The School for Advanced Research, Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) offers two nine-month internships to Native individuals who are recent college graduates, current graduate students, or junior museum professionals interested in furthering their professional museum experience and enhancing their intellectual capacity for contributing to the expanding field and discourse of museum studies. The internships, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, include a $2200 monthly stipend, housing, book allowance, travel to one professional conference, and reimbursable travel to and from SAR. The deadline to apply is March 30, 2011.
Established in 1978, the IARC houses a collection of over 12,000 items of Native art of the Southwest. The goal of IARC is to bridge the divide between art/creativity and research/scholarship by supporting initiatives and projects that illuminate the intersections of the social sciences, humanities, and arts. For more about the IARC, visit http://iarc.sarweb.org.
Interns will devote their time to working on IARC education and programs, directed research and writing activities, and collections management and registration. In addition to daily duties, specific requirements include presenting a research paper at the SAR Colloquium Series; attending a national conference; providing tours of the IARC collection; and working on outreach initiatives to Native communities.
Again, the deadline to apply is March 30, 2011. All application materials must be postmarked or time stamped by this date. There are no exceptions. The internship period is September 1, 2011-May 31, 2012. Visit our website to download the application: http://internships.sarweb.org
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Museum Anthropology Editor Search
The Council for Museum Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association, announces a search for a new editor of Museum Anthropology, the section's peer reviewed journal.
Museum Anthropology is published twice yearly by Wiley-Blackwell. It appears in print, for members of the section and for institutional subscribers, as well as on AnthroSource, the AAA's portal for all of its publications. The new editor would officially assume the position as of July 1, 2012, but we believe the role will be easier with considerable overlap time with the current editor--including attendance at CMA's executive board and AAA's editors board meetings at the 2011 AAA meetings in Montreal, Canada. The editor also oversees the journal's blog and serves as an appointed Council for Museum Anthropology executive board officer. Financial support for editorial staff is negotiated each fiscal year with the CMA Board.
Individuals interested in applying for the position should contact the current editors Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh and Steve Nash at muaeditor@gmail.com for additional information. We are also requesting a brief letter of interest that indicates your experience and ideas for the journal, and a recent curriculum vita. The deadline is April 1, 2011.
The final choice of the next editor will be made by the current CMA Board of Directors.
Museum Anthropology is published twice yearly by Wiley-Blackwell. It appears in print, for members of the section and for institutional subscribers, as well as on AnthroSource, the AAA's portal for all of its publications. The new editor would officially assume the position as of July 1, 2012, but we believe the role will be easier with considerable overlap time with the current editor--including attendance at CMA's executive board and AAA's editors board meetings at the 2011 AAA meetings in Montreal, Canada. The editor also oversees the journal's blog and serves as an appointed Council for Museum Anthropology executive board officer. Financial support for editorial staff is negotiated each fiscal year with the CMA Board.
Individuals interested in applying for the position should contact the current editors Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh and Steve Nash at muaeditor@gmail.com for additional information. We are also requesting a brief letter of interest that indicates your experience and ideas for the journal, and a recent curriculum vita. The deadline is April 1, 2011.
The final choice of the next editor will be made by the current CMA Board of Directors.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
9/11 Museum Cashes In
Schoolchildren thought their penny jars and bake-sale proceeds would go toward building a 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero -- not the six-figure salaries of nonprofit execs.
But 11 staffers at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum each pulled down more than $170,000 in total compensation in 2009, according to the most recent filings. Four execs took home more than $320,000.
Foundation President Joseph Daniels, 38, pocketed $371,307 after receiving hefty raises three years in a row -- 28 percent in 2006, when he was promoted from acting president, followed by 12 percent and 6 percent. [Read more here.]
But 11 staffers at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum each pulled down more than $170,000 in total compensation in 2009, according to the most recent filings. Four execs took home more than $320,000.
Foundation President Joseph Daniels, 38, pocketed $371,307 after receiving hefty raises three years in a row -- 28 percent in 2006, when he was promoted from acting president, followed by 12 percent and 6 percent. [Read more here.]
