Fellowships and Internships
AARP FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 5TH ANNUAL
WOMEN'S SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Women 40+ with financial need are eligible for
Scholarships or

More than $450,000 in Educational Scholarships have
been Awarded

Applicants can submit their application online beginning
February 1, 2011 at
www.aarp.org/womensscholarship.  
The application process closes on March 31, 2011 and
scholarships will be awarded in late 2011.
Members of this list are invited to apply for a fellowship
to the CrossCurrents research colloquium to be held
July 2012 here in New York at Columbia
University/Union Seminary.  Join a group of your peers
working on a research or writing project of your own
design that connects your own scholarly interests with
those of your peers who will also be part of this project.  
The colloquium is uniquely interreligious and
interdisciplinary. For more information, please visit our
website:
www.crosscurents.org
http://www.crosscurents.org
or email, Charles
Henderson at colloquium@crosscurrents.org
colloquium@crosscurrents.org
UGRR Scholar-in-Residence Program

THE CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM OF AFRICAN
AMERICAN HISTORY residency
program assists scholars whose research pivot on the
Underground Railroad and American
anti-slavery activism. The selected Resident will
contribute to an exciting digital history project
focused on commemorating the Underground Railroad.
The Resident will edit existing
encyclopedic entries and write new ones on a wide
variety of historical topics related to the
Underground Railroad for an extensive and innovative
online portal, to be launched in late spring
2012.



Posted 12/29/11
Emory University, James Weldon Johnson Institute for
the Study of Race and Difference

Visiting Scholar

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=43889

Posted 12/9/11
Schomburg Center
Scholars-in-Residence Program

Click here for Fellowship Opportunity Details.
Job Opportunity for Recent PhDs in the
Humanities

MELLON FACULTY FELLOW

The Africana Studies Program
(www.wm.edu/as/africanastudies) of the College of
William & Mary invites applications from recent Ph.D.s
for the position of a Mellon Faculty Fellow in the
humanities or humanistic social sciences.  Africana
Studies is an interdisciplinary major that focuses on
Africa and its Diaspora, and is supported by 30 faculty
affiliates from thirteen departments.  The successful
candidate will have a two-year appointment, a reduced
three-course load per year, a stipend of $50,000, and
will also benefit from mentorship and research support.
The qualifications are Ph.D. in hand at the time of
appointment, and a demonstrated interest in blending
undergraduate teaching with research in Africana
Studies.  An interest in Afro-Latin America and the
Caribbean will also be helpful.  All application materials
must be submitted online at https://jobs.wm.edu.
Items required include a letter of interest, current CV,
copies of significant publications, course syllabi and
teaching evaluations, and three letters of reference.
Review begins November 14, 2011 and will continue
until the position is filled. William & Mary, a highly
selective public university, is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity Employer.

Job Ad Contact:

Lee Nguyen
Office Manager
Africana Studies
The College of William and Mary
Morton Hall 322
Phone: (757) 221-2457
Fax: (757) 221-1946
Email:
dnguyen@wm.edu
The National Park Service's Cultural Resources
Diversity Internship Program is now accepting
applications for its summer 2012 program.
Please visit the website for more details
Applications are due Friday, March 2, 2012
Please contact Paloma Bolasny at
paloma_bolasny@nps.gov or 202-354-2174 with
questions.
The Black Metropolis Research Consortium
2012 Short-Term Fellowships in
African-American Studies
The BMRC will be accepting applications for the
2012-2013-fellowship program until
April 16th,
2012.
Click here for more information.