Virtual Writing Group

Call for Applications

The Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is pleased to announce a virtual writing group oriented towards North American-based Holocaust scholars who are untenured, contingent, or working outside of academia. This application-only writing group is designed to support the production of scholarship on the Holocaust and to build an intellectual community, including increased networking opportunities and access to fellow scholars and experts in the field of Holocaust Studies. Participants will receive a $500 stipend for taking part in this writing group.

This program is made possible by the generous support of The Marcus Foundation.

Required Meetings

Participants will meet monthly via Zoom for 7 months between December 2024 and June 2025. Please note: the December meeting is introductory and requires no written work. All group sessions will take place via Zoom for two hours on Fridays from 11 a.m. EST to 1 p.m. EST on December 13, 2024; January 24, 2025; February 21, 2025; March 21, 2025; April 25, 2025; May 30, 2025; and June 20, 2025. Please ensure those meetings fit your schedule before applying.

Participants will take turns sharing written work, which should be provided two weeks in advance of their assigned sessions. That written work may include conference papers, drafts of scholarly articles, book proposals, or chapters of a book manuscript. Each participant is also expected to read each other’s work and provide substantive feedback. While the focus of the group will be on the monthly meetings and review of participant work, the program will also facilitate optional weekly virtual co-writing sessions to provide the space and structure for communal writing.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have earned a PhD. 

• Applicants must be North American-based Holocaust scholars who are untenured, contingent, or working outside of academia.

• Applicants must propose a writing project based on original research related to the field of Holocaust studies.

Application Instructions

Applications must be submitted in English via our online application and consist of the following:

• An online application form

• A current CV

• A short summary (no more than 3 double-spaced pages) of the writing project or manuscript

• A personal statement (no more than 2 double-spaced pages) that indicates why the applicant wishes to join the writing group and how the group would advance the applicant’s scholarship or publication agenda

Application deadline: November 1, 2024

Contact Information

Beyond Academia Initiative Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 BAI@ushmm.org