name is Tim Morton; I graduated from Harvard >in the class of 2006, and this year I am a >member of the MATCH Corps - a service year >program in urban education. The MATCH Corps is >a unique feature of the ><http://www.matchschool.org/>MATCH Charter >Public High School in Boston, MA. Briefly, the >MATCH School is an open-admissions public >charter high school serving 220 inner-city >Boston area students. Students are selected by >lottery without regard to race, gender, >disability, special needs or English language >proficiency. Since its opening in September >2000, MATCH has been featured in the Wall Street >Journal, The New York Times, and the Boston >Globe for its innovative approach to >education. Most recently, the MATCH School was >featured in the US Department of Education >publication, "Innovations in Education," as one >of eight charter high schools in the country >with outstanding success in closing the nation's Achievement Gap. > > > >While many of the MATCH School's accomplishments >must be attributed to its dedicated team of 12 >teachers and its 220 optimistic, no-excuses, >hard-working students, the MATCH Corps program >is often recognized as being pivotal in the >MATCH School's distinguishing >success. Introduced in 2004, the MATCH Corps is >a group of 50 of the nation's top college >graduates; each is committed to effecting change >at the ground level for one year. Each MATCH >Corps member is assigned 5 MATCH School students >to work with one-on-one, daily, for an entire >academic year. This full-time service year >program is designed to fully close the academic >Achievement Gap between disadvantaged students >and their more advantaged peers - one student at a time. > > > >The MATCH Corps allows idealistic and dedicated >young people to invest their time and energy in >depth over breadth, focusing their attention on >a few students and their needs and >goals. MATCH Corps is not necessarily looking >for the future teachers of America although >they are welcome as well. We want future >doctors, lawyers, MBAs, architects; we want >majors from math, political science, literature, >economics, engineering, chemistry anyone >willing to work tirelessly for one year to >erase, not narrow, the Achievement Gap. > > > >In addition to an unparalleled experience, >lasting bonds, and the ability to make a >measurable impact on an inner-city high school >student, MATCH Corps members are compensated >with a monthly stipend, provided a housing >option in downtown Boston, and health, and dental insurance. > > > >I write you to ask you pass this opportunity >along to any students you feel may be interested >in the program, particularly graduating seniors >and grad students. Attached below you will >find the template for the e-mail we typically >send out students. Feel free to simply forward >this e-mail along anyway you can help us get >the word out is much appreciated. > > > >The MATCH Corps typically receives over 300 >applicants a year for its 50 slots. This year, >we are shooting for 1000 applicants. Many >inner-city schools across the country have shown >interest in creating their own tutoring Corps >and we're out to prove that there is enough >interest among high-quality recent college >graduates to replicate the success of the Corps >and use tutoring as an effective tool in >fighting the nation's achievement gap. > > > >Thank you in advance for your consideration and >feel free to contact me at ><mailto:morton@post.harvard.edu>morton(a)post.harvard.edu >with any questions you may have about the >program or requests for MATCH Corps literature. > > > >Highest regards, > > >Tim Morton'06 >Tutor, MATCH Corps III > >=============================================== > > >Twelve months. > >Five Boston teenagers. > >One dream: > >College Success. > > > >MATCH Corps: > > An Urban Education Fellowship in Boston, MA > > > ><http://www.matchschool.org/WhoWeAre/matchcorps.php>MATCH >Corps is an urban education service program to >which individuals make a yearlong commitment to >public service in exchange for a modest stipend and housing. > > > >Each Corps member is assigned five urban high >school studentsranging from grades 9 >through12and builds in-depth relationships over >the entire year to work toward clear academic and life goals. > > > >The program is an ambitious, intensive, >one-on-one tutoring program designed to fully >close the Achievement Gap between minority and >non-minority students, and between economically >disadvantaged students and their more advantaged peers. > > > >MATCH Corps Fellows share a relentless >commitment to improving American education, one >student at a time. MATCH Corps Fellows manifest >their drive and dedication to service as they >work one-on-one with the same students each day >for an entire year; assist teachers and school >administrators; and run electives, clubs, or sports programs. > > > >For more information visit us at ><http://www.matchschool.org/>www.matchschool.org >or send inquiries to ><mailto:recruiting@matchschool.org>recruiting(a)matchschool.org Thomas A. Lewis Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Committee on the Study of Religion and the Divinity School Harvard University Barker Center 409 12 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 phone - 617.495.2085 fax - 617.496.5798

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Fwd: Summer grant opportunity for Harvard undergrads

by Thomas A. Lewis

>For the second year, the Center for Ethics is offering summer grants to >Harvard undergraduates to support research and writing that makes >contributions to the understanding of practical ethics. >I've attached more information below. > >Please contact me with any questions. > >Kind thanks, > >Stephanie Dant >Assistant to the Director >Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics >Harvard University >79 J.F.K. Street >Tel: (617) 495-9337 >Fax: (617) 496-6104 >stephanie_dant(a)harvard.edu >www.ethics.harvard.edu > >(See attached file: Kissel Grants ad 2007.pdf) > >(Please let me know if you would prefer to receive this information in a >different format.) > Thomas A. Lewis Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Committee on the Study of Religion and the Divinity School Harvard University Barker Center 409 12 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 phone - 617.495.2085 fax - 617.496.5798

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Fwd: CES undergraduate summer internship opportunities in Europe

by Thomas A. Lewis

>---------------------------- >Internship Information Session Feb. 6 > >Want to go abroad this summer? Trying to figure out what >opportunities exist for working overseas? > >The Center for European Studies offers a number of paid >undergraduate internships in the United Kingdom in various fields >such as business, finance, marketing, filmmaking, publishing, >politics, law, teaching, philanthropy, wildlife management, and >scientific research. If you are interested, please come to our >internship workshop next week to learn details about the >internships, how to apply, how to find housing, and how to find >additional funding if necessary. Last summer's interns will discuss >their experiences and funding resources. A question & answer session >will follow, with refreshments. > >What: CES Undergraduate Summer Internship Opportunities in Europe >- Workshop > >When: Tuesday, February 6, from 4:15 to 6:00 PM > >Where: Center for European Studies, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St. > >Check out the full list of internships ahead of time on our website: >http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/info_for/students/abroad_ug.html >and come to the session ready to ask your questions! For more >information, please contact Christy Colburn, CES Student Programs >Coordinator, at <mailto:ccolburn@fas.harvard.edu>ccolburn(a)fas.harvard.edu. > > > >-- >Christy Colburn >Student Programs Coordinator >Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies >Harvard University >27 Kirkland Street >Cambridge, MA 02138 >(617) 495-4303 x231 > ><http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu>http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu Thomas A. Lewis Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Committee on the Study of Religion and the Divinity School Harvard University Barker Center 409 12 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 phone - 617.495.2085 fax - 617.496.5798

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