UC Public Scholars Call for Proposals
Capitalizing on the recent Mellon award to UC Davis to support a Public Scholars Program,
this UC-wide collaboration opens the program to other UC campuses and allows UCR’s
Center for Ideas and Society to select a PhD graduate student and faculty member to
participate.
The Public Scholars Program at UC Davis addresses two separate but related goals:
supporting community-engaged scholarship and broadening the career opportunities of
humanities PhDs. The students selected at participating UC campuses will join (either
remotely or in person) in a Public Scholars seminar at UC Davis in Spring 2016 that will
introduce them to the intellectual and practical aspects of public humanities scholarship.
During the seminar, each student will work with his or her faculty mentor to design a
community-engaged project. During the summer following the seminar each student will
work for the community partner associated with his or her project.
Both the UCR student and faculty member will be invited to attend the March 7, 2016 launch
of the UC Davis Public Scholars Program in order to network and build a community among
the participants. The student will receive a $4500 stipend for the summer internship and both
student and faculty member will receive up to $350 for travel to the March launch event.
To apply: Proposals should include:
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Project title
CV
Description of your project, addressing the following questions in two pages
o What is your subject and research question?
o Who is or are your community partner(s)?
o What final form will your collaboration take? (e.g., curation of exhibit, history
project, etc.)?
o Who is your faculty advisor for the project?
o How do you see your project as a public humanities project?
Brief letter indicating support from your faculty mentor
Deadline for applications is 1/15/16. Please email your project description and CV in PDF
format to cis@ucr.edu, subject line “Public Scholars.”
For more information contact Katharine Henshaw katharine.henshaw@ucr.edu