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Publication Date - 12/3/1999

52. Smithsonian Institution's Center for Latino Initiatives - Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship Program

The Smithsonian Institution's Center for Latino Initiatives, in collaboration with the Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR), announces its Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship Program: Latino Cultural Research in a National Museum Context: Issues of Representation and Interpretation. The fellowships, a mix of residencies for scholars and museum professionals, will be interdisciplinary and will support Latino/a focused scholarship using the extensive cultural, archival, historical and professional resources which only the Smithsonian can offer. Projects will link art and the politics of public display, encompass in-depth and advanced research in the museum and curatorial fields, and contribute much-needed Latino focused perspectives and interpretations to topics within many Smithsonian collections.

Residencies for 2000-2001 will focus on Cultural Studies and Community-based Research and will be hosted by the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, the Anacostia Museum, the Center for African-American History and Culture, and by the National Museum of Natural History Department of Anthropology. Applications are due JANUARY 30, 2000.