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The Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship at Tulane

2004 Call for Applications

The city of New Orleans is a locus classicus for the study of hybrid expressive cultures in the Americas. Under the aegis of Tulane University in New Orleans, the Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the Deep South Regional Humanities Center are co-hosting a fellowship program sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation to study creativity and performance in the Mississippi-Gulf-Caribbean region.

Fellowships will support research that examines local cultural practices and shared inheritances of transnational communities extending from Brazil and Peru to the Mississippi River valley.

We seek expansive proposals that will contribute to the understanding of cultural patterns throughout the region and beyond. Our fellowship program allows for the study of concrete historical connections, while also welcoming projects that examine analogies across space and time, which may involve cultures that have had relatively little direct contact in terms of migrational and cultural flows.

Both centers will host fellows, who will conduct research, lead workshops, and help plan symposia related to their projects. Fellows will also work with both centers to integrate their research and activities into ongoing and new programs in the community. Scholars, presenters, performers, and practitioners working in the circum-Caribbean and Southern Americas are encouraged to apply for residencies of five to ten months that are concurrent with Tulane's academic calendar. Fellowships include $22,500 for five month residencies and $45,000 for 10 month residencies, a housing stipend, airfare, and an allowance for moving expenses.

Interested candidates should submit a one page research statement, a resume, and a list of five references. A selection committee will review of application materials and finalists will be invited to submit a more comprehensive proposal or portfolio as well as peer and professional recommendations regarding the proposed project. While applicants need not be fluent in English, materials should be translated for the application process.

Eligibility: Criteria for selection is based on a substantial body of research and practical experience in the field. Fellowships are for persons who have already completed their formal professional training. Consequently, degree candidates and persons seeking support for work in pursuit of a degree are not eligible for the fellowship program.