The Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana invites applications for a travel grant to fund research at the Communal Studies Collection at USI’s David L. Rice Library.
The Communal Studies Collection’s rich archival materials contain information on over 600 historic and contemporary communal societies, utopias, and intentional communities. A complete listing of communities can be found at http://www.usi.edu/library/communalstudies.asp. Particular strengths include the Harmonists, The Farm, Shakers, Twin Oaks, and Amana, but the collection covers American communalism much more broadly. The University of Southern Indiana (www.usi.edu) is located in Evansville, 25 miles from the historic communal town of New Harmony, Indiana. Applicants may be graduate students or established scholars from any discipline that involves the study of communalism (such as history, English, anthropology, sociology, psychology, etc.) The grant will fund research up to $2,000 to be used by April 15, 2010. Applications are due May 1, 2009, and must consist of a letter detailing the project and its significance to communal studies, a proposed budget, and a vita. Applications can be sent to mjgrow@usi.edu or Matthew Grow, Center for Communal Studies, 8600 University Boulevard, Evansville, IN 47712.
via CSA Anthropologist Group
