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| Program Name | Eligibility | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| University of California President’s Faculty Research Fellowships in the Humanities, 2020–21 | UC Ladder Rank Faculty (see eligibility details below) | Feb 3, 2020 |
| Graduate Student Professionalization Workshop, 2020–21 | UC Ladder Rank Faculty | Mar 9, 2020 |
| Short-Term Collaborative Research Residency, 2020–21 | UC Ladder Rank Faculty | Mar 9, 2020 |
University of California President’s Faculty Research Fellowships in the Humanities, 2020–21
Eligibility: UC Ladder Rank Faculty (see eligibility details below)Deadline: Feb 3, 2020
Graduate Student Professionalization Workshop, 2020–21
Eligibility: UC Ladder Rank FacultyDeadline: Mar 9, 2020
Short-Term Collaborative Research Residency, 2020–21
Eligibility: UC Ladder Rank FacultyDeadline: Mar 9, 2020
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Awards Archive:
Desert/Storm: Experiments on a Chinese Dust-Stream
Based on 14 months of ethnographic fieldwork, “Desert/Storm: Experiments on a Chinese Dust-Stream” explores atmospheric politics in China and downwind. It moves along the path of dust storms from China’s desertified interior, through Beijing, where airborne land appears as staggering air pollution, and across the Pacific where Chinese land falls as a light rain of »
Jerry Zee
Anthropology
UC Santa Cruz
Foundry
RRG on Truth: Conspiracies
The RRG on Truth talks conspiracy theories in politics, culture, and history.
Poor Theory in Three Movements
Three authors meditate on theory as resource and horizon in a moment of global crisis.
Foundry Open Call: Boiling Point
A call for resourceful analysis in erosive times.
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