Bard Graduate Center is a research institute for advanced, interdisciplinary study of diverse material worlds. We support the innovative scholarship of our faculty and students as well as resident fellows, guest curators and artists, and visiting speakers.

Photo by Fresco Arts Team.

Our Public Humanities + Research department focuses on making scholarly work widely available and accessible through the coordination of the fellowship program and public programming that combines academic research with exhibition-related events. Across the institution—from the classroom to the gallery, from publications to this website—we utilize digital media to facilitate and share original research. This section outlines current programming and provides a repository for past scholarly content.

Welcome
Scope of the Institute
Project Content
Individual Projects and Meetings
Academic Resources
Project Faculty and Staff
Eligibility
Stipends and Housing
Application Instructions and Contact Information
FAQ

Summer Scholars at Bard Graduate Center, 2013. Photo: Amy Werbel.

Individual Projects and Meetings

We ask Summer Scholars in this National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute 2017, American Material Culture: Nineteenth-Century New York, to choose case studies drawn from their own teaching and/or research for further development. We anticipate that Summer Scholars will be able to utilize their Institute training to broaden and deepen their practices of interpreting material culture in the context of their own work. In consultation with Project Directors and guest faculty, Summer Scholars will advance their projects over the course of the program. In addition to one-on-one advisory sessions with individual instructors, participants will share their ideas with and receive feedback from the group. Bard Graduate Center will host an Institute wiki to facilitate ongoing and future exchanges and collaborations.

Summer Scholars at the Merchant’s House Museum, 2015. Photo: Bernard L. Herman.

Please direct all application inquiries to: nehinstitute@bgc.bard.edu, and for more details visit the Application Instructions and Contact Information page.

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.