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CFA: National Humanities Center Winter Programs

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2 CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS:

How to Create Meaningful Online Learning Experiences 

Podcasting the Humanities: Creating Digital Stories for the Public

Deadline: October 28th, 2020

We are accepting applications for two National Humanites Center Winter programs. “How to Create Meaningful Online Learning Experiences” is a five-day Virtual Graduate Student Winter Residency (December 7-11) that will focus on building community in an online course. “Podcasting the Humanities: Creating Digital Stories for the Public” is a five day Virtual Regional Winter Institute (December 14-18) that will provide hands-on training for PhD students in the humanities to translate research, commentary, and community-sourced narratives into podcast episodes.

To be considered, interested doctoral students must submit their applications to The Humanities Institute by October 28th, 2020.

Learn more about each of these opportunities and apply via the links below.


How to Create Meaningful Online Learning Communities

In response to the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, this 5-day virtual residency will model best practices for undergraduate teaching in the digital world. Graduate student cohorts will interact and learn from university professionals, and participants will also have opportunities to work with each other through interactive sessions and projects. The program will not simply be a series of Zoom meetings, although there will be live events scheduled. Instead, we will construct an online learning environment that features design principles students can directly apply to their teaching experiences specifically for the humanities classroom.

Dates: December 7–11, 2020

Award: THI will nominate selected fellows to the NHC program and cover the $750 tuition cost per participant.

Eligibility: The applicant must be:

  1. A PhD student in a graduate program in the Humanities Division or engaged in humanities research and teaching in Visual Studies, Film and Digital Media, Music, Latin American and Latino Studies, Sociology, or Anthropology.
  2. Within normative time and in good academic standing.
  3. Enrolled in at least five credits of graduate-level coursework. Students are ineligible to apply while on leave.

Applications should include the following components:

  • A complete application form answering 4 short questions.
  • A one-page curriculum vitae.

APPLY

*PLEASE NOTE: You must be logged into your ucsc.edu Google account to use this application form. Questions? Contact Saskia Nauenberg Dunkell, Research Program Manager, THI; saskia@ucsc.edu.


Podcasting the Humanities: Creating Digital Stories for the Public

Podcasting has become a common form of storytelling in the digital and social media age. This five-day institute will provide hands-on training for PhD students in the humanities to translate research, commentary, and community-sourced narratives into podcast episodes.

Working in cross-disciplinary and intra-university teams, participants will learn how to storyboard an idea, to create and collect audio content, and to edit their narrative into an entertaining, powerful podcast. All equipment will be provided, and technical support will be given throughout the week.

Dates: December 14–18, 2020

Award: THI will nominate selected fellows to the NHC program and cover the $1,100 tuition cost per participant.

Eligibility: The applicant must be:

  1. A PhD student in a graduate program in the Humanities Division or engaged in humanities research and teaching in Visual Studies, Film and Digital Media, Music, Latin American and Latino Studies, Sociology, or Anthropology.
  2. Within normative time and in good academic standing.
  3. Enrolled in at least five credits of graduate-level coursework. Students are ineligible to apply while on leave.

Applications should include the following components:

  • A complete application form answering 4 short questions.
  • A one-page curriculum vitae.

APPLY

*PLEASE NOTE: You must be logged into your ucsc.edu Google account to use this application form. Questions? Contact Saskia Nauenberg Dunkell, Research Program Manager, THI; saskia@ucsc.edu.

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