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Fall 2026 Graduate Reading Proficiency Exams - French and Italian

Posted 10/16/2026

The Department of French and Italian will offer an examination of reading competency in French and Italian to graduate students from other departments. The exam will be available on Canvas from 8:00 A.M. to 11:59 P.M. EST on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.

Please Note:   The Reading Proficiency exam is only offered once a year and that there will be no make-up exam.  If you have to take the exam this year, make sure you make the appropriate arrangement.

Registration:

Please contact Leslie Champouillon.  Please provide your name, department, e-mail address and exam preference by Monday, November 2, 2026.

INQUIRIES:

For questions about the French Reading Proficiency Exam please contact Murielle Perrier.

For questions about the Italian Reading Proficiency Exam please contact Daniele De Feo.

 

Fellowship Opportunity: Center for Digital Humanities - Apply by 10/20

Posted 10/16/2026

The Center for Digital Humanities Graduate Fellowship welcomes PhD students into the community of Princeton digital humanities researchers and provides the mentorship and support necessary to begin employing computational and data-driven methods in their work. Over the course of one semester, fellows will articulate research questions and identify goals for small-scale, standalone projects or for components of larger projects (e.g. a dissertation). As a cohort, fellows will explore tools, methods, and best practices that will benefit them throughout their careers. No prior technical skills are required, but a familiarity with the landscape of digital humanities, cultural analytics, media theory, or data science is a plus.

Learn more and apply by October 20th.

Melissa Lane to Deliver Final Lecture as Gresham Professor of Rhetoric - 10/19 & 10/22

Posted 10/9/2026

Melissa Lane, the Class of 1943 Professor of Politics and former director of the University Center for Human Values, will deliver her final lecture as Gresham Professor of Rhetoric on Oct. 22

The lecture, "Plato and the Truth About Rhetoric," will be streamed live by Gresham College. Viewers may register in advance to watch online and will receive immediate access to the recording afterward. The lecture will also be released subsequently on Gresham College's YouTube channel.

Lane's final lecture follows the Oct. 19 symposium "The Uses of Rhetoric," which, together with the Oct. 22 lecture, marks the conclusion of her service in one of Gresham College's historic professorships. The professorships were founded at the same time as the college — in 1597 — and the lectures are given in Barnard’s Inn Hall, a pre-Tudor hall that survived the Great Fire of London.  

Appointed Gresham Professor of Rhetoric in 2023, Lane presented three annual series of six public lectures each before being invited to extend her tenure for a tenth term. With Princeton's permission, she accepted the extension, adding a final symposium and lecture this fall.

Throughout her tenure, Lane's talks connected classical ideas with contemporary political questions, examining ancient Greek political ideas; lawgivers in comparative political imaginations; political crises in Athens and Rome, and the history and practice of rhetoric itself. Her final lecture returns to one of the tradition's foundational thinkers, exploring Plato's complex relationship with rhetoric and truth.

Also over fall break, Lane will discuss ancient and modern democracy on the BBC Radio 4 “Free Thinking” podcast on Friday, Oct. 23 at 4 p.m. EST.

HMEI Graduate Research Funding Opportunities (11/5)

Posted 10/8/2026

You are invited to join the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) Graduate Student Open House: Fellowships and Research Funding Opportunities on Thursday, November 5 at 12:15 p.m. in Briger Hall, Room C300. Lunch will be provided.

This is an opportunity for Ph.D. candidates in all departments who are interested in graduate fellowships and research funding opportunities through HMEI, including:

Join us to hear from:

  • Luc Deike, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and HMEI; Acting Director of HMEI; CESEn and Hack Faculty Coordinator
  • Elke Weber, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment, Professor of Psychology and SPIA; STEP Faculty Coordinator
  • Anu Ramaswami, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, PIIRS and HMEI; PECS Faculty Coordinator

 

Call for Papers: 2027 Duke Graduate Conference in Political Theory

Posted 10/6/2026

The Department of Political Science at Duke University will host its thirteenth annual Graduate Conference in Political Theory on February 18-19, 2027. Our keynote speaker will be Ryan Patrick Hanley of Boston College. 

We invite completed paper drafts from graduate students on any topic in the fields of political theory, political philosophy, the history of political thought, or related disciplines. We particularly welcome submissions that will relate to the interests of our intellectual community and engage a broad audience. Accepted participants will be provided with lodging during the conference. Limited funding will be available for travel reimbursement. In addition to building community among graduate students from different institutions, this conference offers participants the opportunity to receive feedback on their work from scholars in the field. 

