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Wenner-Gren Fellowship in Anthropology and Black Experiences

One nine-month residential fellowship open to PhD-holding anthropologists of all ranks.

This fellowship aims to expand the anthropological conversation and build capacity in anthropology by amplifying perspectives previously under-represented in the discipline.

The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is eager to support individuals whose research draws on Black studies, critical race studies, diasporic Africana studies, the vernacular insights of communities of color, and other sources of inspiration growing out of global Black experiences to advance new lines of scholarship in any of anthropology’s subfields. SAR hopes to attract applicants working in a diverse range of sites, including but not limited to Black communities.

Applicants should show how this support will enable them to succeed at a critical juncture in their career and alter their trajectory in the field. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents.

The successful applicant will join a cohort of scholars at SAR in Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR especially welcomes applicants willing to spend the fellowship term on our residential campus in Santa Fe, but the program is also willing to consider applications from those who can only participate through a combination of remote gatherings and an in-person residency of several weeks.

Fellows receive a stipend of $50,000. Resident scholars also receive low-cost housing and free office space at the SAR campus. Fellows who opt not to relocate receive a travel subsidy covering the cost of short-term in-person residency at the SAR campus.

The deadline for applications is November 7, 2024, for a fellowship starting in September 2025. For more information, please contact scholar@sarsf.org.

This fellowship is made possible through the generous support of the Wenner-Gren Foundation.

Please Note: SAR allows fellows to bring their companion animals to campus but our accommodations are limited to two SMALL animals.  We allow only cats and dogs on the premises.

 

Wenner-Gren Fellows

2024-2025 Fiori Berhane
Project: “Prisoners of Our Dreams: Eritrean Diaspora Politics in ‘Red’ Italy”
Affiliation at time of fellowship: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California

2023-2024 Bertin M. Louis, Jr.
Project: “Anti-Haitianism in Paradise: Marginalization, Stigma and Antiblackness in the Bahamas”
Affiliation at time of fellowship: Associate Professor, Anthropology, University of Kentucky

2022-2023 Paulla Ebron
Project: “Making Tropical Africa in the Georgia Sea Islands”
Affiliation at time of fellowship: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University

All Fellowships

Weatherhead Fellowship

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Paloheimo Foundation Fellowship

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Katrin H. Lamon Fellowship

One nine-month residential fellowship is available for a Native scholar working in the humanities or the social sciences.

Mellon Foundation Fellowship in Latino Studies

Two nine-month residential fellowships in Latino studies are available pending approval.

Wenner-Gren Fellowship in Anthropology and Black Experiences

One nine-month residential fellowship open to PhD-holding anthropologists of all ranks.