Opportunities

Especially for students

Nothing right now, but please check back soon. Note that many of the faculty conferences listed below are also open to students.

for FACULTY MEMBERS
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Postdoctoral and Faculty Fellowships (2023–2024)
Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University

The Center seeks to promote a better understanding of all aspects of the institution of slavery from the earliest times to the present. They especially welcome proposals that will utilize the special collections of the Yale University Libraries or other research collections of the New England area, and explicitly engage issues of slavery, resistance, abolition, and their legacies. Scholars from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.

The GLC offers two types of residential fellowships: one-month and four-month. To apply and for more details, please visit: https://glc.yale.edu/Fellowships/postdoctoral-and-faculty-fellowships.

Highest priority is given to applications that are fully complete by March 15, 2023.

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Conference/Workshop (April 6—7, 2023)
Monumental Opportunities: Or, How to Make Your Campus a Laboratory for Investigating the Legacies of Slavery in American Higher Education
Sewanee: University of the South (meets in Atlanta, GA)

The Roberson Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation at the University of the South (Sewanee) and its partners are hosting a small conference at Atlanta History Center in Atlanta, GA, on April 6-7, 2023, to share information about their Locating Slavery’s Legacies database initiative.

Sewanee is looking for new participants and contributors to join the project to contribute information about their campus memorials to their database. If you’re interested in joining the conference and contributing to the database, Sewanee is able to offer $300 travel stipends and one night of accommodations (April 6) at an Atlanta hotel, if needed. If interested, please visit https://www.locatinglegacies.org/teach-in.

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Conference (April 15, 2023)
“‘So Tired & Exhausted’: In Battle’s Aftermath”
McCormick Civil War Institute, Shenandoah University (VA)

Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute will hold its annual Spring conference, “So Tired & Exhausted”: In Battle’s Aftermath,  on Saturday, April 15, 2023. The conference will be held from 9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. in Halpin-Harrison Hall, Stimpson Auditorium, Shenandoah University. Presentations by Brian Matthew Jordan (Sam Houston State University); Jonathan Jones (Virginia Military Institute); Jonathan Noyalas (Shenandoah University), and Melissa Winn (HistoryNet).

The conference will explore how what occurred on the battlefield impacted soldiers and civilians in the immediate aftermath of battle and for decades after the conflict. A $30 registration fee includes lunch. To register or for more details please visit https://www.su.edu/mcwi/upcoming-mccormick-civil-war-institute-events/mccormick-civil-war-institute-spring-conference/

A limited number of scholarships are available for students and educators. If you are interested in learning more about scholarship opportunities please email MCWI’s director, Prof. Jonathan A. Noyalas, at jnoyalas01@su.edu.

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Conference (April 7–8, 2023)
Virginia Conference on Race
Roanoke College
(VA)

In Spring 2022, the Center for Studying Structures of Race sponsored the inaugural Virginia Conference on Race (VCR)—an annual event that includes a keynote speaker and a student conference with both undergraduate and graduate students presenting on topics of race and anti-racism activism.

For details about the 2023 conference, scheduled to take place on April 7–8, 2023, visit this link or contact Carrie Murawski at murawski@roanoke.edu.

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Faculty Institute (Summer 2023)
“Reconstructing the Black Archive: South Carolina as Case Study, 1739-1865”
Furman University (SC) and Clemson University (SC)

Faculty members from Furman University and Clemson University will lead a three-week summer institute on “Reconstructing the Black Archive: South Carolina as Case Study, 1739-1865.” Designed for scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, the institute will feature a week at Clemson University, a week of travel to historically significant spaces throughout South Carolina, and a week at Furman University. This institute is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Click here to learn more. Applications will not be accepted after March 3, 2023!