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Yale Ethnography Hub

Graduate Student Fellowship 2025–2026

Deadline: June 15, 2025

The Yale Ethnography Hub invites applications for its 2025–2026 Graduate Student Fellowship, supporting two Yale graduate students whose research engages ethnographic methods and fosters interdisciplinary dialogue and community.

About the Fellowship

Fellows will join a vibrant intellectual community dedicated to advancing ethnographic methods and theories across disciplines. Fellows actively participate in workshops, seminars, and public events, engaging with leading ethnographic scholars and practitioners. The fellowship provides an opportunity to develop research projects within a dynamic interdisciplinary cohort, fostering dialogue, collaboration, and scholarly exchange.

Each fellow will receive a $2,000 research account to reimburse expenses directly related to ethnographic research, including fieldwork, travel, or other research-related costs.

Fellow Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the Ethnography Hub’s intellectual programming, including workshops and discussions.
• Help organize graduate student lunches with invited speakers.
• Mobilize graduate student ethnographers for Hub events and workshops.
• Produce the Ethnography Hub’s annual Newsletter.
• Update and maintain the Ethnography Hub website (familiarity with WordPress required). 

Eligibility

Applicants must be enrolled in a Yale graduate or professional program with demonstrated interest and experience in ethnographic research. Students from all disciplines employing ethnographic methods are strongly encouraged to apply.

Application Materials

• Project proposal (max. 1,000 words), clearly outlining your ethnographic research, its intellectual significance, and how it aligns with the interdisciplinary mission of the Ethnography Hub.
• Curriculum vitae.

Please submit your application materials via email to ethnography@yale.edu by June 15, 2025, using the subject line “YEH Graduate Fellowship Application“.

EVENTS

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NEWS

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