HRI Membership

All full-time, tenured or tenure-track Faculty of Humanities are invited to become Associates of the HRI, on the basis of having submitted a research plan to the Institute.

The Institute recognizes that research, scholarship, and creative activity in the Humanities takes many forms, and that individuals may have more- or less-defined research and/or performance programs in place at different stages in their scholarly lives. It thus expects that research plans will take a variety of forms, some consisting of formally set-out statements of intention with respect to the next few years, and others involving statements of a more general and exploratory nature with regard to work newly begun or still at a ruminative stage of development. Application deadlines for HRI Associate status are January 15 and September 15 each year. The application process consists of forwarding a completed application form and a current C.V. to the Director of the Humanities Research Institute, in care of the Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Humanities.

Application Form: brocku.ca/webfm_send/1948

 

All students registered in graduate programmes in the Faculty of Humanities are eligible to apply for Graduate Student Associate status in the Humanities Research Institute. Graduate Student Associates will receive announcements of and invitations to HRI symposia and special events, as well as invitations to events and workshops geared towards graduate students. Graduate Student Associates will also have the opportunity to apply for HRI funding to support travel to present at professional conferences. This funding process is competitive, and a student in an MA programme may receive funding only once in the duration of his/her programme; a student in a PhD programme may receive the funding twice.

To apply for Graduate Research Associate status in the Humanities Research Institute, please submit the following, electronically, to Dr. Carol Merriam, Director of the Humanities Research Institute (merriamc@brocku.ca) and the Humanities Research Institute (hri@brocku.ca):

1) A letter of application, including name, department and programme, and e-mail address
2) An endorsement from a faculty member in the home unit
3) A curriculum vitae4) A research plan

While applications for Graduate Research Associate status may be submitted at any time, adjudication will take place only twice per year. The deadlines for adjudication are October 15th and February 1st.

 

Non-permanent faculty members, visiting scholars and artists, scholars- and artists-in-residence and post-doctoral students who   are based in the Faculty of Humanities may apply for Visiting Associate Status in the Humanities Research Institute. This status   will remain in effect for the duration of the applicant's stay at Brock University. The application for visiting associate status   shall include a letter to the Director of the HRI and an outline of   research or creative work to be undertaken during the applicant's stay at Brock, and must be accompanied by a letter of support from   an Associate of the Humanities Research Institute.