Graduate Fellows Summer Research Institute in U.S. Law and Race

Funded by the Mellon Foundation, this three-week residential fellowship program supports four (4) graduate students in Summer 2025 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s U.S. Law and Race Initiative with the Digital Legal Research Lab. We seek proposals addressing race and racialization in U.S. law and history broadly, aiming to understand racialized people’s use of the law to advance personhood, citizenship, rights, and sovereignty throughout American history. Fellows must be from Ph.D. programs in History or relevant humanities or humanistic social science disciplines, including joint J.D./Ph.D. programs.

Fellows will workshop their research and writing, receive training in digital methods to support data structuring and analysis, contribute to an Open Educational Resource, and enjoy seminar-style discussion of shared readings. The 3-week program features tailored mentoring with U.S. Law & Race affiliate faculty and staff, along with opportunities to meet and network with UNL’s History & Digital Humanities communities.

Benefits: $4,000 stipend; all housing and meals provided; and all travel costs are covered.