Visiting Scholar Program

The Visiting Scholar in Archaeology Program offers support for a motivated scholar to organize and conduct the annual Visiting Scholar Conference which results in an edited volume of selected papers that the Visiting Scholar assembles and edits while in residence at SIUC. The Visiting Scholar also pursues his/her own research during the period of the award, teaches one seminar in his/her specialty, and is expected to interact productively with colleagues and students in the CAI and the Department of Anthropology. See the Position Announcement link below for the official job description.

For details about the annual Visiting Scholar Conference, check out the following links.

• The 2008 Visiting Scholar Conference—Human Variation in the New World: A Meeting of Archaeology and Biological Anthropology
  Organizer: Benjamin M. Auerbach (auerbach@siu.edu)
  
  Link to the CALL FOR PAPERS Announcement (Abstracts are due 15 December 2007)

For additional information about the Visiting Scholar Program, check out the links below.

• Visiting Scholar in Archaeology Position Announcement for 2007-2008

Top Ten Reasons You Should Apply to be a CAI Visiting Scholar

Examples of Past Successful Visiting Scholar Proposals
2007-2008 • Human Diversity in the Ancient Americas: The Intersection of Skeletal Biology, Archaeology and Genetics
2006-2007 • Anthropogenic Environments: The Cultural Modification of Landscapes and Ecological Systems
2005-2006 • Methodologies for the Archaeological Investigation of Religion and Ritual: A Conference Proposal

• Past Visiting Scholar Conference Titles, 1984-2007