Past HDW Fellowships

Student Fellowships

The HDW provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in research projects led by Washington University faculty. For information, please email Douglas Knox with a short description of your interest in the program.

Spring 2013 HDW Undergraduate Fellowships

The Humanities Digital Workshop announces openings for undergraduate students in its Spring 2013 Humanities Computing Fellowships. The fellowships pair students with humanities faculty engaged in humanities computing projects for the academic semester, during which time students:

  • gain exposure to digital humanities work on campus and at large
  • work closely with faculty members and other students on an active project, and
  • learn relevant digital humanities tools and standards

Past participants have found it a valuable professional development opportunity.

The ideal fellow has an interest in the humanities and a capacity for interest in the application of technology to them, but is not necessarily a humanities student, nor must he or she be highly technically experienced. Typical activities include markup of textual and visual material in XML or designing the display of same for the web, as well as tasks such as library and bibliographical research, and annotation and organization of primary source material. Details

The fellowship will run from January 21 to May 8 and will involve 5 hours of work per week. Apart from a one-hour weekly meeting, most work will be flexible according to student schedules. Students will have an opportunity to renew the fellowship for the summer and the following year. Compensation is $10.50 an hour. More info, apply

To apply, send your CV or résumé and a paragraph-long description of your interest in the digital humanities and in the HDW. Applications or questions can be directed to Doug Knox.

Applications are due by January 18, 2013, at noon. PDF is preferred.


Fall 2012 HDW Undergraduate Fellowships

The Humanities Digital Workshop announces openings for undergraduate students in its Fall 2012 Humanities Computing Fellowships. The fellowships pair students with humanities faculty engaged in humanities computing projects for the academic semester, during which time students:

  • gain exposure to digital humanities work on campus and at large
  • work closely with faculty members and other students on an active project, and
  • learn relevant digital humanities tools and standards

Past participants have found it a valuable professional development opportunity.

The ideal fellow has an interest in the humanities and a capacity for interest in the application of technology to them, but is not necessarily a humanities student, nor must he or she be highly technically experienced. Typical activities include markup of textual and visual material in XML or designing the display of same for the web, as well as tasks such as library and bibliographical research, and annotation and organization of primary source material.

Details

The fellowship will run from September 10 to December 7 and will involve 5 hours of work per week. Apart from a one-hour weekly meeting, most work will be flexible according to student schedules. Students will have an opportunity to renew the fellowship for the summer and the following year. Compensation is $10 an hour.

More info, apply

To apply, send your CV or résumé and a paragraph-long description of your interest in the digital humanities and in the HDW. Applications or questions can be directed to Doug Knox.

Applications are due by September 7, 2012, at noon. PDF is preferred.


Mark Steinberg Weil Early Career Fellowship in Digital Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis

The deadline for applications was March 1, 2012. Read the full announcement.


Summer 2012 HDW Student Fellowships

The Humanities Digital Workshop invites applications from undergraduate and graduate students at Washington University in St. Louis for its summer fellowships. The fellowships pair students with humanities faculty engaged in digital humanities projects for 8 weeks, during which time students:

  • gain exposure to digital humanities work on campus and at large
  • work closely with faculty members and other students on an active project, and
  • learn relevant digital humanities tools and standards

Past participants have found it a valuable professional development opportunity. Projects this summer include

The ideal fellow has an interest in the application of technology to the humanities. While the needs of each project are different, typical activities include research and the preparation and preliminary analysis of textual and visual materials. Specialized technical skills are not required, though students with some familiarity with or interest in XSLT, CSS, or web programming may find ways to make use of that knowledge.

Details

The fellowships ran from June 4 to July 27 and involved 30 hours of work per week.

Summer '10 HDW Fellowships

The Humanities Digital Workshop announces openings for undergraduate & graduate students in its summer Humanities Computing Fellowships. The Fellowships pair students with humanities faculty engaged in humanities computing projects for 8 weeks, during which time students

  • gain exposure to digital humanities work on campus and at large
  • work closely with a faculty member and other students on an active project, and
  • learn relevant digital humanities tools and standards

Past participants have found it a valuable professional development opportunity.

