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COLLEGE of LIBERAL ARTS HILLIARD ENDOWMENT The College of Liberal Arts Hilliard Endowment in the Humanities provides support to bring scholars in the humanities and related fields to campus for public appearances. The Hilliard Endowment was established in 1972 from the estate of Emily Hilliard. The Endowment was originally named the Albert and Emily Hilliard Chair in the Humanities. Mrs. Hilliard’s husband Albert had been a regent of the university, an attorney, and a leader in the Democratic party.

Since its inception the endowment has made it possible to bring many distinguished scholars and contributors to the arts and humanities to the UNR campus. These visitors have included poets Billy Collins and Allen Ginsberg, writers John Balaban, Hayden Carruth, Dorianne Laux, John Nichols, and Robert Pinsky, historians William Beezley, Geoffrey Eley, and Hugh Trevor-Roper, artist Wendy Ewald, photographer Galen Rowell, and Basque scholar Juan Avalle-Arce. The Endowment has also occasionally partnered with other humanities organizations to bring speakers to Reno. The College of Liberal Arts Hilliard Endowment funds residencies by visiting scholars of both short-term (e.g., one or two days) and longer-term duration. In the scope of the CLA Hilliard Endowment, the humanities are broadly interpreted to permit the fund to bring to the UNR community individuals or groups whose work enriches the human experience, particularly work that is involved with issues vital to the humanities. Work in other disciplines, so long as it relates in some direct way to the humanities, may qualify for funding. Hilliard visitors may be engaged in scholarly or creative endeavors, and may include but are not limited to academics, creative artists, critics, scientists, and inventors.

Visitors must give one or more public lectures while in residency. It is desirable that they also involve themselves with other campus activities, such as participation in classes and meeting with students and faculty on a more informal basis. The goal of their visit to the university is to enrich academic programs and contribute to the university's larger mission and the campus's intellectual life.

The SCAC may consider requests in support of conferences that emphasize the humanities or demonstrate a humanistic approach to their topic, particularly if sponsored by CLA departments or local organizations that regularly partner with CLA units. Preference will be given for funding of major speaking events such as keynote addresses, which must be open to members of the university community.

An application from the sponsoring entity is required, as is a follow-up report. To apply for a grant from the Endowment, send a letter to the Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee in care of the CLA Dean’s Office along with the scholar’s vita, a photo of the scholar if available (for publicity purposes), and any other relevant supplementary material.

The letter should include the following material:
Funding requests will be reviewed by the Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee once each semester, typically for events to be held the following semester. Application deadlines are in mid-October and mid-March (in future, see the CLA website for actual deadline dates). Priority will be given to projects with the potential to reach a wide and diverse audience, projects with a clearly articulated relation to the humanities, and those that offer new approaches, methods, or perspectives to the College.

In the 2007-2008 academic year, the application deadlines will be October 16 and March 17; applications for visitors before October should submit their applications directly to the dean of the CLA. All written publicity funded by the endowment must include acknowledgment of the CLA and the endowment’s support, and the CLA and the endowment must be orally acknowledged prior to all public events.

In addition, not more than 30 days following the public event, the applicant must send a follow-up letter to the Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee describing the visit, including the various activities of the scholar, size of actual audiences and reception given to various events, and the effect of the scholar’s visit on the campus community.