The Graduate Center Library: Deadline to submit: Monday, December 17th, 2018, midnight Open Pedagogy Fellowships The Library seeks applications for up to ten Open Pedagogy Fellows for the Spring 2019 semester, each carrying a $2500 stipend. The Fellowship experience will enhance participants’ understanding of open pedagogy and their ability to employ elements of open pedagogy… Read More


The Carnegie Foundation initiative on doctoral education uses the label “steward” to convey a role for scholars that transcends accomplishments and skills: it has an ethical and political dimension. “Self-identifying as a steward,” Chris Golde of Stanford says, “implies adopting a sense of purpose that is larger than oneself” or one’s own discipline.  Students and… Read More


CFP: University of Michigan 2019 Graduate Student Conference in U.S. History Making History Public(s): Presenting the Collective Friday May 10 and Saturday May 11, 2019 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor The United States is comprised of publics. Filtered through media, politics, and social, cultural and economic life, American publics materialize through national, international, state, and… Read More


Graduate Center Early Research Initiative/Digital Initiatives Connect New York Fellowships Application Deadline: Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 5pm Located in the heart of Manhattan, the Graduate Center has long been a central hub for intellectual and scholarly conversations in New York City. Moreover, it has a long history of fostering and producing scholarly work focused on… Read More


Title: Fake Journals and Conferences: What to Know about the Faux Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm Speaker: Jill Cirasella, Associate Librarian for Public Services & Scholarly Communication (Graduate Center) Abstract: As a researcher, you are eager to publish your work in journals and present at conferences. But don’t let your eagerness… Read More


Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship  Deadline for Applications: Wednesday, February 6th, 2019, 3:00 pm The Provost’s Office is pleased to announce the following pre-dissertation fellowship competition for doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences.  These summer awards provide $4,000. This fellowship program has two objectives: To allow students to conduct pre-dissertation research and training following… Read More


Early Research Initiative (ERI) Archival Research Grants  Deadline for Applications: Monday, February 4th, 2019, 3pm The Provost’s Office is pleased to announce the following summer research grant programs to support advanced doctoral student research and travel. The Early Research Initiative Knickerbocker Award for Archival Research in American Studies is designed to support doctoral students whose… Read More