Chair in Canadian Theatre Studies

[Denis Salter]

Dear Colleagues,

"On p 24 of the current issue of UA, in article entitled "Chairs
will strengenth resarch," details are provided about how the
Federal Government's initiative in providing $300 million
in support of Chairs is likely to affect a number of disciplines.
SSHRCC expects to receive $60 million = 400 Chairs.
Then: "Once a university has selected a specialty area and
attracted a world--class {isn't this Toronto-talk?] researcher
to fill the chair, the position and prospective chair holder
will be reviewed by a peer review committee at one of the
granting councils . . . ."

The article adds: "' [the] candidate will have to be of international
quality' or risk being turned down by the peer review committee."

Do we, at ACTR, want to work towards making a case for a Chair
in Canadian Theatre Studies?  If so, we need to talk, develop
a model, and then find out how to pitch it effectively.  At
least this is what I think, at this stage.

Math is not my forte but I think that, on the SSHRCC side of
the budget, it works out to $150,000 a Chair.

Thoughts?


Denis

Denis Salter
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preference to the statistically normative versions of Romaneque
art where the ordering principles are dictated by religious
precept, so Levi-Strauss *gave priority to the 'marginal'
art of the Salish, whose forms seem unbalanced and incomplete
[sigh! optical habits die hard] compared with those of the
Kwakiutl."--Roger Malbert