Contemplative Practice Grants
The Contemplative Studies Initiative is please to announce that we will be awarding a small number of grants up to $300 each for Brown students to help defray the cost of attending a retreat at a practice center from any contemplative tradition. Longer retreats will be eligible for the full amount; shorter retreats for less.
Applications for the Summer Grant Period MUST be received by June 1, 2009. Late applications will be considered if funds remain available. Applications must include a description of the retreat and an explanation of how this retreat relates to prior and future contemplative practice. Please be sure to include your basic contact information, concentration (if any), and prior relevant coursework. The Contemplative Practice Grants are made possible by an award to the Contemplative Studies Initiative from the Frederick Lenz Foundation.
Please send applications to:
Professor Hal Roth
Director,
Contemplative Studies Initiative
Harold_Roth@Brown.edu
The Contemplative Heart of Higher Education
The First Annual Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education Conference
April 24-26, 2009 Chapin Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
We are delighted to announce the first Association conference, to convene April 24 -26, 2009 at Amherst College. ACMHE members are warmly invited to submit proposals to present papers and to attend the proceedings. Refer to the call for papers (below) for additional information.
2 - 3 Parallel Sessions of 30 minutes each (to be divided between presentation and discussion) will be offered in each time period to allow for the greatest number of presentations. Contemplative practices, including arts and movement practices, will also be offered as a choice during parallel sessions.
Attendance is restricted to members of the ACMHE, but new members may join at the conference attendance rate of $50 for a one-year faculty membership. Online registration will be available soon (Feb 09). For more information, please contact Beth Wadham at beth@contemplativemind.org.
Call for Papers
The conference welcomes proposals concerning contemplative pedagogy, methodology and epistemology within and across disciplines. Submissions of proposals for panel discussions are also invited. Please send a title and an abstract of not more that 200 words for a 30 minute paper (with discussion) or performance along with name, affiliation and 50 - 100 word professional biography to beth@contemplativemind.org by March 1, 2009.
For more information about the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, please visit http://www.acmhe.org.