Public Humanities Fellowship (Summer 2024)
The Latinx Project Public Humanities Fellowship offers up to 10 graduate students at New York University or institutions participating in the Inter-University Doctoral Consortium the opportunity to gain career experience with local arts & culture organizations. This fellowship began out of a need to engage Latinx Students with field experience and opportunities to network and build community while advancing public humanities.
Applicants are asked to propose collaborative projects specific to a Latinx arts, humanities, or cultural institution. We encourage applicants to support existing programs or take initiative in building a project or develop an idea with the institution of their choice. Examples of PHF initiatives could include: a public program or panel, a short video, creating a digital archive or resource, a curriculum project, social media campaign, article, zine, exhibition or creative intervention.
Prior to applying, students should establish a relationship with a local host institution. Before acceptance, students should have a confirmation email or letter from the host institution agreeing to the mutual collaboration. If students need support making a connection, please email us about your academic interests and proposed possible projects.
Each fellow will receive a $2000 award for the summer fellowship. Fellows should be in contact with their host organization to realize their idea or initiative.
Fellows are expected to attend two online professional development workshops, an in-person networking dinner, and submit a brief report following the end of the summer fellowship.
If students need support making a connection, please email us about your academic interests and proposed possible projects.
The application has closed.
Key Dates
Application opens: March 15, 2024
Application deadline: April 30, 2024
Fellowship Dates: Anytime between June 1, 2024 and August 31, 2024
Key Details
Student Honorarium: $2,000
Partner Organization Honorarium: $1,000
Expectations
1 Welcome Online Orientation session
2 Professional Development online meetings with professionals in the field
1 Dinner Networking event
1 Students will also get the opportunity to present and develop a project of their choice during the months of June & July with the host institution
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to be enrolled as a graduate student? Yes, applicants must be actively enrolled as a graduate student at New York University or an institution participating in the Inter-University Doctoral Consortium.
Do I need to reach out to an organization before applying? Yes. Before acceptance, students should have a confirmation email or letter from the host institution agreeing to the mutual collaboration. If students need support making a connection, please email us about your academic interests and proposed possible projects.
What is expected of Public Humanities Fellows?
1 welcome orientation session
2 professional development online meetings with professionals in the field via zoom
1 in-person dinner networking event
fellow will also get the opportunity to develop an idea, initiative or project of their choice during the months of June & July with their preferred host institution
Do I need to be based in NYC? Yes. Public Humanities Fellows must be based in New York City in order to collaborate with area organizations.
Do I have to identify as Latinx in order to apply? No. The fellowship supports students pursuing research in the field of Latinx Studies. Any student who feels they have a project that fits within the stated goals of the fellowship is welcome to apply.
What are past organization collaborators that have participated in this project? El Museo del Barrio, El Clemente Soto Vélez Center, Pregones/PRTT, Lazos, Mil Mundos, Toppled Monuments Archive, La Mixteca Org, and Museo de Los Sures, Freeport Memorial Library, ABC No Rio, CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, ID Studios Theatre, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute and Taller Boricua.
Who can I contact for more information? Please email latinxproject@nyu.edu with subject line: 2024 Public Humanities Fellowship
Is your cultural institution interested in working with a TLP Public Humanities Fellow in summer 2024? Please contact latinxproj@nyu.edu with your questions and sample projects.
Collaborating Institutions and Sample Projects*
*Please visit LxNY: Latinx Arts Consortium of New York a peer network of collaborative organizations for more institutional partners and project ideas:
Pregones/PRTT
Digital Archives – Research, organization, and liaison to outside repositories such as Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics (NYU), Community Arts Network (Virginia Tech), Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CUNY). Including opportunity to conduct a new set of interviews with company artists.
Stage Garden Rumba – Provide support/assistance for multidisciplinary performance series presented in partnership with local Bronx artists, activists, and stewards of community gardens.
Asunción Playwrights Project – Research and documentation of 10-year Latinx LGBTQ+ themed play competition and workshop production series (2003-2014).
Worldwide Theater Carrousel – Reignition of international network with partner companies in Belgium, South Africa, Peru, Canada, Slovakia, and Holland.
Multicultural Curators Program - presents annually a range of 10-12 visual arts exhibitions that reflect the diversity of the LES and the City. Established in 2009 to present Latinx artists, the program has expanded to include visual art across global south cultures.
The JustXChanges project -support this beta project, a solidarity economy network in New York City, initiated by Latinx cultural workers which organizes the exchange of goods, assets, and services through a community currency, the New York Justx.
Building Community Through the Arts - this program provides subsidized performance and rehearsal space, staff support, and marketing assistance to nonprofit theater, dance, and music organizations. Performances range from one-night events to multi-week productions.
Festivals - assist in the operations surrounding three annual festivals with Teatro SEA (The Society of the Educational Arts) and LATEA (Latin American Theater Experiment Associates), two Latinx resident theaters: Arte Pa Mi' Gente Festival, The International Puppet Fringe Festival, and the Borimix Festival.
The Laundromat Project
The Laundromat Project is an arts organization that advances artists and neighbors as change agents in their own communities. We make art and culture in community while fostering leadership among our neighbors through our celebrated Create Change artist development programs, and our creative community-building initiatives across New York City. The idea of a laundromat as a primary place for engagement has expanded over time. It now serves as a metaphor for a variety of settings in which artists and neighbors transform their lives and surroundings. This includes community gardens, public plazas, local cultural organizations, and more.
El Museo del Barrio
New York’s leading Latino cultural institution, welcomes visitors of all backgrounds to discover the artistic landscape of Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American cultures. Their richness is represented in El Museo’s wide-ranging collections and exhibitions, complemented by film, literary, visual and performing arts series, cultural celebrations, and educational programs.
Toppled Monuments Archive
Toppled Monuments Archive is an artist and activist-run digital archive of toppled colonialist, imperialist, sexist, racist and Confederate monuments. It focuses on the monuments that are pushed into lakes, set on fire, pulled down by rope and rolled down the street by the people. The archive also documents the monuments that are removed by cities with the intention to track where the monuments end up post-removal.
Toppled Monuments Archive is seeking graduate students with a focus in archiving, library science, and political science to support their ongoing international database of content including images, videos, and other ephemera. The chosen fellow will take leadership in organizing the database.