As part of an ongoing research project (Lancaster, 2014, 2015), this talk emphasizes the concept of political monitoring in the study of governing institutions.  Building on the psychological notion that people change their behavior if someone is watching them or they think someone is, the argument will be advanced that the choice of how political monitoring is institutionalized, as a necessary element in the process of overcoming collective action problems in the provision of public goods, reflects choices in state-building, institutional engineering, and public policy.  A wide range of examples will illustrate how constitutionally-based structures, operational rules, and policy design might incorporate political monitoring in order to produce specific outcomes normatively held as desirable.  

 Event will be held on Monday, Feb 13th from 12-2p

In the Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : 7th Floor

Co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science, Global Studies, and Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars

SPRING 2017

MEET & GREET

Hosted by New CAHSS
Academic Advising Coordinator:
Mr. James Hamilton

Welcome back to the Spring 2017 semester! All of our CAHSS students are invited to come and meet with the new Academic Advising Coordinator to have a brief conversation regarding student advisement needs. Students will have an opportunity to ask questions or share concerns about available student support services, important dates/deadlines to remember, and upcoming CAHSS events/activities.

*Light refreshments will be provided at this event.*

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

12:00pm-12:30pm

Fine Arts Bldg. Seminar Room 559

James Hamilton

Academic Advising Coordinator

College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
410.455.2958

jamham@umbc.edu

We are continuing to make great strides into a new understanding of the development of the Roman frontier populations. Dacia (i.e. modern historical Transylvania) was, arguably, the most important frontier of the Roman Empire: its gold and silver sustained the doomed imperial economy for two centuries. However, the “imperial idea” on the Eastern European Provincial frontier was more complex that Rome ever expected it… and it even outlasted the idea of Rome itself. Local Roman Provincial realities, born out of economic, cultural, social and political creolization, constant and dynamic negotiation of power, and shifting populations have outlasted the ideological centers that have claimed historical ownership of these regions, creating their own distinct expressions of identity.

Our programs offer a very extensive approach to the anthropology and archaeology of the Roman frontier environments, through field work, laboratory analysis and lectures. Our participants will be able to experience several field approaches, ranging from Classical excavation, anthropological site exploration, traditional STP (shovel test pit), geochemical soil (phosphate) and geophysical (Ground Penetrating Radar – GPR) surveys, aerial and satellite imagery analysis. Our programs provide a complete and scientifically integrated approach to a Classical site, in a very complex environment. In a region fundamentally important to our understanding of European genesis.

Our programs:

Roman Provincial Settlement Excavation and Survey – Life by the Imperial Roads 

 Location: Rapolt, Hunedoara County, Transylvania - Romania

Dates:

     Session 1: May 21 - June 10, 2017

     Session 2: June 11 - July 1, 2017

     Session 3: July 2 - July 22, 2017

Web Site: http://www.archaeotek-archaeology.org/roman-settlement-excavation

E-mail: archaeology@archaeotek.org

Description: The project integrates Classical excavation approaches with various exploratory field techniques, ranging from STP (shovel test pits), geochemical soil analysis (phosphate spot testing), and surface field collection coupled with topographical total station assisted mapping. We will be looking at the transformation of the countryside in relation to the development of the Imperial road river infrastructure, and the role of our “palatial villa” in the development of a "creole" Roman landscape.

Roman Villa Excavation – Identity and Wealth on the Roman Frontier

Location: Rapolt, Hunedoara County, Transylvania - Romania

Dates:

     Session 1: June 11 - July 1, 2017

     Session 2: July 2 - July 22, 2017

     Session 3: July 23 – August 12, 2017

Web Site: http://www.archaeotek-archaeology.org/roman-villa-excavation

E-mail: archaeology@archaeotek.org

Description: The integrated results of our various field techniques have yielded extraordinary results: a rural built space of ca. one hectare, with massive fortification walls decorated with exterior frescoes, with richly built two stories buildings, containing exceptional artifacts (well preserved bronze statues, jewelry, pristine condition coins, writing implements, etc.). Our target excavation, the central building of the “villa” has already presented us with a very complex and surprising occupation sequence and practices.

Applied Field Geophysics Workshop – Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Workshop

Location: Rapolt, Hunedoara County, Transylvania - Romania

Dates: 3-day intensive GPR program, integrated with our field programs

Web Site: http://www.archaeotek-archaeology.org/applied-field-geophysics-workshop

E-mail: archaeology@archaeotek.org

Description: Our program offers intensive training in Ground Penetrating Radar exploration techniques, both field and laboratory analysis, as it applies to the anthropogenic transformation of a historical landscape, in this case, the hinterland of the “palatial villa” and associated structures, roads and land use. All participants registered to two field sessions of the above can participate to the Geophysics Workshop free of cost.

Our participants will not only explore the archaeology of the region, but have the opportunity to sample the magic of Transylvania, through its amazing historical and natural landscapes.

Our programs are available for both credit students and non-credit participants.

• Stipend: $67,500 per year, with health insurance coverage for the fellow, and up to $3,000 in professional development funds over the course of the fellowship
• Tenure: Two years; start date on August 1 or September 1, 2017, depending on the fellowship position
• Applications will be accepted only through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system (ofa.acls.org). Please do not contact any of the organizations directly.
• Application deadline: March 22, 2017, 8 pm EDT
• Notification of application status will occur by email starting late-May 2017.

ACLS invites applications for the seventh competition of the Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows program. This year, the program will place up to 22 recent PhDs from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year term staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Fellows will participate in the substantive work of these organizations and receive professional mentoring. Fellows receive a stipend of $67,500 per year, with individual health insurance and up to $3,000 to be used toward professional development activities over the course of the fellowship term.

This initiative, made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, aims to expand the role of doctoral education in the United States by demonstrating that the capacities developed in the advanced study of the humanities have wide application, both within and beyond the academy. The Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows program allows PhDs to gain valuable, career-building experience in fields such as public policy, development, conservation, arts and culture, and digital media.

ACLS seeks applications from recent PhDs who aspire to careers in administration, management, and public service by choice rather than circumstance. Competitive applicants will have been successful in both academic and extra-academic experiences.

Applicants must:

• possess US citizenship or permanent resident status;
• have a PhD in the humanities or humanistic social sciences (see note on eligible fields below) conferred between September 1, 2013 and June 18, 2017; and
• defend and file/deposit their completed dissertations no later than April 6, 2017, and be prepared to verify this with official university documentation during the review and selection process.
• Prospective applicants should read through all the fellowship positions listed below and choose the one position that best fits their career goals. (Applicants may apply to only one position.)

The deadline for submitted applications is Wednesday, March 22, 2017, 8 pm EDT.

Applications must include:

• completed application form;
• 1-2-page cover letter tailored to a specific position and addressed to the host organization;
• 1-2-page résumé; and
• 2 reference letters.
• Please note that finalists may be asked to provide institutional documentation of PhD conferral (or, if the degree has not yet been conferred, an institutional statement from the registrar attesting that the dissertation defense and deposit have been completed and confirming the degree conferral date).

Only complete applications, submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system by the deadline, will be considered.

For more information, please visit the American Council of Learned Societies' website