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
AAA Minority Dissertation Fellowship
AAA Committee on Minority Issues in Anthropology, chaired by Simon Craddock Lee, encourages applications to the AAA Minority Dissertation Fellowship, due February 15th 2011. The annual AAA Minority Dissertation Fellowship is intended to encourage members of ethnic minorities to complete doctoral degrees in anthropology, thereby increasing diversity in the discipline and/or promoting research on issues of concern among minority populations. Dissertation topics in all areas of the discipline are welcome. Doctoral students who require financial assistance to complete the write-up phase of the dissertation are urged to apply.
For eligibility information, please see http://www.aaanet.org/cmtes/minority/Minfellow.cfm.
The application is available here: tp://www.aaanet.org/cmtes/minority/upload/minapp.pdf
For eligibility information, please see http://www.aaanet.org/cmtes/minority/Minfellow.cfm.
The application is available here: tp://www.aaanet.org/cmtes/minority/upload/minapp.pdf
Monday, January 24, 2011
Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology
SIMA: Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology
Supported by the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation
June 27 - July 22, 2011
Application deadline: MARCH 1
SIMA is a graduate student training program in museum research methods offered through the Dept. of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. Students participate in seminars and hands-on workshops at the museum and at an off-site collections facility, learning to navigate museum systems and select methods for examination and analysis of museum specimens while collecting data for a project of their choice.
WHO: Graduate students interested in using museum collections as data
DATES: Applications are due MARCH 1, 2011; SIMA 2011 dates are June 27 – July 22, 2011
COST: The program covers tuition and housing (provided at a local university). A small stipend will be provided to assist with the cost of food and other local expenses. Participants are individually responsible for the cost of travel.
For more information and to apply, please visit: http://anthropology.si.edu/summerinstitute/
Supported by the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation
June 27 - July 22, 2011
Application deadline: MARCH 1
SIMA is a graduate student training program in museum research methods offered through the Dept. of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. Students participate in seminars and hands-on workshops at the museum and at an off-site collections facility, learning to navigate museum systems and select methods for examination and analysis of museum specimens while collecting data for a project of their choice.
WHO: Graduate students interested in using museum collections as data
DATES: Applications are due MARCH 1, 2011; SIMA 2011 dates are June 27 – July 22, 2011
COST: The program covers tuition and housing (provided at a local university). A small stipend will be provided to assist with the cost of food and other local expenses. Participants are individually responsible for the cost of travel.
For more information and to apply, please visit: http://anthropology.si.edu/summerinstitute/
Sunday, January 23, 2011
American Indian Museum Fellowship
American Indian Museum Fellowship Program
With funding from arts and cultural heritage fund, the Minnesota Humanities Center is partnering with the Minnesota Historical Society to offer an American Indian Museum Fellowship program. This program is designed to introduce American Indian students to the basics of tribal historic preservation and museum studies. Fifteen undergraduate students who are interested in exploring careers in tribal historic preservation (THP) or museums will be chosen through an application process.
Chosen Applicants will:
-Participate in a 15-day residential program (June 7-25, 2011) and learn from museum professionals and THP officers. All travel expenses, housing, and meals for participants will be paid by the program
-Visit and tour state and tribal museums and network with other professionals in the museum and THP fields
-Receive a $1,000 stipend upon completion of the Fellowship
-Receive follow-up mentoring from program staff regarding employment opportunities and graduate programs in museum studies
Location
Time will be spent both in the Twin Cities metro area (centered at the Minnesota Humanities Center) and Mille Lacs (centered at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum).
Application
The application is available in the Program Materials section below.
Program Materials
http://minnesotahumanities.org/museumfellowship
Return completed materials to:
Email: Chris Taylor at chris.taylor@mnhs.org
Mail: American Indian Museum Fellowship Program
Minnesota Historical Society
345 Kellogg Boulevard West
St. Paul, MN 55102-1906
Deadline
Priority Application Deadline: Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Applications will be accepted after this date and will be considered if space is available.
Questions?
For more information please contact:
Chris Taylor, MHS Project Director
chris.taylor@mnhs.org
With funding from arts and cultural heritage fund, the Minnesota Humanities Center is partnering with the Minnesota Historical Society to offer an American Indian Museum Fellowship program. This program is designed to introduce American Indian students to the basics of tribal historic preservation and museum studies. Fifteen undergraduate students who are interested in exploring careers in tribal historic preservation (THP) or museums will be chosen through an application process.
