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New Initiative in Humanities and Arts Research

Faculty and graduate students are encouraged to attend the launch of the Willson Center’s new Research Clusters at a public reception Thursday, August 29 at 4 p.m. in Room 285 of the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries Building.

Faculty and graduate students are encouraged to attend the launch of the Willson Center’s new Research Clusters at a public reception Thursday, August 29 at 4 p.m. in Room 285 of the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries Building. President Jere Morehead and Vice President for Research David Lee will join Willson Center Director Nicholas Allen in announcing this major new initiative in humanities and arts research at UGA.

The Faculty Research Cluster (FRC) program supports groups of faculty who are organized to address large-scale humanities and arts questions in partnership with colleagues from allied departments, colleges, centers, and institutes. FRCs are designed to build research capacity in the humanities and arts and increase the profile and competitiveness of faculty for grants and support. The Faculty Research Cluster program is funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research through the University of Georgia Research Foundation.

Six Research Clusters are funded for the 2013 – 2014 academic year:

  • Athens Music Project • Co-directors: Susan Thomas (Music, Women’s Studies) and Jean Kidula (Music, African Studies)
  • International Modernism • Director: Jed Rasula (English)
  • EcoFocus Film Initiative • Director: Sara Beresford (Ecology)
  • Digital Humanities Initiative • Co-Directors: Stephen Berry (History), Bill Kretzschmar (English), Claudio Saunt (History)
  • Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE) • Executive Director: David Z. Saltz (Theatre and Film Studies), Artistic Director: Mark Callahan (Art)
  • Neuroimaging, Movie Trailers, and Spectator Cognition • Co-Directors: Tianming Liu (Computer Science), Richard Neupert (Theatre and Film Studies), L. Stephen Miller (Psychology)

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