Medieval Studies Institute Fellowship

Dear colleagues,

Once again, the Medieval Studies Institute has been awarded a one-year fellowship to assist departments in recruiting outstanding candidates who have applied to graduate programs in the College and who have expressed an interest in working in Medieval Studies.  (See the attached memo for details.)  MEST provides the fellowship for the student’s first year at IU, and the home department provides the rest of the student’s funding package.  We try to meet with the candidate during the candidate’s campus visit and provide additional information about opportunities at IU.  We do expect that students who receive the MEST fellowship will enroll in at least one MEST course during the fellowship year. 

The MEST Executive Committee will be happy to consider one nomination from each participating department.  If you have identified such a candidate, please send a copy of the student’s complete application to me through the MEST office (BH 650) by February 8, 2011, at 5:00 PM.  We will try to report the rankings to you within seven days. 

Since MEST has been chosen to host the Medieval Academy’s Vagantes conference in spring 2012, we believe that we have yet another reason to attract outstanding graduate students to Indiana University. 

Please email me (rmcgerr@indiana.edu) if you have any questions.

With best wishes,

Rosemarie 

Rosemarie McGerr

Professor of Comparative Literature

Director, Medieval Studies Institute

Ballantine Hall 650

Indiana University

Bloomington, IN 47405

USA