Chosen Applicants will:
-Participate in a 15-day residential program (June 7-25, 2011) and learn from museum professionals and THP officers. All travel expenses, housing, and meals for participants will be paid by the program
-Visit and tour state and tribal museums and network with other professionals in the museum and THP fields
-Receive a $1,000 stipend upon completion of the Fellowship
-Receive follow-up mentoring from program staff regarding employment opportunities and graduate programs in museum studies
Location
Time will be spent both in the Twin Cities metro area (centered at the Minnesota Humanities Center) and Mille Lacs (centered at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum).
Application
The application is available in the Program Materials section below.
Program Materials
http://minnesotahumanities.org/museumfellowship
Return completed materials to:
Email: Chris Taylor at chris.taylor@mnhs.org
Mail: American Indian Museum Fellowship Program
Minnesota Historical Society
345 Kellogg Boulevard West
St. Paul, MN 55102-1906
Deadline
Priority Application Deadline: Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Applications will be accepted after this date and will be considered if space is available.
Questions?
For more information please contact:
Chris Taylor, MHS Project Director
chris.taylor@mnhs.org
Friday, January 21, 2011
Chair of Native American Studies Opening
California: San Manuel Band Of Mission Indians Endowed Chair Of Native American Studies
The University of Redlands seeks outstanding candidates to fill the position of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Endowed Chair of Native American Studies. Rank is open at the level of Assistant, Associate, or full Professor; terminal degree is required. We seek candidates with broad expertise in Native American culture, history or policy, driven by the questions and concerns of Native American populations, to establish an interdisciplinary Native American studies program, conduct applied research in the field of Native American studies, and develop programs to foster the success of Native American students in higher education. An established record of successful engagement with Native American communities is required.
Potential candidates should demonstrate leadership skills necessary to develop a Native American Studies curriculum, which should expand understanding of the Native American experience in southern California in such a way as to inform future planning and policy decisions in the region. The ability to establish positive relationships and partnerships with southern California Native American tribes is critical to the program’s success; candidates should possess relevant community (including tribal, local and/or regional communities) and student outreach experience.
Experience with integrating technology into curriculum development and implementation or applied research activities is highly desirable. The University places a great deal of emphasis on excellence in teaching. The position will require integrating classroom and experiential learning opportunities.
Other responsibilities include teaching introductory courses, a commitment to professional development, and university service. The University of Redlands is a private, comprehensive, liberal arts institution located sixty miles east of Los Angeles. We actively encourage applications from women and under-represented groups, especially Native Americans.
Additional information about the University and its mission and facilities is available at www.redlands.edu.
Those seeking additional information regarding the position should contact Wesley Bernardini, Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Wesley_Bernardini@redlands.edu or 909-748-8707.
Candidates should submit a letter of application, vitae, and one letter of recommendation addressing the candidate’s record of engagement with Native American communities by March 1, 2011.
The University of Redlands seeks outstanding candidates to fill the position of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Endowed Chair of Native American Studies. Rank is open at the level of Assistant, Associate, or full Professor; terminal degree is required. We seek candidates with broad expertise in Native American culture, history or policy, driven by the questions and concerns of Native American populations, to establish an interdisciplinary Native American studies program, conduct applied research in the field of Native American studies, and develop programs to foster the success of Native American students in higher education. An established record of successful engagement with Native American communities is required.
Potential candidates should demonstrate leadership skills necessary to develop a Native American Studies curriculum, which should expand understanding of the Native American experience in southern California in such a way as to inform future planning and policy decisions in the region. The ability to establish positive relationships and partnerships with southern California Native American tribes is critical to the program’s success; candidates should possess relevant community (including tribal, local and/or regional communities) and student outreach experience.
Experience with integrating technology into curriculum development and implementation or applied research activities is highly desirable. The University places a great deal of emphasis on excellence in teaching. The position will require integrating classroom and experiential learning opportunities.
Other responsibilities include teaching introductory courses, a commitment to professional development, and university service. The University of Redlands is a private, comprehensive, liberal arts institution located sixty miles east of Los Angeles. We actively encourage applications from women and under-represented groups, especially Native Americans.
Additional information about the University and its mission and facilities is available at www.redlands.edu.
