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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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IU Institute for Advanced Study announces 2008-09 New Knowledge Seminars

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 7, 2008

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study has awarded funding for the inaugural New Knowledge Seminars. The 2008-09 seminars include multidisciplinary studies of aging, gender and obesity.

New Knowledge Seminars allow teams of scholars from different disciplines to study particular topics by bringing leading scholars and researchers to campus to meet with their respective groups. The awards are designed to help IU faculty members nurture ideas and research agendas.

"The seminar awards for 2008-09 truly reflect the rich diversity of faculty expertise and inquiry on the Bloomington campus," said John Bodnar, director of the Institute for Advanced Study and Chancellor's Professor of history at Indiana University Bloomington. "I expect that this support from the Institute for Advanced Study will enhance the prospect for greater levels of external funding for these outstanding scholars."

2008-09 seminars are:

New Knowledge Seminars are designed to foster multidisciplinary perspectives and scholarly collaboration that will lead to new perspectives and innovative ways of thinking, and that may attract substantial external support. Seminars meet over the course of a year, allowing participants to work toward perfecting their research design and conceptual ideas and drafting proposals aimed for long-term support. Funding for the seminars ranges from $7,500 to $10,000.

The Institute for Advanced Study is Indiana University's leading center for the pursuit of new knowledge and new directions in all fields of study; it fosters intellectual exchanges that are primarily collaborative and interdisciplinary. For more information, contact the institute at 812-855-3658 or Director John Bodnar at bodnar@indiana.edu.


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