The Center for the Humanities, in collaboration with the Sam Fox School and with funding from the Office of the Provost’s Here and Next initiative, is pleased to offer a new round of Divided City Graduate Fellowships for Summer 2024 for MA/PhD students in the Humanities, Humanistic Social Sciences, Art, Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture. As part of our interdisciplinary initiative on The Divided City, we will award multiple grants of up to $5,000 each in support of two months of full-time research by graduate students on urban segregation broadly conceived.
This year’s fellowship program will extend Divided City’s aim to foster public engagement by funding original writing and public-making activities that connect WashU graduate students with communities off campus.
The primary responsibilities of fellows will be to produce original writing and develop a program or event that draws on their existing research projects for the purposes of connecting with a broader audience. Preference will be given to those proposals that have clearly articulated goals for both addressing and engaging with a defined audience, and a clear understanding of that audience (beyond merely the “off campus public”). For instance, proposals could outline projects like developing a reading group with a local library, working directly with K-12 educators, convening an event in a public space, conducting interviews or shadowing people whose work is related to your scholarly project, undergoing training in a skill that will enhance your research methodology… and more!
All grant activities are to take place before September 1, 2024. All fellows will present on their summer projects and the results of their work at a symposium in mid October, as well as produce a short (500-700 word) blog post on their fellowship experience.
