Resident Fellows Program
Resident Fellows:
Spring 2008
VFH is happy to announce our Fellows in Residence for the Spring of 2008.
Fellows Seminars
Schedule Coming Soon!
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities is committed to humanities research in the public interest. The VFH Fellowship program offers time, space, and resources to scholars applying the tools of history, philosophy, ethics, cultural studies, and literary criticism to matters of public concern.
The disciplines of economics, medicine, architecture, engineering, psychology, and the sciences have entered public consciousness and achieved public trust because they are seen as practical. While humanities topics weave through all public dialogue about our most pressing issues—from racism to business ethics and global warming—the disciplines themselves are rarely consulted to guide or inform those discussions. At VFH, the stimulating scholarly debate and careful analysis that produce subtlety of thought and elegance of argument are brought to bear on issues of daily life. We are concerned with what it means to be human in the 21st century, and with how our humanity is included in our discussions of war, globalization, and the environment.
Humanities in the Public Interest
Each Fellowship session includes affiliated and independent scholars and professionals, including librarians, museum curators, writers, journalists, and others. The mixture of subjects and personalities at VFH gives it a lively, challenging atmosphere, and opens us all to new ways of thinking about the humanities.
This year we are accepting proposals on subjects with strong public interest in any field of the humanities. We also encourage projects on violence and its intergenerational effects, the South Atlantic United States, Revolutionary War history, folklife, and African American and Virginia history.
The VFH Resident Fellowships are competitive appointments; see "Apply for a Fellowship" for more information. In addition, VFH may offer uncompensated, nonresident affiliations for former Fellows for up to two years following their Residential Fellowship. This Fellowship class provides continued access to UVA library collections online. Fellows who wish to remain affiliated with VFH following their Fellowship must apply each year of the two years. More information on affiliate status is available upon request. The VFH Senior Fellow class is for senior scholars willing to take on a mentoring role and otherwise support VFH in addition to completing his/her own work. Benefits include faculty status for library use, an office at VFH, and a stipend. For more information on the VFH Senior Fellows program, please contact Roberta A. Culbertson, Director, Research and Education (rculbertson@virginia.edu).
