Due Aug 1 | American Quarterly – CFP “We Are Not American” Still

American Quarterly 2024 Special Issue “We Are Not American” Still   Maile Arvin (University of Utah) Hiʻilei Julia Hobart (Yale University) Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada (University of Hawaiʻi) Brandy Nālani McDougall (University of Hawaiʻi) Lani Teves (University of Hawaiʻi) On the night of July 3, 2021, a small group of activists made their way to the… Read More

Apply By June 30 | Scholarship for France Study Trip

The Decorative Arts Trust is thrilled to announce that we are now accepting applications for a Helen Scott Reed Study Trip Abroad Scholarship for a MA or PhD student or an emerging professional less than five years from completing their degree to attend our France in the Footsteps of Jefferson program on September 9–17, 2023. Applicants… Read More

Due May 5 | CFP: Southeastern American Studies Association Conference – “Undiscovered Country: Inhabiting the Edge of Catastrophe and Possibility”

In Hamlet’s soliloquy, the phrase “undiscovered country” refers to “death, The undiscovered country, from whose bourn / No traveler returns.” In this light, the phrase speaks to the urgency of global climate change as the earth passes benchmarks on the way to “irreversible” transformation, making significant parts of the globe uninhabitable by humans and other species.… Read More

Apply by May 2 | Carolyn G. Heilbrun Dissertation Award

The Carolyn G. Heilbrun Dissertation Prize will be awarded to an outstanding dissertation completed at the CUNY Graduate Center in the given academic year. The prize is meant to recognize a dissertation that is in the interest of the humanities with the broad intellectual aims of Carolyn Heilbrun’s work. To be considered for the prize,… Read More

April 28 | Outliers and Outlaws

Friday, April 28, 2023 4:00 p.m. English Program Lounge, room 4406   Come hear Prof. Judith Raiskin, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Oregon, talk about her oral history project:   In the 1960s-90s Eugene, Oregon was known as a “lesbian mecca,” drawing hundreds, perhaps thousands, of young women from across the United States.… Read More

April 18 | Experimental Aging and U.S. Modernisms

April 18, 6pm, room 4406 A lecture by Scott Herring This talk rehearses core arguments from Scott Herring’s recent book, Aging Moderns: Art, Literature, and the Experiment of Later Life (Columbia University Press, 2022). Canvassing artists, performers, and writers such as Mabel Hampton, Indra B. Tamang, and Tillie Olsen, my research illuminates how old age… Read More

Due April 5 | Application for Futures Initiative Fellowships 2023-2024

The Futures Initiative is seeking applications from Graduate Center doctoral students in any field for a 2023-2024 fellowships. These are one-year positions, and may possibly be renewed for one additional year (two additional years for students who have not received five-year GC fellowships). Futures Initiative Fellowships offer a minimum total compensation of approximately $29,374 for the… Read More

Submit by April 17 | DGSC Student Activity Fee (SAF) Surplus Funding Request for Proposals (RFP)

DGSC Student Activity Fee (SAF) Surplus Funding Request for Proposals (RFP) Submission Deadline: Monday, April 17, 2023, by noon via Google Form Inquiries: Christopher Campbell, DGSC Co-Chair for Communications ccc@cunydsc.org The Doctoral and Graduate Students’ Council (DGSC) is accepting proposals from Graduate Center students from recognized Departments, Programs, and Student- Focused Organizations for fiscal year… Read More

Due Mar 31 | CUNY Graduate Center/Morgan Library & Museum Summer Fellowships

CUNY Graduate Center/Morgan Library & Museum Summer Fellowships Application Deadline:  Friday, March 31, 2023, 5pm The Early Research Initiative invites applications for two Morgan Library & Museum graduate fellowships (Summer 2023). These $4,000 fellowships will be offered to Graduate Center Ph.D. students from any program with primary research interests related to the collections at the… Read More