Description

The Wenner-Gren Foundation’s Fellowship in Anthropology and Black Experiences supports writing projects that draw on Black studies, critical race studies, diasporic Africana studies, the vernacular insights of communities of color, and other inspiration arising from global Black experiences. It welcomes work across anthropology’s subfields and in diverse research areas, not only projects focused on Black communities.

The fellowship aims to expand anthropological conversations, amplify perspectives previously underrepresented in the discipline, and build capacity in anthropology as both a career and a field of study. It supports scholars at critical career junctures whose writing can transform disciplinary debates and reach new networks and audiences within and beyond anthropology. Fellows join a cohort and participate in workshops and mentoring designed to strengthen public anthropology skills and increase their writing’s public impact.