Miriam Jiménez Román Fellowship (2024-2025)
The Miriam Jiménez Román Fellowship is designed for post-doctoral candidates and junior scholars whose research advances the study of Afro-Latinx communities in the U.S. The fellowship is open to all fields. In order to be eligible for the fellowship, applicants must have defended their dissertation or plan to defend their dissertation before the start of the fellowship on or after September 1, 2024.
The selected candidate will spend a semester or a year with the NYU Latinx Studies academic community. The fellowship aims to allow the fellow to complete a major publication or a research project during the fellowship year. The fellow will also have access to limited funds (up to $5,000) to develop one public programming event around the focus of their research, to be hosted and supported by The Latinx Project. The fellow will receive a stipend of $45,000 for an academic year (or $22,500 for a one-semester fellow). Workspace at NYU will be provided for the duration of the fellowship
The fellowship is named after our dear former colleague Miriam Jiménez Román, a pioneer in the field of Afro Latinx Studies who taught the first courses on the subject at the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU. This fellowship aims to honor her legacy of mentorship and activism as an inspiring public intellectual and scholar of Afro Latinx studies.
The application has closed.
Application:
Opens: March 15, 2024
Deadline: April 30, 2024
Fellowship Dates:
Starts on or after September 1, 2024
Frequently Asked Questions
Who are the past Miriam Jiménez Román Fellows? Click here to meet past Miriam Jiménez Román Fellows.
What are examples of public programs organized by past fellows? Past public programs include: Calling to the Ancestors: Garifuna Women as Embodied Archives (spring 2024), Transing Afro-Latinx Studies and Identity (Fall 2023), Garifuna Ancestral Memory in Diaspora (Spring 2022), Ciguapa Unbound: Blackness, Gender & Transnational Geographies of Marronage (Spring 2021).
Do I need to be based in NYC? No. The fellowship can be completed virtually; however, in-person participation is encouraged to promote community engagement at NYU.
What do you mean by junior scholar? For the purpose of this opportunity, junior scholars are individuals who have recently graduated from a PhD program, have defended their dissertation, or will defend their dissertation before the start of the fellowship. Junior scholars are pre-tenure and must have completed their PhD before starting the fellowship.
Who can I contact for more information? Please email latinxproject@nyu.edu with subject line: 2024 Miriam Jiménez Román Fellowship.