Scholarly Life

Harvard Horizons — Tell Us Your Story!

Posted January 31, 2013

Apply by February 11 — an extended deadline — to be a part of this new GSAS effort to showcase our PhDs! 


 

Harvard Horizons is a competition and symposium that will showcase the groundbreaking scholarship of eight selected PhD students. It will provide them with unprecedented opportunities for mentoring and professional development, including a well-crafted video of their symposium talk. And it will let the wider Harvard community share in the exciting new ideas this community is generating every day.
 
PhD students from every discipline who have passed their general exams are encouraged to apply!   

Details, application guidelines, and link to the online submission site: www.gsas.harvard.edu/harvardhorizons

Application deadline: 

The deadline to enter is MONDAY, February 11, 2013. * NOTE: The deadline has been extended because of weather conditions that may prevent candidates from gathering and submitting their materials.

(You must at least begin your application by February 11. Candidates with pending applications on February 11 will have a grace period of two days to complete their applications.)

Save the date:
Harvard Horizons Symposium, May 6, 2013, Sanders Theatre

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Harvard Horizons works like this:

  • Students will apply by submitting a short video in which they describe their most essential and compelling idea or line of scholarly inquiry. They will also submit a 500-word synopsis of their research and a letter of endorsement from their advisor.
  • Don't worry: Videos need not be professionally produced or edited; amateur videos are acceptable, as long as they contain persuasive and coherent descriptions of the applicant's work. 
  • Need help making your video? The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning is hosting open studios for Harvard Horizons on Thursday, January 31, and Friday, February 1, from 9–11 a.m. and from 1–3 p.m. on both days, and then again on Wednesday, February 6, from 2-4 p.m. Read more.
  • The deadline for submission is February 11. Submission guidelines are here. The online application site is here.
  • Applications will be assessed by a faculty committee, and after a round of interviews, eight selected students will be designated Horizon Scholars. Throughout the spring, they will receive in-depth coaching and mentoring from the Bok Center to improve their presentation skills and their research summaries.
  • Students will present their work in short, compelling talks at a University-wide symposium on May 6 at Sanders Theatre.
  • Each of the talks will be filmed and edited into polished videos of the individual presentations; those videos will be available to the scholars for their own professional use, to the departments, and to GSAS to showcase the research achievements of the PhD community.
  • The selected scholars will form the inaugural class of the Society of Horizon Scholars, a new fellowship cohort that will offer them — and future Horizon Scholars — opportunities for long-lasting community, mentorship, and professional and academic growth.


Harvard Horizons is led by GSAS Dean Xiao-Li Meng and by Shigehisa Kuriyama, Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History. For information, visit www.gsas.harvard.edu/harvardhorizons or contact  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .