{"id":3358,"date":"2024-09-25T13:22:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T17:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/?p=3358"},"modified":"2024-10-29T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T20:46:00","slug":"macksey-symposium-now-accepting-submissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/2024\/09\/25\/macksey-symposium-now-accepting-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Macksey Symposium now accepting submissions!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity at Johns Hopkins University is now accepting submissions for the sixth annual\u202f<strong>Richard\u202fMacksey\u202fNational Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium<\/strong>. The symposium was designed to offer students across the country the chance to gather together and disseminate their humanities research on a national scale. This year&#8217;s event will be held on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus from March 20-22, 2025, and our <a href=\"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/macksey-symposium\/apply\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/macksey-symposium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">application portal is now open<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We welcome applications from undergraduates currently enrolled at any two- or four-year college or university. Presentation topics must be drawn from humanities disciplines. Interdisciplinary projects are welcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humanities disciplines include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Classics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>English<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>History&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>History of Art&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>History of Science or Medicine&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Modern Languages and Literatures (French, German, Japanese, Spanish, etc.)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media Studies&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Philosophy&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Religious Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Humanities topics within interdisciplinary studies (e.g., East Asian Studies, Africana Studies, Gender Studies, etc.)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;To apply, submit an abstract of your presentation to the application portal by <strong>December 9, 2024<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2025 symposium will feature:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Two full days of student presentations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A robust national student audience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A keynote address delivered by an outstanding humanities scholar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Receptions and networking opportunities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Info sessions on humanities research opportunities and graduate programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the conference, presenters will also have the opportunity to work with our peer editors to revise their presentation into a journal-length publication for our journal of proceedings, the<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmackseyjournal.scholasticahq.com%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cclarrac1%40jhu.edu%7C32513be8b2434141dc4a08d97eab1441%7C9fa4f438b1e6473b803f86f8aedf0dec%7C0%7C0%7C637680095514742149%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=VzNyRoEvAzkDSSdmjwl9TjUfLFTZppMfT4KJOqxyytc%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macksey Journal<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/macksey-symposium\/\">Macksey Symposium site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/macksey-symposium\/\">Apply to the Macksey Symposium<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity at Johns Hopkins University is now accepting submissions for the sixth annual\u202fRichard\u202fMacksey\u202fNational Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium. 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