Those seeking additional information regarding the position should contact Wesley Bernardini, Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Wesley_Bernardini@redlands.edu or 909-748-8707.
Candidates should submit a letter of application, vitae, and one letter of recommendation addressing the candidate’s record of engagement with Native American communities by March 1, 2011.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Workshop on Genomics and Native Americans
The SING Workshop is a one-week workshop aimed at discussing the uses, misuses and limitations of genomics as a tool for Native American communities. The workshop will also assist in training Native Americans in the concepts and methods currently used in genomics.
The goals of the workshop are to:
-facilitate discussion on indigenous cultural values and whether scientific methods can be beneficially incorporated with these values,
-provide awareness of how genomics is currently used as a tool to assist in projects focused on natural resources, history and biomedicine and
-to increase the number of Native Americans in science research, leadership and teaching careers at all levels.
All accepted participants will receive funds to cover travel, housing and food expenses for the week of the workshop.
More here!
The goals of the workshop are to:
-facilitate discussion on indigenous cultural values and whether scientific methods can be beneficially incorporated with these values,
-provide awareness of how genomics is currently used as a tool to assist in projects focused on natural resources, history and biomedicine and
-to increase the number of Native Americans in science research, leadership and teaching careers at all levels.
All accepted participants will receive funds to cover travel, housing and food expenses for the week of the workshop.
More here!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Registrar Opening
Position Title: Anthropology Registrar
Posting Title: Anthropology Registrar
Posting #: 812258
Campus UCB: Boulder
Position Type: Exempt Prof
Date Opened: 01-05-2011
Date Closed: Open Until Filled
Full/Part Time: Part-time
Background Check Required? Yes
Posting Description: The Museum of Natural History at the University of Colorado at Boulder invites applications for a half-time, 18 month grant-funded Anthropology Registrar position.
Salary: $1583/month plus benefits.
This position is responsible for cataloguing and organizing documentation associated with the Museum's Native American ethnographic collection in preparation for Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) consultation.
More details here.
Posting Title: Anthropology Registrar
Posting #: 812258
Campus UCB: Boulder
Position Type: Exempt Prof
Date Opened: 01-05-2011
Date Closed: Open Until Filled
Full/Part Time: Part-time
Background Check Required? Yes
Posting Description: The Museum of Natural History at the University of Colorado at Boulder invites applications for a half-time, 18 month grant-funded Anthropology Registrar position.
Salary: $1583/month plus benefits.
This position is responsible for cataloguing and organizing documentation associated with the Museum's Native American ethnographic collection in preparation for Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) consultation.
More details here.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
CFP: Imagined Encounters
“Imagined Encounters: Historiographies for a New World”
Session at the 2011 Theoretical Archaeology Group Meeting, Archaeology of and in the Contemporary World, University of California, Berkeley, 6-8 May 2011
In José Saramago’s História do Cerco de Lisboa (1989), a transgressive proofreader alters the course of history with the insertion into a text of a single word, not. Negating a crucial statement in a text on the siege of Lisbon, the proofreader sets out to rewrite history. Archaeologists and art historians by reconstructing objects and audiences produce narratives on visual encounters. Through excavations, primary texts, and artifacts, cultures of reception are articulated and experiences with objects are extrapolated.
Similar to the proofreader’s transgressed ethical code, archaeologists and art historians operate with an infinite list of assertions and negations that define the possibility of certain inquiries and narratives. The scholar knows, for example, that a twelfth-century Byzantine viewer did not use an iPad for worship. Despite understanding the visualities of a Byzantine beholder and the workings of the iPad, the extrapolation of this encounter is verboten as a scholarly narrative. Nevertheless, the scholar engages in the same process of imaginative and discursive reconstruction when they produce any historical narrative.
This panel encourages the suspension of disbelief, the negation of historical givens in order to construct imaginary historiographies that displace and perform the processes of socio-archaeological research. Papers should study impossible encounters between past audiences and contemporary visual culture. The panel’s aim is to articulate how this new historiography could be used to further current methodologies, such as archaeological ethnography and phenomenology, that embrace scholarship, as Christopher Tilley stated in 1989, as “a form of social and political action in the present with emancipatory potential.”
