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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer InstituteJune 14-July 23, 2010
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have created the Mellon-Schomburg Humanities Summer Institute to encourage minority students and others with an interest in African-American and African Diasporan Studies to pursue graduate degrees in the humanities. The program, which is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, offers a six-week session for ten rising seniors (juniors in spring 2010, entering their senior year in fall 2010, graduating in 2011). Five will be selected from colleges and universities in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and five from Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the nation. The Institute, with the help of renowned scholars, will develop and nurture the students’ interest in the appropriate disciplines, and provide them with the requisite intellectual challenges and orientations needed to pursue humanities careers and to reach their full potential. The Institute is designed to encourage students to work toward a product-driven goal while highlighting entry into the fields of humanities—an area where they can make significant contributions and build dynamic careers. In devoting their energies to the preparation of a Web site, the students will be exposed to the ways new knowledge is created and the intellectual excitement that one derives from the life of the mind. They will become actively involved in the process of research and discovery and the challenge of interpreting documents and other sources. Students will be encouraged to develop a critical intellectual focus and should find the interaction with their peers and their instructors both stimulating and rewarding. In addition, since the students will be engaged in the study of a theme from various disciplinary perspectives they will also be exposed to differing methodologies. Undoubtedly, a great deal of cross-fertilization of ideas will occur, as the students learn from one another, share documentary resources they have unearthed, and debate their different disciplinary visions and approaches. Program Details
Students who are enrolled in the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program are not eligible for the stipend. They are eligible for transportation and housing. * Students who are enrolled in the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program are not eligible for the stipend. They are eligible for transportation and housing. ThemeThe theme of the Institute is Africana Age. Focusing on the 20th century, it offers students opportunities to explore areas such as the dominant political, economic and cultural events of the period; achievements in social and artistic realms that challenged the myth of white supremacy; efforts to forge political and cultural relationships among African peoples across geographical boundaries; and commonalities and differences in the material condition of African peoples across time and geography. The Africana Age theme is organized chronologically into six primary sections that will be covered by scholars in various humanities disciplines.
1. Toward White World Supremacy, 1880-1899 2. Pan Africanism World War I, 1900-1919 3. Garveyism, Renaissance, Negritude, 1920-1939 4. World War II and the Coming Revolution, 1940-1959 5. From Decolonization to Black Power, 1960-1979 6. Triumphs, Tragedies, and Challenges,
1980-present Eligibility
Application Requirements
Application deadline Email: sdiouf@nypl.org Call: (212) 491-2054 Fax: (212) 491-6760 |
Daily sessions, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.