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罢丑别听Distinguished Research Lectureship听is among the highest honors bestowed by the faculty upon a CU 麻豆影院 colleague.

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

麻豆影院 the lectureship

The lectureship honors a tenured faculty member, Research Professor (Associate or full) or Adjoint Professor who has been with CU 麻豆影院 for at least five years听and is听widely recognized for a distinguished body of academic or creative achievement and prominence, as well as contributions to the educational and service missions of CU 麻豆影院.

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 present听a lecture in the fall or spring following selection and receive听a $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 麻豆影院 for at least five years; recognized nationally/internationally for scholarship, research and creative work; and highly regarded for contributions to CU 麻豆影院 and its reputation.

Nomination procedure

Any faculty member may听听to the vice chancellor for Research & Innovation. The nomination鈥檚 supporting materials should include:

• A statement (two听to three pages) explaining the importance of the nominee鈥檚 research or creative work in his/her field and summarizing the research record
• A current record of the nominee鈥檚 accomplishments or a current CV
• A limited number of letters of recommendation from experts outside CU 麻豆影院 (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鈥�20 lectureship recipient

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

Dr. M眉ller-Sievers鈥� talk,听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鈥攖hat 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 鈥� 1832).

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

Questions?听

Please visit the听Distinguished Research Lectureship website听or email听rio@colorado.edu.