Published: Feb. 25, 2020 By

 2020–21 Distinguished Research Lectureship

ճDistinguished Research Lectureshipis among the highest honors bestowed by the faculty upon a CU 鶹ӰԺ colleague.

Each year, theResearch & Innovation Office (RIO)requests nominations and a faculty review panel recommends one or more faculty members as recipients. The deadline for nominations is Monday, April 6.

鶹ӰԺ the lectureship

The lectureship honors a tenured faculty member, Research Professor (Associate or full) or Adjoint Professor who has been with CU 鶹ӰԺ for at least five yearsand iswidely recognized for a distinguished body of academic or creative achievement and prominence, as well as contributions to the educational and service missions of CU 鶹ӰԺ.

The selection of the Distinguished Research Lecturer is based on the research and creative record of the nominee as presented in the nomination application and as recognized by experts in the field.

Recipients typically presenta lecture in the fall or spring following selection and receivea $2,000 stipend.

Eligibility

Nominees for the Distinguished Research Lectureship must be: tenured faculty member, Research Professor (Associate or full) or Adjoint Professor who has been with CU 鶹ӰԺ for at least five years; recognized nationally/internationally for scholarship, research and creative work; and highly regarded for contributions to CU 鶹ӰԺ and its reputation.

Nomination procedure

Any faculty member mayto the vice chancellor for Research & Innovation. The nomination’s supporting materials should include:

  • A statement (twoto three pages) explaining the importance of the nominee’s research or creative work in his/her field and summarizing the research record
  • A current record of the nominee’s accomplishments or a current CV
  • A limited number of letters of recommendation from experts outside CU 鶹ӰԺ (as well as inside letters if appropriate)
  • If an applicant is not a recipient, the submission will remain in a pool of submissions for the following year. It may be appended as necessary before the next application deadline.

2019–20 lectureship recipient

If you go

Helmut Müller-Sievers, a professor in the Department of German and Slavic Languages and Literature, was selected to receive the 2019-20 Distinguished Research Lectureship.

Dr. Müller-Sievers’ talk,Engineering Literature: Johann Wolfgang Goethe and the Novel Machine, will go back to the origins of this divergence in the late 18th century and show how the concerns of novelists and engineers were once closely aligned—that novels were understood to be machines as much as machines could be subjected to literary interpretation. At the center of his remarks will be the German poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749 – 1832).

The lecture will be held on Tuesday, March 17 from 4—5 p.m. in the CASE auditorium, with a reception to follow.for this event, as space is limited.

Questions?

Please visit theDistinguished Research Lectureship websiteor emailrio@colorado.edu.