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21 Dec 2023

Fellows Human Rights & the Arts Fellowships

Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States

OSUN Center for Human Rights & the Arts

Opportunity Description

International Deadline: January 5, 2024 – The OSUN Center for Human Rights & the Arts invites applications for a one-year research and teaching fellowship in human rights and the arts. Scholars, artists, and activists with teaching experience and a research project are eligible to apply.

The fellowship covers a period of one year, i.e. two academic semesters, from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, and is supported by a full-time salary and health benefits. The position is based at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

The Fellow will pursue their own research or creative practice within the interdisciplinary and critical framework of the Center, and contribute to the curriculum of the Center’s M.A. Program in Human Rights and the Arts by teaching one course each semester. The M.A. program, which launched in the 2021–22 academic year, explores the encounter between human rights and the arts as fields of academic knowledge, professional work, and artistic practice, while also offering students opportunities to explore ways of confronting the conceptual and practical perplexities of that encounter. The goal of the fellowship program is to support outstanding thinkers and practitioners and thus to strengthen research, creation, and teaching at the intersection of human rights and the arts.

QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants should hold a terminal degree or equivalent training and professional accomplishment in their field, have experience teaching or lecturing at the college level, and possess a track record of successful research and scholarship, creative practice, or civic engagement and advocacy.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The Fellow will receive a full-time salary and health insurance. The Fellow will also be provided with office space, a computer, and library access.

EXPECTATIONS
During the 2024–2025 academic year, the Fellow will focus their research or practice on the intersection of human rights and the arts, and work as part of a team of faculty and students in the Center.

In addition, the Fellow is expected to:

  • Deliver a public talk during their appointment year on a relevant topic and based on their work.
  • Design and teach one graduate course each semester in the M.A. Program in Human Rights & the Arts, with the understanding that such courses will be open to the broader Bard College and OSUN communities.
  • Actively participate in the public life of the OSUN Center for Human Rights & the Arts, including taking part in or organizing public events, productions or exhibitions, and workshops or conferences.
  • Be in residence at Bard College or the vicinity, or demonstrate to the program’s satisfaction the ability to provide substantial campus presence to fulfill responsibilities relating to in-person participation (e.g., teaching, office hours, attendance at events, etc.).

Please note that the Fellow may not hold any other fellowships or visiting positions concurrently, and that the appointment cannot be deferred to a later term.

APPLY ONLINE
Candidates should apply online and submit the following documents:

  1. Cover letter summarizing your current research and proposed work during the appointment period. The statement should not exceed 1,500 words.
  2. Curriculum vitae and list of publications, performances, exhibits, or projects.
  3. Teaching statement — not in excess of 500 words and including a reflection on diversity, inclusion, and equality in the context of this Fellowship — and brief descriptions of two proposed courses.
  4. Sample of recent scholarly, artistic, or professional work.
  5. Contact information for three references.

All materials must be received by Friday, January 5, 2024,11:59 p.m. EST.


About:
Bard College is a private liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The campus overlooks the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains, and is within the Hudson River Historic District—a National Historic Landmark.

OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts
Bard College
30 Campus Road
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504-5000
T +1 845 758 7680,

Opportunity Categories: + Open to Multi-Media. Opportunity Types: Fellows. Opportunity Tags: $0 Entry/Application Fee, Deadlines 01 Jan thru Feb, and Open to Artists Worldwide. Benefits: *No Participation Fee, Education, In-Kind Benefit, and Salary.

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