MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY – SACKVILLE, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA
The Crake Foundation and the Department of Classics at Mount Allison University are pleased to announce the Crake Doctoral Fellowship in Classics for the academic year 2011-2012.
The Crake Fellowship is non-renewable, open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents who, at the time of taking up the fellowship, have completed all course and residential requirements for the Doctorate in Classics, passed all preliminary examinations and completed the research for the thesis, and who can reasonably be expected to finish the doctorate during the year of the fellowship.
The holder will be asked to teach one course in each of the Fall and Winter terms, give a public lecture, and be in Sackville from September to the end of April.
In 2011-2012 the holder of the Crake Fellowship will receive $27,000 (CDN), with an allowance of up to $3,500 (CDN) to cover moving and other research-associated expenses.
Applications may be made through email or post and should include official transcripts and three letters of reference. The thesis supervisor should be asked to write concerning the subject of the thesis and the expected date for its final submission. Applicants should also send a statement regarding the progress of their doctoral studies, including their schedule for completion, and a 1-2 page synopsis of their thesis.
Completed applications should be sent to:
Dr. Bruce Robertson, Head
Department of Classics
Mount Allison University
63D York Street
Sackville, New Brunswick
E4L 1G9
Canada
The deadline for receipt of applications is January 28, 2011.
Mount Allison University welcomes diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from all qualified women and men, including aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities.
Dr. J. Ernest A. Crake was Professor of Classics at Mount Allison University from 1946 to 1976. Seven years before his death in 1983 he founded the Crake Foundation, which in 1979 began a program of support for projects that reflected his life-long concern for Classics, the Humanities, the Library, and Scholarship.