Humanities Without Wall’s annual summer workshop

OVERVIEW
In Summer 2022, the University of Michigan's Institute for the Humanities will host Humanities Without Wall's annual summer workshop for doctoral students interested in learning about diverse careers for humanists. (Summer 2022-June 17-July 1, 2022. Students selected as fellows are expected to arrive Friday, June 17 and by 4:00 pm (EDT) and depart no sooner than Friday, July 1 after 4:00 pm (EDT).) Through a series of workshops, talks, and site visits, participants will learn how to imagine possible futures and leverage their skills and humanities training toward careers in the private sector, the nonprofit world, arts administration, public media, and many other fields.

Ann Arbor, Michigan will serve as the primary location for workshop activities. The location will provide students with the opportunity to experience the vibrant humanities ecosystem that exists in the region, including Detroit. HWW invites applications from doctoral students pursuing degrees in the humanities and humanistic social sciences for the two-week summer workshop. This is a limited submission application. Eligible doctoral students must be nominated for this fellowship by their home institutions, and only one nomination may be made to HWW by each university. To be considered, interested UCSB doctoral students must submit their applications to the UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center by November 1, 2021. Do not submit your applications directly to HWW.

DEADLINE
By November 1, both recommenders for all applicants should send a short email to ihcucsb@gmail.com endorsing the application and acknowledging that a full letter of recommendation will be required if the student is selected as the campus nominee.

AWARD
Each Fellow from outside the Ann Arbor/Detroit Metro area will receive a $4,500 award. All Fellows are expected to attend all workshop sessions and be active participants in the program for its entirety. Lodging, ground transportation to and from Detroit Metro Airport, and some meals are provided through the workshop. The stipend difference is intended to support flight/mileage transportation costs to and from Detroit Metro/Ann Arbor. The stipend is provided as a participation award and to support meals not otherwise provided, parking if needed, and any other expenses not otherwise provided directly through the workshop.

ELIGIBILITY
All applicants must be enrolled in a doctoral degree program in a humanities or humanistic social science discipline at a PhD-granting institution within the United States. Applicants may be at any stage of their doctoral work, but they cannot have already received the doctoral degree at the time the workshop takes place. Applicants cannot have a graduation date on or before July 1st, 2022. International students are eligible to apply, but are responsible for confirming their registration and eligibility status at their home universities; HWW is not responsible for issuing visa paperwork.

DETAILS
Interested doctoral students in the humanities at UCSB should submit their applications to UCSB's Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at ihcucsb@gmail.com by November 1, 2021. Combine and submit all application materials as a single PDF file. Please do not submit your applications directly to HWW or the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

The application file should contain the following components as one PDF:

• A completed application cover sheet.
• A voluntary self-identification form.
• A narrative (1,000 words maximum) explaining the applicant's intended career trajectory and addressing the following questions:
  • What does "career diversity" mean to you and what do you know about career diversity in graduate education?
  • Why are you interested in attending the workshop?
  • What kinds of knowledge and skills are you seeking from the workshop?
  • How do you envision sharing what you learn at the workshop with your colleagues, department, campus, and beyond?
  • What experiences have you had in applied or public humanities or public engagement?
  • What do you hope to achieve as a result of attending the workshop?
• CV or resume (two pages maximum).
• Letters of Recommendation: Endorsement email needed by 11/1

The campus nominee will need two letters of recommendation. One letter should be from the applicant's primary adviser/dissertation chair; both should emphasize the applicant's strengths and fit for this workshop.

Please contact IHC Associate Director Erin Nerstad (nerstad@ihc.ucsb.edu) with any questions.