Deadline: 12 November 2021 In 2018, The Graduate Center, CUNY received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation focused on transforming doctoral education in the humanities for the public good. As part of this initiative, the PublicsLab will be distributing annual Doctoral Curriculum Enhancement Grants (DCEGs) to departments and […]
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Public Fellow Madeleine Barnes provides a recap and reflection on the panel session for the workshop series “Activism, Archives, and Education” held in March 2021.
Public Fellow Tania Avilés Vergara reflects on the practice of activist archiving as a challenge to hegemonic narratives, and an opportunity for socially responsive pedagogies, after the “Activism, Archives and Education” workshop series in March 2021.
The Mina Rees Library seeks an Open Pedagogy & Communications Intern for Fall 2021 as a part of IDS 81620: Scholarly Praxis at Work in the World. The internship will focus on maintaining connections with the GC community and beyond, and disseminating work by previous and current participants in the Open Pedagogy Fellowship.
The Gotham Center for New York City History seeks a Curatorial Intern for Fall 2021 as a part of IDS 81620: Scholarly Praxis at Work in the World. The internship will focus on the development of a digital exhibit on New York City’s experience in the American Revolution, where the curatorial intern will assist the Gotham Center in deciding how the objects / visual / textual material identified by the research team can be effectively presented and organized, and how the individual and collective stories told might likewise best capture the public imagination, and communicate the concerns of the humanities.
The Gotham Center for New York City History seeks a Research Intern for Fall 2021 as a part of IDS 81620: Scholarly Praxis at Work in the World. The internship will focus on the development of a digital exhibit on New York City’s experience in the American Revolution, where the research intern will be responsible for annotating bibliographies and drafting summary texts, as well as collecting maps, important or representative documents, and visual imagery that may be housed in ‘break-out sections’ at each site.
The Mina Rees Library seeks a Scholarly Publishing Intern for Fall 2021 as a part of IDS 81620: Scholarly Praxis at Work in the World. The internship will provide hands-on experience with publishers’ copyright policies and various library and scholarly communication tools, and offer a front-row seat to developments and debates in scholarly publishing.
The PublicsLab is conducting a search for a postdoctoral fellow for the 2021–2022 academic year in the area of humanities entrepreneurship, intended to provide a recent PhD graduate of The Graduate Center with funding and support while they develop an idea for a business or organization related to the research they did in during their PhD program.
Reflecting on her experience as a communications associate, Mellon Public Humanities Fellow Queenie Sukhadia discusses how she un/learned to write on digital platforms for the public.
Interested in publishing as a career? Apply for the PublicsLab / LA Review of Books 2021 Fellowship to attend the LARB Publishing Workshop to gain a foundational understanding of print and digital publishing.