Projects for this summer include

The ideal fellow has an interest in the humanities and a capacity for interest in the application of technology to them, but is not necessarily a humanities student, nor must he or she be highly technically experienced. Typical activities include markup of textual and visual material in XML, designing the display of same in XSLT and CSS, and web programming, as well as more traditional tasks like library and bibliographical research, and annotation and organization of primary source material.

Details

The fellowship will run from May 31 to July 23 and will involve 30 hours of work per week. (Some time-wise flexibility exists, though because working in teams is an important part of the fellowship, it's important that fellows can spend most of the weeks & most of the hours on campus.) Undergraduates will be paid at $10 an hour; graduate students will receive a stipend (the exact amount is still forthcoming, pending the release of summer funding announcements from the Graduate College).

More info, apply

To apply, send your CV or résumé and a one-page statement of interest with two parts: (1) why you're interested in the activities of the fellowship & (2) which project or projects you'd like to work on (also please mention whether you're willing to work on any project that need fellows). Applications or questions can be directed to Perry Trolard.

Applications are due by April 6 (PDF preferred).


Spring '10 HDW Undergraduate Fellows

For Spring 2010, the supported projects included:


Summer Fellowship 2009

The Humanities Digital Workshop (Arts & Sciences Computing) & Digital Library Services (Olin Library) announce openings for undergraduate & graduate students in its summer Humanities Computing Fellowships. The Fellowships pair students with humanities faculty engaged in humanities computing projects for 8 weeks, during which time students

  • gain exposure to digital humanities work on campus and at large
  • work closely with a faculty member and other students on an active project, and
  • learn relevant digital humanities tools and standards

Past participants have found it a valuable professional development opportunity.

Projects for this summer include

DETAILS

The fellowship will run from June 1 to July 24 and will involve 30 hours of work per week. (Some time-wise flexibility exists, though because working in teams is an important part of the fellowship, it's important that fellows can spend most of the weeks & most of the hours on campus.) Undergraduates will be paid at $10 an hour; graduate students will receive a stipend (the exact amount is still forthcoming, pending the release of summer funding announcements from the Graduate College).

MORE INFO, APPLY

The best way to begin applying is by consulting with the faculty member(s) in whose project(s) you have an interest. Further questions can be directed to Perry Trolard, at 935-8806 or ptrolard at wustl dot edu.

Final applications, consisting of a CV and a one-page statement of interest in the fellowship and what you feel you can bring to it, will be due by April 1 (emailed, preferably as PDF, to Perry Trolard).

UPDATE, March 31: Because some graduate students may not have seen the announcement until today, the deadline for graduate students to apply — or to contact the HDW — has been moved to Friday, April 3.


Fall '09 HDW Undergraduate Fellows

For Fall 2009, the supported projects included:


Summer '08 Fellowships in Digital Humanities

The Humanities Digital Workshop (Arts & Sciences Computing) and Digital Library Services (Olin Library) are happy to announce summer fellowships in Digital Humanities for undergraduate and graduate students. The fellowship program will introduce students to work being done in the digital humanities -- both at large and at Washington University -- and provide them the opportunity to contribute to WUSTL projects, including:

Details

The workshop runs from June 2 - July 11 and will meet for four hours a day. The first two weeks will consist of instruction and faculty visits; the final four weeks, students will work on the project with which they're paired. (Undergraduates have the option of working an additional two weeks, making the fellowship a total of eight weeks.)

Graduates will receive a stipend of at least $1800; undergraduates will be paid at $10 per hour.

Note: graduate fellowships are assured, but the final stipend amount has yet to be determined.

To Apply

By April 25, please submit a few paragraphs explaining your interest in the program, what you hope to learn from it, and the top two projects with which you're interested in pairing. Please contact Perry Trolard in the Humanities Digital Workshop for more info, or to apply.