Nov 9 | Kiese Laymon, Voice and Vulnerability in the Classroom November 2, 2022 | Rukshana Jalil Voice and Vulnerability in the Transformative Classroom Wednesday, November 9 @ 4-5 pm Registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voice-and-vulnerability-in-the-transformative-classroom-tickets-428062244697 Please join Transformative Learning in the Humanities (TLH) for an interactive workshop and discussion with award-winning author and educator, Kiese Laymon. Laymon will share how to help students find their voices as writers and thinkers. He will discuss the role… Read More
Lecturer Position – Texas State University Honors College November 1, 2022 | Rukshana Jalil Position Title: Lecturer (Humanities or Social Sciences) Job Posting: Number 202318NTL Job Location: San Marcos College: Honors College Department/School: Honors College Position Description The Honors College at Texas State University invites applications for a full-time lecturer to begin in Fall 2023. Scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences are encouraged to apply.… Read More
Due Nov 1 | Apply for an American Fellowship October 25, 2022 | Rukshana Jalil Funding: $8,000–$50,000 Opens: August 1 every year Deadline: November 1 every year The American Fellowship program began in 1888, a time when women were discouraged from pursuing an education. It is AAUW’s largest fellowship program and the oldest non-institutional source of graduate funding for women in the United States. AAUW American Fellowships support women scholars who are pursuing… Read More
Anna Julia Cooper Workshop in Black History October 25, 2022 | Rukshana Jalil Please join us at the Anna Julia Cooper Workshop in Black History, a works-in-progress workshop series in the D.C., Maryland, Virginia area convened by Quincy Mills, Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland. For the 2022-23 academic year, the workshop will meet on Fridays, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. via Zoom. Our next meeting will… Read More
Applications Open! MA or PhD in American Studies at GWU October 25, 2022 | Rukshana Jalil We are pleased to announce that The George Washington University Department of American Studies graduate program is now taking applications for fall 2023! Our program is one of the nation’s leading sites for the interdisciplinary study of culture, power, and identity within and across US borders. We have an outstanding faculty who work closely and intensively with all of our… Read More
Spring Academy 2023 – Ph.D. Conference on American Studies October 18, 2022 | Rukshana Jalil HCA_Spring Academy_2023_Poster_CfP The twentieth HCA Spring Academy on American Culture, Economics, Geography, History, Literature, Politics, and Religion will be held from March 20-24, 2023. The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for this annual one-week conference that provides twenty international Ph.D. students with the opportunity to present and discuss their Ph.D. projects. In… Read More
Oct 25 | The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History (Zoom and In Person) October 18, 2022 | Rukshana Jalil Dr. Jones will discuss his new book, The Tuskegee Student Uprising (discount code JONES30-FM_), the untold story of a dynamic student movement on one of the nation’s most important historically Black campuses. The discussion will include Dr. Robert P. Robinson, Assistant Professor & Academic Counselor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Both Dr’s Jones and Robinson are alums of UED. Brian Jones… Read More
Due Jan 3 | 2023-24 Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship Application October 18, 2022 | Rukshana Jalil Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund – Conditions for 2023-2024 DZL Printed Application 2023-2024 DZL Application checklist for Student 2023-2024 CANDIDATE Qualifications Fellowships are available to students who are currently enrolled in and pursuing a graduate degree at a designated institution of higher learning located in the United States of America. Undergraduate students are no longer qualified… Read More
Fellowship Opportunities at The Met Museum October 12, 2022 | Rukshana Jalil The Metropolitan Museum of Art fellowship opportunities (full-time and paid.) Fellowships at The Met Info 23-24_One pager with info sessions Fellowships at The Met Info 23-24_Indiv Descriptions Fellowships at The Met Info 23-24_One pager with info sessions Info sessions: Session 1: Friday, October 7th at 2pm EST – Register Now History of Art and Visual Culture Fellowships,… Read More
Oct 13 | after, within, beyond: art and the struggle for freedom in our time October 11, 2022 | Rukshana Jalil after, within, beyond: art and the struggle for freedom in our time Nicholas Gamso and Tavia Nyong’o Thursday, 13 October, 6:30p // Graduate Center Skylight Room Or, register here to attend by zoom Join us as Nicholas Gamso and Tavia Nyong’o present work and occasion discussion of the potentiality and relationality of art, Blackness, institutionality,… Read More