Young Scholars Fund
Applications for George Feaver Young Scholars Fund Grants
The George Feaver Young Scholars Fund, administered by the Michael Oakeshott Association (MOA), is seeking applications for grants enabling attendance at the fifth MOA conference to be held at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma from October 13-16, 2011 on the theme of “Religion, Politics and the Future of Liberal Education“.
The focus of the conference will be Oakeshott’s understanding of liberal education and the contemporary university. Also central will be the possible relationships among university education, politics and religion.
George Feaver Young Scholars Fund grants are intended to defray travel and accommodation expenses associated with attending the conference and are targeted at PhD candidates or early career scholars (no more than five years since PhD was secured) with an interest in the work of Michael Oakeshott.
Successful applicants will be expected to:
- present a paper at the conference;
- attend the entire conference;
- submit a brief written report describing their conference experience
To apply, email (subject heading “George Feaver Young Scholars Fund Application,”) Dr. Elizabeth Corey (Elizabeth_Corey@baylor.edu) by April 15, 2011.
Please include:
- a current curriculum vitae
- an abstract of no more than 500 words of the paper you intend to present, if accepted
Potential authors should strive both to engage Oakeshott’s work on its own terms and to locate it in broader discussions about education, religion and politics. Papers that compare Oakeshott to other relevant thinkers are encouraged.
Candidates will be notified by June 15, 2011 as to whether their application has been successful.
About the George Feaver Young Scholars Fund
The Young Scholars Fund is named in honour of the late Canadian political scientist George Feaver, who was a sympathetic student of Michael Oakeshott’s thought.
The purpose of the George Feaver Young Scholars Fund is to provide travel and accommodation support to young scholars presenting a paper at MOA conferences and, if the ultimate size of the fund permits, to support other research and publication activities by junior scholars. Grants will be open to applicants from around the world, and applications will be adjudicated by a committee already in place.
Donate to the Fund
If you wish to participate in this memorial, please make checks payable to the “Michael Oakeshott Association” and include a covering note earmarking the donation for the George Feaver Young Scholars Fund (the MOA qualifies as a (501) (c) charity, which means that donations are tax deductible in the United States). Donors will be kept apprised of students whose work they are supporting.
Donations can be sent to:
Michael Oakeshott Association
c/o Mark North
2625 Alcatraz Avenue, #177
Berkeley, CA 94705
Thank you for considering this opportunity to sustain George’s legacy. All contributions are greatly appreciated.
The Executive Committee of the Michael Oakeshott Association acknowledges the generous support that the Fund has already received from George’s widow, and from Dr. Diane Mauzy & Dr. R.S. Milne and from Dr. and Mrs. Robert Banks.
About George Feaver
For more on George Feaver see: http://georgefeaver.wordpress.com