Summer Research Field Program: Preserving African-American History

From the CEFP at Mississippi State University: Applications for the CEFP, a community-based field school centered around the preservation of Brush Arbor/Starkville Colored Cemetery, a historical African American cemetery located in Starkville, MS, are due January 31, 2024. The field school will take place from June 17-July 19, 2024

Participants will:

  • Learn how to conduct research using a decolonial framework
  • Work with community members to develop projects
  • Learn cutting-edge anthropological and archaeological methods students including: ground penetrating radar, pedestrian surveys, oral history, archival research and story mapping.
  • Train with a team of interdisciplinary specialists at Mississippi State and beyond.

This is a fully funded research programWe are accepting 10 students this year and will be providing room and board as well as a $200 per week stipend

Eligibility is open to upperclassman (rising junior or higher) and early career graduate students (MA or pre-quals PhD) from a variety of majors including applied/cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, history, African American studies, museum/archival studies. We are particularly interested in recruiting BIPOC and first gen students from humanities and social science disciplines. Applications are open now and will close January 31, 2024. The applications can be accessed through the www.cefp.msstate.edu . 

Apply for Johns Hopkins University’s first annual Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium

Applications are now open for Johns Hopkins University’s first annual Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium! This is a new annual two-day event at our main campus in Baltimore, Maryland and it will offer students across the country the chance to disseminate their humanities research on a national scale. Our event will be this spring, April 3rd and 4th, 2020 and our application portal is now open

This symposium is open to undergraduate students who would like to present their original scholarship in the humanities. We hope to have 400 participants this year and will also be offering a select number of travel grants to help students afford participation. In addition to the multiple panels of student papers and presentations (including original creative works), we will also have a wonderful keynote delivered by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr and multiple professional development panels featuring graduate students and faculty in our humanities departments and centers. Students studying all areas of the humanities are welcome to attend.

You can learn more at our conference site: https://krieger.jhu.edu/macksey-symposium/. Students accepted to present are also eligible for funding through Middlebury’s Undergraduate Research Office–see go/atf .

Summer Research Opportunities in Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences with C3 Undergraduate Fellowship Program

C3 Undergraduate Fellowships provide rising juniors and seniors with paid and mentored graduate-level research experience, plus training about applying to and succeeding in graduate school. Undergraduate fellows experience a new academic and social environment in dynamic and diverse regions of the country by spending eight to nine weeks working with faculty mentors, graduate student mentors, and fellow undergraduate summer researchers at Columbia University; University of California, Berkeley; the University of Chicago; and the University of Michigan.

For information about eligible fields of study, how to apply, and program information, see go/c3 and look for the C3 Undergraduate Fellowship under C3 Programs. Application deadlines range from Jan 15 to February 1.

Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents, rising juniors or seniors as of the summer 2019. Strong applicants have a clear interest in conducting research in the arts, humanities, or humanistic social sciences and are potentially interested in graduate study in the future. Applicants from groups historically underrepresented in the academy are encouraged to apply; this includes those who are historically underrepresented (such as African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders), first generation college students, or have followed nontraditional pathways to college due to exceptional talent and motivation in the face of adversity, such as societal, economic, or academic disadvantages.

If you have questions or plan to apply, please contact Dean Lisa Gates at fellowships@middlebury.edu.

 

Nov 8 Internal Deadline for Truman, Beinecke, Goldwater, St. Andrews

The internal deadline is fast approaching!

If you are considering applying for nomination for the Truman, Beinecke, Goldwater or St. Andrews Scholarship, now is the time to organize your application and ask questions.

For information about each of these scholarships, see go/fellowships and look at the listing of fellowships.

Beinecke: Current junior studying humanities, arts, social sciences; US citizen receiving financial aid

Goldwater: Current sophomore or junior planning a research career in science; US citizens

St. Andrews: Seniors interested in post-graduate study in Scotland who receive financial aid; US Citizen

Truman: Current junior interested in public affairs or public service; US citizen

Each has specific eligibility requirements (citizenship, GPA, financial aid, professional/educational plans) so read carefully!

The C3 undergraduate summer fellowship applications are now open!

C3 Undergraduate Fellowships provide rising juniors and seniors working in the humanities, humanistic social sciences and mathematics with paid, mentored graduate-level research experience, and training toward applying to and succeeding in graduate school. Summer programs last 8-9 weeks and take place at Columbia University; University of California, Berkeley; the University of Chicago; or the University of Michigan. C3 encourages applicants who are from groups that are historically underrepresented in the academy. C3 defines “underrepresented” as those who are historically underrepresented (such as African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders), are first generation college students, or have followed nontraditional pathways to college due to exceptional talent and motivation in the face of adversity, such as societal, economic, or academic disadvantages.

Please note that there are separate application processes for each program and the programs have different structures. UC Berkeley this year will focus on digital humanities. See the C3 website at http://c3transformhighered.org/undergraduate-fellowship/#sthash.noQd0YXA.dpbs for more information about the programs, eligibility, and application instructions.

Application deadlines vary by program but begin as early as Jan 15.

If you are interested in applying, you can reach out to Lisa Gates at uro@middlebury.edu. She would be glad to talk with you about the application process.