Deadline: August 1, 2013
The Association for Feminist Anthropology (AFA) announces the 2013 Zora Neale Hurston Travel Award competition, continuing our tradition since 2002 of honoring the pioneering African American anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. Visit the Zora Neale Hurston webpage of the AFA website for further information on Hurston’s contributions and accomplishments.
The AFA will award 3 grants of $500 each for travel to the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) in Chicago. Eligibility is restricted to students and recent PhDs from underrepresented groups, working in feminist anthropology. Applicants must be giving a paper, organizing a session, or seeking employment. The winning awardees will be notified prior to the AAA meetings, with the awards formally announced and checks given out at the AFA business meeting at the AAA meetings in Chicago.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Member of an underrepresented group
• Primary disciplinary focus on feminist anthropology
• Must be a student or a recent PhD
Evaluation Criteria (one of three must be applicable):
1) attending the AAA meetings to give a paper related to feminist anthropology; or
2) organizing a session on feminist anthropology; or
3) actively seeking employment as a feminist anthropologist.
Interested individuals should submit the following application materials:
1) A letter indicating the applicant’s status (student or recent PhD), membership in an underrepresented group (if applicable), and which of the evaluation criteria apply.
2) Supporting material:
a) If you are presenting a paper at the AAA meetings, please submit a copy of your abstract and the name of the session;
b) If you have organized a session on feminist anthropology, please submit the abstract of your session and the date when it is scheduled;
c) If you are attending the AAA meetings to seek or secure employment in feminist anthropology, please submit a statement on your job search plans for the meetings.
3) A letter in support of the application (for most students and recent PhDs, this letter should come from the primary academic advisor).
Please email your application along with supporting materials, and direct any inquiries, to:
Dr. Chelsea Blackmore (cblackmo@ucsc.edu), Chair, AFA Hurston Travel Award Committee, Anthropology Department, Social Sciences 1 Faculty Services, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064