Each selected paper will have its own faculty discussant from Duke or the broader Research Triangle community. Participants are expected to attend the entire conference. To apply, please submit a full draft of your paper up to 10,000 words long as a PDF. The paper should be formatted for blind review with no identifying information.  The submission deadline is Friday, December 11, 2026. Accepted participants will be required to circulate their final paper by Thursday, February 4, 2027. If you have any questions, please email dukegcpt@gmail.com. 

Learn more and submit your paper by 12/11.

Call for Applications: BRIDGS Emergent Scholar Fellowship - Apply by 11/15

Posted 10/6/2026

The Bringing Research and Innovation into the Debate on Guns in Society (BRIDGS) initiative is pleased to announce the BRIDGS Emergent Scholar Fellowship.

Housed in the Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, BRIDGS focuses on empirically driven approaches to the multifaceted significance of guns in society. The BRIDGS Emergent Scholar Fellowship recognizes graduate students engaged in topics including, but not limited to:

  • the culture and politics of armed self-defense
  • gun violence and gun trauma
  • guns, identity, and inequality
  • gun markets and the gun industry
  • social movements surrounding gun rights and/or gun control
  • comparative/transnational approaches to guns in society
  • the intersection of guns, conservation, and environmental justice
  • related topics grounded in qualitative or quantitative social science approaches

Eligibility:

Graduate students as well as early career researchers (who received their PhD within the last two years) from disciplines within and related to the social sciences and/or humanities are encouraged to apply. While there are no restrictions with respect to stage of graduate studies or post-PhD affiliation, fellows should be prepared to share a work-in-progress during the Spring virtual workshop.

Benefits:

Workshop: Monthly virtual meetings and on-going mentorship during Spring 2027
Symposium: BRIDGS Fellows will be invited to the upcoming Guns in Society Annual Symposium
Support: BRIDGS Fellows will receive a $1,000 Fellows honorarium

Learn more and apply by November 15th. 

DAAD Research Grants for study in Germany - apply by 10/16

Posted 9/24/2026

DAAD — German Academic Exchange Service invites Princeton University to nominate two "priority" candidates for a Long-term Research Grant (7 to 12 months). The DAAD grant provides funding for doctoral students to conduct research in Germany. Students must be nominated by their department to be considered for a “priority” candidate spot.

Those not nominated may still apply, but they will be considered part of the general applicant pool. The campus deadline to apply is Friday, October 16, 2026, by 5:00 p.m. EST. Information about the campus application process can be found on the Graduate School’s website. Interested students can also contact me for details.

To be eligible, applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada. Foreign nationals are also eligible if they reside in the US/Canada by the time of the application deadline and have received their last degree in the US/Canada or will receive it before the start of their funding period. Students from all disciplines are eligible.

Register for the upcoming info session on 9/30.

More information and apply by 10/16.

Responsible AI for research workshops

Posted 9/17/2026

View the full series of responsible AI workshops.

Northwestern Open Faculty Positions

Posted 9/11/2026

Northwestern Political Science is recruiting for the following faculty positions:

Program in Law and Normative Thinking

Posted 9/1/2026

The Program in Law and Normative Thinking (PLANT) supports graduate students whose research engages law-related topics by providing specialized feedback on their work and professional development opportunities for careers in law schools, law and society programs, and other law-related fields, including criminology and human rights. We especially welcome the many JD/PhD students from across campus, though a JD is not required to benefit from participating in the workshop.

If you would like to learn about upcoming events, job postings, calls for papers, and other professional opportunities, please contact Kimberly Murray to be added to the PLANT listserv.

The PLANT Seminar meets most Mondays at 4:30 p.m. in 301 Laura Wooten Hall. Most sessions are devoted to graduate students presenting works in progress and receiving feedback from an audience with expertise in law and related disciplines. Additional sessions feature law-related faculty and fellows presenting their research, as well as other programming of interest to students working on law-related topics.

The workshop is designed to help graduate students become acquainted with the interdisciplinary field of legal studies, maintain connections to their legal training while pursuing doctoral work in other disciplines, and prepare for a broad range of academic and professional opportunities that may extend beyond traditional disciplinary job markets. The program has been running for nearly two decades, and alumni hold faculty positions at leading law schools and interdisciplinary departments across the United States and around the world. We look forward to welcoming this year's participants into that growing community.

PLANT will be led by Hanna Lerner this year during Kim Lane Scheppele’s sabbatical. Hanna teaches in the School of Political Science, Government, and International Affairs at Tel Aviv University, where she recently served as head of school. She is also a fellow at the Center for Applied Research on Risks to Democracy at TAU. She will be joined by this year's Law and Normative Thinking Fellows, Orsolya Salát and Ann Southworth and Princeton faculty whose research focuses on law and legal institutions.

We look forward to another year of lively intellectual exchange and community building among graduate students and faculty engaged in law-related scholarship.