DEADLINE: 31 December 2010
Abstracts can be no longer than 100 words and are to be submitted online: http://arf.berkeley.edu/TAG2011/call-for-papers/
Please address all inquiries to Roland Betancourt (roland.betancourt@yale.edu)
Session at the 2011 Theoretical Archaeology Group Meeting, Archaeology of and in the Contemporary World, University of California, Berkeley, 6-8 May 2011
In José Saramago’s História do Cerco de Lisboa (1989), a transgressive proofreader alters the course of history with the insertion into a text of a single word, not. Negating a crucial statement in a text on the siege of Lisbon, the proofreader sets out to rewrite history. Archaeologists and art historians by reconstructing objects and audiences produce narratives on visual encounters. Through excavations, primary texts, and artifacts, cultures of reception are articulated and experiences with objects are extrapolated.
Similar to the proofreader’s transgressed ethical code, archaeologists and art historians operate with an infinite list of assertions and negations that define the possibility of certain inquiries and narratives. The scholar knows, for example, that a twelfth-century Byzantine viewer did not use an iPad for worship. Despite understanding the visualities of a Byzantine beholder and the workings of the iPad, the extrapolation of this encounter is verboten as a scholarly narrative. Nevertheless, the scholar engages in the same process of imaginative and discursive reconstruction when they produce any historical narrative.
This panel encourages the suspension of disbelief, the negation of historical givens in order to construct imaginary historiographies that displace and perform the processes of socio-archaeological research. Papers should study impossible encounters between past audiences and contemporary visual culture. The panel’s aim is to articulate how this new historiography could be used to further current methodologies, such as archaeological ethnography and phenomenology, that embrace scholarship, as Christopher Tilley stated in 1989, as “a form of social and political action in the present with emancipatory potential.”
DEADLINE: 31 December 2010
Abstracts can be no longer than 100 words and are to be submitted online: http://arf.berkeley.edu/TAG2011/call-for-papers/
Please address all inquiries to Roland Betancourt (roland.betancourt@yale.edu)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
True's Inconclusive End
Her side of the story ...
The trial of Marion True, the former antiquities curator of the Getty Museum (which for many years has been one of the leading collectors of world-class antiquities), for conspiring to receive antiquities that had been illegally excavated and exported from Italy, began on 16 November 2005. The Art Newspaper has been covering the trial since its outset. Until March 2009, the prosecution worked through its case, and then the defence began cross-examining witnesses, but True has had no opportunity to present her case directly. Here, she tells The Art Newspaper about the trial and its outcome. [Read more here.]
The trial of Marion True, the former antiquities curator of the Getty Museum (which for many years has been one of the leading collectors of world-class antiquities), for conspiring to receive antiquities that had been illegally excavated and exported from Italy, began on 16 November 2005. The Art Newspaper has been covering the trial since its outset. Until March 2009, the prosecution worked through its case, and then the defence began cross-examining witnesses, but True has had no opportunity to present her case directly. Here, she tells The Art Newspaper about the trial and its outcome. [Read more here.]
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Dee Ann Story, 1931-2010
Dee Ann Story was a trailblazer.
A professor emeritus of anthropology from the University of Texas, Story entered the field when there were few women in the profession and was one of the first to work alongside her male colleagues on sites.
She directed archaeological investigations across the state, but Story is best known for her work on the George C. Davis site in East Texas, where Caddo Indians built mounds.
Story died Sunday of lung cancer. She was 79.
[Read more here.]
A professor emeritus of anthropology from the University of Texas, Story entered the field when there were few women in the profession and was one of the first to work alongside her male colleagues on sites.
She directed archaeological investigations across the state, but Story is best known for her work on the George C. Davis site in East Texas, where Caddo Indians built mounds.
Story died Sunday of lung cancer. She was 79.
[Read more here.]
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Repatriation in 2010 and 2011
Some late 2010 news and editorials on the repatriation issue.
A thoughtful piece by Michelle A. Hamilton here.
An op-ed piece in the New York Times by the respected archaeologist Robert L. Kelly here, and a response from one of the Museum Anthropology editors here.
And perhaps a related piece in the Material World blog, by Tiffany Jenkins (London School of Economics) talking about her new book, Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections: The Contribution of a Crisis of Cultural Authority.
A thoughtful piece by Michelle A. Hamilton here.
An op-ed piece in the New York Times by the respected archaeologist Robert L. Kelly here, and a response from one of the Museum Anthropology editors here.
