SPEL colloquium

next SPEL colloquium:

Jay Garfield
Smith College (etc.)

"I am a Brain in a Vat"

TUESDAY (not Thu) April 10th
5-7pm
UUW 324

commenter: Karin Howe

a version of the paper is available: here

Comps

April Comps reminder.

Comprehensive Exam in Ethics: Monday, April 9th, 9-12

Comprehensive Exam in Social and Political Philosophy: Wednesday, April 11th, 9-12

another book sale

this time it's Columbia University press, and the occasion is Spring.

50% off all titles with coupon code "SALE"

link: here

h/t: Blake

IASH Fellowships

The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) fellowships are a major site of IASH intellectual exchanges. IASH offers Faculty Fellowships, Graduate Students Fellowships, Undergraduate Students Fellowships, and Visiting Faculty Fellowships. All IASH fellowships are residential and involve a commitment to attend a Fellows Seminar that is open to the public and present one's work in the seminar. The seminar meets on Wednesdays, noon to 1:30pm in the IASH Conference Room, LN-1106.

Please visit the IASH website for more information http://www2.binghamton.edu/iash/index.html

Application Deadlines

March 29, 2012 .............	BU Graduate Student Fellowships  BU Undergraduate Student Fellowships  Visiting Fellowships

Graduate Student Fellowships

IASH offers two types of of Graduate Students Fellowships to Binghamton University Ph.D. students. Up to two stipended Graduate Student Fellowships a semester fund a competitive merit based Dissertation Fellowship (DF). Students applying for the IASH DF will be ABD, their funding from Binghamton University including the IASH DF will not exceed 12 semesters if entered with BA/BS, or 8 semesters if entered with MA/MS, and expect to be working full time on their dissertations in the semester of the fellowship. Up to two unstipended Graduate Students Fellowships are available to students who are released to full time research by a departmental DF or an external grant.

apartment hunting tip

surprising and sadly, this story from the Press and Sun Bulletin ...

refers, strangely, to people who own horses, rather than to horses who own property.

so if you you are looking for an equine landlord*, you are probably out of luck.

that is my apartment hunting tip.

(*they would probably smell like the inside of Lisa's car, anyway)

SPEL colloquium

THU 29 MARCH
5pm-7pm

David Lefkowitz
University of Richmond

"Climate Change and Corrective Justice: A Partial Defense"

location: UUW 324
Tucker Sechrest will be commenting

Important information about Dissertation Assistantships

1) The application deadlines for 2013-14 Dissertation Assistantships:

- if you entered SPEL with an M.A. in Philosophy and this is your fourth semester: May 25th, 2012
- if you entered SPEL with a B.A. and Fall '12 is your seventh semester: Feb 1st, 2013

You must of course be ABD to apply. See the Handbook for more details.

2) To be eligible for Dissertation Assistantships in the future, you must have already applied for at least two external fellowships. See details below.


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For appointments to dissertation semester/academic year fellowships funded by Binghamton
University (i.e., any source of internal funds) for academic year 2013-14 and beyond:
To receive an internal dissertation fellowship, students must show evidence of having applied for
at least two external fellowships (not funded by Binghamton University), one of which must be
for a year of funding. To count, submissions must be registered with the Office of Scholarship &
Fellowship. It is the responsibility of the graduate program to make sure internal fellowships are
only awarded to eligible students.

It can take as much as a year to identify appropriate fellowships and prepare the application.
Students must start well in advance. Applications must be submitted by the deadline. The Office
of Scholarships & Fellowships can provide assistance in identifying funding sources and advice
about applications. Provided that the students register with that office, the office will also track
who submitted what and when, and so verify individuals’ and graduate programs’ track records.