Graduate Student Caucus News
by Caroline Wigginton

The ASECS annual conference is fast approaching. In Richmond, we hope you’ll be able to join the Graduate Caucus for the following exciting events.

Beginnings and Endings: Locating Boundaries, Crises, and Turning Points in the (Very Long) Eighteenth-Century
Time: Friday, 11:30-1:00 pm
Place: Salon G
This panel is the annual topics in research panel sponsored by the Graduate Student Caucus. Dan Gustafson, Marjorie Foley, John Traver, and Katharine Zimolzak will present exciting new research from a variety of disciplinary perspectives on the ethics, politics, and utility of boundaries within and around the eighteenth century .

Graduate Student Luncheon
Time: Friday, 1:00-2:30 pm
Place: Madison/Jefferson
We’ll be conducting important business at our annual luncheon. In addition to presenting Graduate Student Caucus members with an update on issues including the Board's response to our request for a constitutional amendment, we’ll be electing our next Caucus co-chair. We’ll also be making future plans for the caucus. If you have an item you would like to add to our luncheon agenda, please e-mail Caroline Wigginton at cwigginton@mail.utexas.edu.

Roundtable on Finding Money
Time: Friday, 4:15-5:45 pm
Place: Salon J
Featuring fellowship administrators Carol Brobeck (The Folger Library), Lisa Ford (The Yale Center for British Art), and Robert C. Ritchie (The Huntington Library), as well as recipients of fellowships and other funding David Brewer (The Ohio State University) and Brad Pasanek (University of Virginia), this roundtable offers a variety of advice about finding financial support for research and the scholarly life, and about being competitive and creative in the search for money.

Junior Scholars’ Happy Hour
Time: Friday, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Place: Capital Ballroom (Salons 4 and 5)
Join us for collegiality at our annual happy hour!

Finally, the Graduate Student Caucus is currently accepting applications for the position of co-chair for the 2009-2010 academic year. The co-chair will serve as the Graduate Student Caucus chair in 2010-2011. Applicants will need to ensure that they will still be graduate students while holding the chair position. In addition to attending the annual meeting and luncheon and assisting the chair, the co-chair is responsible for organizing and chairing the topics in research panel hosted by the Graduate Caucus at the annual ASECS meeting. The co-chair also serves as the head of the committee for selecting the recipient of the Excellence in Mentorship Award. To apply for the position, please send the following to cwigginton@mail.utexas.edu by February 15:

• A letter that outlines your qualifications for the position and what you hope to achieve as co-chair and chair of the Graduate Student Caucus of ASECS
• A CV
• A 250 word proposal for the Grad Caucus’s research and scholarship panel at the annual meeting

We will elect the co-chair at our annual luncheon in Richmond. Applicants need not be present to be elected.

We look forward to seeing many graduate students in Richmond! In the meantime, if you’d like to volunteer for any of our programs and initiatives, or if you have ideas or concerns you’d like to share with the Graduate Student Caucus, please don’t hesitate to contact Caroline at cwigginton@mail.utexas.edu or our Co-Chair, Emily Friedman, at ecfriedman@mizzou.edu.

Past News:

March 2009 ASECS announcement
May 2008 ASECS newsletter

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