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    From: Gallon, Kim T <kgallon@purdue.edu>
    Date: Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 1:17 AM
    Subject: CFP – NEH ODH Inst Adv Topics in DH, “Space and Place in
    Africana/Black Studies: An Institute on Spatial Humanities Theories,
    Methods and Practice for Africana Studies”
    To: “Gallon, Kim T” <kgallon@purdue.edu>

    Please distribute widely (see CFP attached to this email message):

    Summer 2016 NEH ODH Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities

    http://www.nehspaceandplaceblstinstitute.org

    *”Space and Place in Africana/Black Studies: An Institute on Spatial
    Humanities Theories, Methods and Practice for Africana Studies”*

    5-26 June 2016 & 14-16 April 2017

    *Deadline for applications*: *January 25, 2016*

    The African American Studies & Research Center (AASRC) and History
    Department at Purdue University and the Digital Humanities Initiative (DHi)
    at Hamilton College are pleased to announce an NEH ODH Institute for
    Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities for summer 2016 (& follow-up
    workshop in 2017). The Institute is designed to offer twenty (20) early and
    mid-career Africana/Black Studies scholars, graduate students, librarians
    and archivists an opportunity to think critically about the relationship
    and intersections between Africana/Black Studies and the spatial humanities.

    *Application and Logistics*:

    Up to 20 fellowships will be awarded to individuals who demonstrate serious
    interest in the application of geo-spatial technologies to issues in
    Africana/Black studies. While all early and mid-career Africana/Black
    studies scholars and graduate students are eligible to apply, we are
    especially interested in collaborating with those who have experience in
    one or more geo-spatial technologies as well as scholars who have thought
    critically about the spatial dimensions of Africana/Black Studies as a
    field.

    All fellows will participate in a three-week residency June 5-26, 2016 at
    Purdue. Residency will include colloquia and working sessions in which
    participants collectively develop project foundations and address relevant
    issues in spatial humanities. Fellows will also be provided the opportunity
    to present their own projects. Applicants need not be proficient with
    geo-spatial technologies but must demonstrate some level of engagement with
    them as well as with spatial questions and analyses. Evidence of the
    capacity for successful interdisciplinary collaboration and for scholarly
    innovation is required.

    Fellowship awards will include a stipend of $3,800 for each participant,
    which will be used to cover expenses for accommodation, travel and meals
    for the Institute and Workshop. Participants are required to attend the
    Institute (@Purdue) and Workshop (@Hamilton) to fulfill the terms of their
    fellowship.

    *Applications should include the following*:

    * Two to three-page statement describing how participation in the Institute
    will fit the scholarly and professional goals of the applicant.
    * One-page description of the applicant’s experience with geo-spatial
    technologies and spatial analysis.
    * Brief CV (maximum of three pages).
    * Letter of support from department chair for non-tenured faculty or from
    their dissertation advisor for doctoral candidates.
    * Projects that articulate a clear understanding of the potential of
    spatial humanities and the problems associated with the use of geo-spatial
    technologies in humanities scholarship will be regarded favorably.

    Electronic applications are required. Please assemble all application
    materials, except for letters of recommendation, into one PDF file.

    Submit to nehspaceandplaceblstinstitute@gmail.com

    Deadline for applications: *January 25, 2016*. Fellowship recipients will
    be notified February 25, 2016.

    Questions may be directed to kgallon@purdue.edu and/or anieves@hamilton.edu

    Kim Gallon
    Assistant Professor of History
    Purdue University
    University Hall
    672 Oval Drive
    West Lafayette, IN 47906

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