Jun 3, 2025 11:25 AM
In Memoriam: Al Foster, 1943–2025
Al Foster, a drummer regarded for his fluency across the bebop, post-bop and funk/fusion lineages of jazz, died May 28…
The University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, has announced a 2007–’08 residential fellowship program for postdoctoral researchers at the University of Guelph, McGill University or Université de Montréal.
The fellowship, funded through the Major Collaborative Research Initiatives program at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, supports promising new scholars in the emerging interdisciplinary field of critical studies in improvisation, and assist them in establishing a research base.
Applications are encouraged from researchers working in the principal research areas related to music, cultural studies, political studies, sociology and anthropology, English studies, theatre and performance studies, French studies, law, philosophy. Applicants are invited to submit a research proposal focusing on the social implications of improvised musical practices.
Applicants must submit all of the following by April 30: curriculum vitae, one scholarly paper or publication written in the last three years, a statement (1,500 words or less) describing the proposed research project, two letters of reference and graduate transcripts.
Submit applications to:
Dr. Ajay Heble, Project Director
Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice
School of English and Theatre Studies
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
N1G 2W1
Canada
Electronic applications are welcome, provided that original hard copies of transcripts and reference letters are submitted.
For more information or for a copy of the full project description, e-mail: improv@uoguelph.ca
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