Application for Osea Writer S Workshop 20042005

APPLICATION FOR OSEA WRITER’S WORKSHOP 20042005

Application Instructions: This is a three-part and three-page Application. Please respond to the questions below to the best of your ability. If there is any additional information you wish to share, please include it in the “comments” section at the end of the Application. To submit your Application, please save your file as a Word document and email it to . When saving, please include your first initial and last name in the file name (For example: “OSEA_Workshop_EJansen.doc). The Writer’s Workshop Application requires that the Application and Processing Fee ($25) be received by OSEA within seven days of your application submission. If there will be a delay, please notify us via email. Make your check or money order payable to: “OSEA”.

PART I. APPLICANT’S BACKGROUND

Name:

Title and Position: I am a Make Selection HereGraduate StudentProfessorNon-Academic Professional

Current Educational Level or Last Degree, Institution and Date):

Current Institutional Affiliation or Non-Academic Employment:

PART II.APPLICANT’S Contact Information

Institutional Address:

Telephone:

Fax:

Email:

Home Address:

Telephone:

Email:

What is the best way to contact you (and time, if applicable):

PART III.Project Description and Goals

Title of writing project:

Academic Fields of Study (disciplines and subfields) (approx 10 words):

Characterize your Geographic-Culture Areas of Research (approx 10 words):

Characterize the topical-thematic issues of your writing and research (approx 30 words):

Briefly Characterize your Theoretical Orientation or Approach and the Conceptual or Analytical Framework that you use in your research. (approx 30 words)

Briefly describe your writing goals and/or project that you want to accomplish within the structure of the OSEA workshop. (approx 50 words)

Briefly describe the research and/or research materials on which your writing project is based. (approx 100 words)

Briefly describe the writing project you wish to complete (approx 50 words)

PART IV.LogisticS

1. Lodging. All accommodations are with shared bathroom.
2. Do you prefer a single, private room? Select Yes/No YesNo.
3. If yes, will you only participate if you have a single room with shared bath? Select Yes/No YesNo.
4. If you do not want a private room, is there another applicant with whom you want to share a room? Select Yes/No YesNo.
5. If yes, please provide their name here
   
6. Food. Three Weekday meals and weekend brunch are included in cost.
7. Please indicate whether or not you eat:
8. Red meats (beef, pork, lamb): Select Yes/No YesNo.
9. Poultry (chicken, turkey, eggs): Select Yes/No YesNo.
10. Fish: Select Yes/No YesNo.
11. Shellfish: Select Yes/No YesNo.
12. Do you have any kind of special diet that must be rigorously enforced? If yes, please name and/or describe it as necessary.
    
13. The summer heat essentially prohibits the use of western style beds. All participants will use the traditional Maya hammocks to sleep in, in lieu of beds. The Maya hammock is surprisingly comfortable – some even say more than a bed. Do you accept these sleeping arrangements? Select Yes/No YesNo.
    
14. You will need to have your own medical and health insurance. If you already have insurance, have you checked to verify whether it covers you during the duration of the workshop? Select Yes/No YesNo.
    
15. How will you want to spend your weekends?
16. I will want to travel on short excursions EVERY available weekend to one or more of archaeological ruins, beaches, or Maya communities. Select Yes/No YesNo.
17. I will want to travel to see the sights of Yucatán peninsula on only one or two weekends. The other weekends I will want to spend in Mérida. Select Yes/No YesNo.
18. I do not plan to make any weekend trips. Select Yes/No YesNo.

but may plan additional travel before or after the OSEA Workshop Select Yes/No YesNo.

1. For my weekend trips, I am interested in going adventuring on my own or with others but NOT with any additional structure, guide or orientation from OSEA. Select Yes/No YesNo.
2. I would be interested in arranging with OSEA at least one structured excursion to some archaeological ruins, heritage sites, or cultural communities. Select Yes/No YesNo.
3. If you answered Yes to last question, please indicate which places you have in mind that you would like to visit in a more organized versus free lance manner:

PART V.ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Please insert any additional comments related to any of the Application areas below: