Applications are now open for the Spring 2025 Ahmanson Undergraduate Scholarship Seminar, “The Greatest Novel in the English Language? Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa.”
Application Deadline: Friday, February 7, 2025.
The application form can be accessed at https://bit.ly/4g7xNBk.
This seminar, taught by Professor Cass Turner, UCLA Department of English, offers a deep dive into a text that is one of the longest novels written in the English language: Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa, first published in 1748. Richardson’s vast novel opens up a variety of topics for research and discussion, including gender and sexuality, media theory, the rise of the novel, the history of capitalism, and the relationship between literature and philosophy. Encounters with the novel will be enriched by visits to the Clark Library, where students will work with archival materials that will help flesh out the world of the text.
Students who complete the seminar successfully will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship. Lyft subsidies are provided for student transportation to and from the Clark Library.
Image: Hayman, Francis. Robert Lovelace Preparing to Abduct Clarissa Harlowe, 1753. Oil on Canvas. Southampton City Art Gallery, United Kingdom. Courtesy of www.artuk.org