And perhaps a related piece in the Material World blog, by Tiffany Jenkins (London School of Economics) talking about her new book, Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections: The Contribution of a Crisis of Cultural Authority.
Monday, January 03, 2011
Yale Dissertation Fellowship
American Indian Studies Dissertation Writing Fellowship Yale University, 2010-2011
By Program in American Studies on January 6, 2010 10:00 AM
The Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in conjunction with the Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders invite applications for the inaugural Henry Roe Cloud Dissertation Writing Fellowship in American Indian and Indigenous Studies. The Fellowship will support a graduate scholar in any doctoral field for the academic year, beginning September 2010 and ending August 2011. Fellows are provided an annual stipend of $26,000. Application deadline: March 5, 2010.
American Indian Studies Dissertation Writing Fellowship Yale University, 2010-2011
The Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in conjunction with the Howard R.
Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders invite applications for the
inaugural Henry Roe Cloud Dissertation Writing Fellowship in American Indian
and Indigenous Studies. The Roe Cloud Fellowship is intended to develop American
Indian Studies at Yale and by extension throughout the academy by facilitating the
completion of the doctorate by scholars working on pressing issues related to the
American Indian experience. Scholars working on topics in Indigenous Studies that
relate to the study of North American Indians are also encouraged to apply.
The Henry Roe Cloud Fellowship honors the legacy of Henry Roe Cloud, a member of the Winnebago Nation of Nebraska and graduate of Yale College, 1910. A tireless critic of federal Indian assimilation programs and a proponent of increased educational opportunities for American Indians, Roe Cloud transformed American Indian
higher education through his leadership of the Society of American Indians, his founding of the American Indian Institute, and as co-author of "The Problem of Indian Administration," commonly known as "The Meriam Report," an extensive survey made at the request of Secretary of the Interior that detailed the appalling failures of federal Indian policy in the early twentieth century. This survey, presented to Congress in 1928, helped to set in motion many of the subsequent reforms of the Indian New Deal.
The Fellowship will support a graduate scholar in any doctoral field for the
academic year, beginning September 2010 and ending August 2011. Graduate
students working towards careers in higher education who have completed all
doctoral requirements but the dissertation are invited to apply. The expectation is
that the dissertation will be completed during the fellowship year. The criteria for
selection will be based solely on an assessment of the quality of the candidate's
work and the project's overall significance for the study of American Indian and/or
Indigenous Studies.
The Roe Cloud Fellowship will provide support comparable to that for Yale
University graduate students, including an annual stipend of $26,000, full access to
Yale facilities and services, and health care coverage. The fellow will have office
space in the Lamar Center and access to Yale's exceptional research libraries. The
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, in addition to its premier collection of
Western Americana, also holds the papers of many important American Indian
writers, including Joseph Bruchac, Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, and
James Welch, as well as those of important policy makers such as Felix Cohen and
Richard Henry Pratt. Manuscripts and Archives at Sterling Memorial Library holds
the papers of John Collier and Henry Roe Cloud. The Lewis Walpole Library hosts
the New England Indian Papers Project, which is in the process of collecting,
digitizing, and placing on the World Wide Web a comprehensive database of
primary sources written for, by, and about New England Indians.
The Roe Cloud Fellow will also have the opportunity to participate in the activities
of the Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders, the Native
American Cultural Center, and the Association of Native Americans at Yale
(ANAAY). Yale student and faculty members are also increasingly active in
regional and national Indian Studies networks, and the Roe Cloud Fellow may
choose to participate in the gatherings of the Native Studies community in New
England, which generally holds bi-semester and other informal gatherings in the
Northeast. Additionally, the state and federally-recognized Indian Nations of
Connecticut maintain museums, archives, and research centers, and host community
events that draw regional, national, as well as international visitors.
Each fellow will be mentored by a professor in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
The fellow will be responsible for making a formal presentation of the project near
the conclusion of the academic year, an event open to all interested members of the
campus community.
Applications must include a c.v. the dissertation prospectus, a writing sample of
approximately 25 pages, a letter describing plans to complete the dissertation during
the fellowship period, as well as three letters of recommendation, sent under
separate cover, including one from the candidate's dissertation advisor. The
application deadline is March 5, 2010. All materials must be sent to:
Henry Roe Cloud Fellowship Committee
Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders
Yale University
PO Box 208201
New Haven, CT 06520-8201
For further information write to: RoeCloud.Fellowship@yale.edu.
