Baltimore Field School Fellow Application Summer 2021

Baltimore Field School Fellow Application 2021

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Applications Due WEDNESDAY, March 24 by midnight

All full-time faculty or graduate students working on/in Baltimore are eligible to apply.

$3,000 provided for participation in the summer institute and follow up meetings.

1. Project Idea (300 word or less)
2. Statement of Interest (300 words or less)
3. Define public humanities (100 words or less)
4. Bio (75 words or less)

The Baltimore Field School is a planning intensive focusing on building collaborative public humanities projects developed with community partners. Sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the project seeks to create a model of ethical humanities research and teaching in Baltimore and cities like it. During 2021, we will focus on programming, a week-long summer institute, and a fall convening. The Baltimore Field School is committed to anti-racist and decolonial models of engagement working with communities in Baltimore.

Fellows will be required to:

• Attend the summer institute for one week in June (M June 21 – F June 25). The hybrid institute will offer virtual meetings, panels, and work sessions for four hours per day (10am-12pm + 1-3pm) and optional in person programming and events with community partners.
• Attend a reconvening for one day in August TBD to debrief.
• Give feedback on the project through a questionnaire and submit suggestions for fall 2021 programming.

Fellows should bring interest in or an idea for a public humanities project and/or course focusing on Baltimore. Fellows should be interested in discussing and developing ethical methods for public humanities work in Baltimore and cities like it.

The foundational partners for the 2021 BFS summer institute are:

• Eric Jackson from Black Yield Institute: https://www.blackyieldinstitute.org/
• Curtis Eaddy from Southwest Partnership: https://southwestpartnershipbaltimore.org/

NOTE: Your ideas or projects do not need to involve the partners listed above but should have a focus on Baltimore.

For questions email Nicole King nking@umbc.edu or Imani Spence ispence1@umbc.edu

The project is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation