Berea College Seeks Applicants for Media Archives Fellowship

Berea College Special Collections and Archives is seeking applications for its 2022 Media Archives Fellowship. The fellowship is an outreach program of the Special Collections and Archives (SCA) department of Hutchins Library at Berea College. Applications are due by February 2, 2022.

The program is designed to increase the scholarly use of SCA’s non-commercial audio and video collections. The fellowship will take place between July 1 2022 and June 30, 2023.

Within the SCA at Berea College are thousands of audio and video recordings in many formats. These media assets include oral histories, public addresses, music performances, radio broadcasts, and spoken word recordings. The recordings allow a wide range of inquiry from Appalachian religion, linguistics, and traditional folkways to modern environmentalism and social justice issues. Scholars using the Media Archives are also benefited by access to supporting contextual data found in the print, manuscript, archive, and photographic holdings of SCA.

One fellowship of $1,400 (for a two consecutive week commitment) or $2100 (for a three consecutive week commitment) will be granted in 2022. The monetary stipend is envisioned as partial support for travel and lodging expenses. It is not designed to pay all the researcher’s expenses.

Applications from current Berea College employees and from scholars residing outside of the United States will not be considered in 2022.