By Program in American Studies on January 6, 2010 10:00 AM
The Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in conjunction with the Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders invite applications for the inaugural Henry Roe Cloud Dissertation Writing Fellowship in American Indian and Indigenous Studies. The Fellowship will support a graduate scholar in any doctoral field for the academic year, beginning September 2010 and ending August 2011. Fellows are provided an annual stipend of $26,000. Application deadline: March 5, 2010.
American Indian Studies Dissertation Writing Fellowship Yale University, 2010-2011
The Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in conjunction with the Howard R.
Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders invite applications for the
inaugural Henry Roe Cloud Dissertation Writing Fellowship in American Indian
and Indigenous Studies. The Roe Cloud Fellowship is intended to develop American
Indian Studies at Yale and by extension throughout the academy by facilitating the
completion of the doctorate by scholars working on pressing issues related to the
American Indian experience. Scholars working on topics in Indigenous Studies that
relate to the study of North American Indians are also encouraged to apply.
The Henry Roe Cloud Fellowship honors the legacy of Henry Roe Cloud, a member of the Winnebago Nation of Nebraska and graduate of Yale College, 1910. A tireless critic of federal Indian assimilation programs and a proponent of increased educational opportunities for American Indians, Roe Cloud transformed American Indian
higher education through his leadership of the Society of American Indians, his founding of the American Indian Institute, and as co-author of "The Problem of Indian Administration," commonly known as "The Meriam Report," an extensive survey made at the request of Secretary of the Interior that detailed the appalling failures of federal Indian policy in the early twentieth century. This survey, presented to Congress in 1928, helped to set in motion many of the subsequent reforms of the Indian New Deal.
The Fellowship will support a graduate scholar in any doctoral field for the
academic year, beginning September 2010 and ending August 2011. Graduate
students working towards careers in higher education who have completed all
doctoral requirements but the dissertation are invited to apply. The expectation is
that the dissertation will be completed during the fellowship year. The criteria for
selection will be based solely on an assessment of the quality of the candidate's
work and the project's overall significance for the study of American Indian and/or
Indigenous Studies.
The Roe Cloud Fellowship will provide support comparable to that for Yale
University graduate students, including an annual stipend of $26,000, full access to
Yale facilities and services, and health care coverage. The fellow will have office
space in the Lamar Center and access to Yale's exceptional research libraries. The
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, in addition to its premier collection of
Western Americana, also holds the papers of many important American Indian
writers, including Joseph Bruchac, Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, and
James Welch, as well as those of important policy makers such as Felix Cohen and
Richard Henry Pratt. Manuscripts and Archives at Sterling Memorial Library holds
the papers of John Collier and Henry Roe Cloud. The Lewis Walpole Library hosts
the New England Indian Papers Project, which is in the process of collecting,
digitizing, and placing on the World Wide Web a comprehensive database of
primary sources written for, by, and about New England Indians.
The Roe Cloud Fellow will also have the opportunity to participate in the activities
of the Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders, the Native
American Cultural Center, and the Association of Native Americans at Yale
(ANAAY). Yale student and faculty members are also increasingly active in
regional and national Indian Studies networks, and the Roe Cloud Fellow may
choose to participate in the gatherings of the Native Studies community in New
England, which generally holds bi-semester and other informal gatherings in the
Northeast. Additionally, the state and federally-recognized Indian Nations of
Connecticut maintain museums, archives, and research centers, and host community
events that draw regional, national, as well as international visitors.
Each fellow will be mentored by a professor in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
The fellow will be responsible for making a formal presentation of the project near
the conclusion of the academic year, an event open to all interested members of the
campus community.
Applications must include a c.v. the dissertation prospectus, a writing sample of
approximately 25 pages, a letter describing plans to complete the dissertation during
the fellowship period, as well as three letters of recommendation, sent under
separate cover, including one from the candidate's dissertation advisor. The
application deadline is March 5, 2010. All materials must be sent to:
Henry Roe Cloud Fellowship Committee
Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders
Yale University
PO Box 208201
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