Registration is now open for the 2012 Symposium for the Study of Myth!!!

Go to StudyofMyth.org to register for this festival of myth in Culture, Theory and Practice! To be held on the Ladera campus of Pacifica Graduate Institute, this three day celebration of Myth and the Mythical takes place from Friday, August 31st to Sunday, September 2nd!

Register soon – don’t miss this extraordinary event!

The Joseph Campbell Foundation Mythological RoundTable of Ojai is very pleased to present Richard Buchen, Curator of Joseph Campbell’s book collection and Special Collections Librarian at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Having tended Joseph Campbell’s personal works for 16 years, we are most fortunate to hear from a speaker with such thorough familiarity and knowledge of Campbell’s life and works.

When: Sunday, June 10th, 5:00 – 7:00 PM; Where: The Ojai Foundation

For more information, go to: http://www.facebook.com/events/249808691785653/

Our June 2012 eNewsletter is now available. Click here to read!

The deadline for the next issue of Depth Insights scholarly online e-zine is July 15. Start now to finesse your submission!

Depth Insights is a semi-annual online scholarly e-zine for the depth and Jungian psychology community. Submissions are open to anyone, and the selection process is currently done via a blind committee of 10-20 volunteer readers who read and rate submissions based on academic criteria. Each piece is read on average by 3-4 readers.

For more details, click here.

Deadline:  June 30th!

Apply for the 2012 Christine Downing Dissertation Fellowship! This Fellowship will be awarded to one  dissertation student of any accredited graduate level institution in the fields of depth psychology and mythology.

Once awarded, the winning student must use the collections at OPUS for a significant amount of her or his dissertation research.

The archival collections available for research at OPUS include Joseph Campbell, Marija Gimbutas, James Hillman, Jane and Joseph Wheelwright, Christine Downing, Marion Woodman, Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig, and Katie Sanford.

GUIDELINES

Applicants must demonstrate the necessity of substantial on-site use of OPUS’ collections.

Eligible Candidates. Students in doctoral programs writing within the fields of depth psychology and mythology whose proposal and /or first two chapters of the dissertation has been accepted by their dissertation committee.  Further, the student must plan to use the collections at OPUS for a significant amount of their research.  The fellowship will be awarded September 15, 2012.

Amount and Duration of Fellowship. The fellowship award is $5000.

These funds are for one (1) year of research to be conducted between October 1, 2012 and October 1, 2013.

Dates and Deadlines:

Deadline for Submission: June 30, 2012

Notification of Awarded Grants: September 15, 2012

Selection Committees. Proposals will initially be screened by OPUS staff. Final selection will be made by the Fellowship committee which includes Christine Downing, David Miller, Richard Tarnas and Lyn Cowan.

If You’re Interested.  Please visit our website and review the application and instructions – www.opusarchives.org.

If after reviewing these pages you have further questions, please email cddf@opusarchives.org

Visit our website for more information on guidelines and procedures.