EXARC is proud to cooperate with America’s largest outdoor living history museum, Colonial Williamsburg, in an annual fellowship offer.
Due to COVID-19 the 2020 application round is postponed.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation– EXARC Fellowship is intended to advance the research and scholarship of Archaeological Open-Air Museums through a partnership between EXARC, the international organization of Archaeological Open-Air Museums (AOAM) and Experimental Archaeology, and the Colonial Williamsburg, America's largest outdoor living history museum.
This fellowship will fund a one month of scholarship in residence at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Successful proposals will demonstrate potential to advance the understanding and practice of reconstructive and experimental archaeology, and its interpretation through structured experimentation to recreate material culture, technology, or life-ways of the past. Applicants need experience in Open-air museums, ancient technology, experimental archaeology or interpretation, applicable to the 18th century. This can be of American, European or other origin. Fellows are expected to be in continuous residence at Colonial Williamsburg and to actively participate in the intellectual life of the Foundation's research, educational, and interpretive campus.
Fellowships run for one month totaling $2,500.
Application Procedures
Due to COVID-19 the 2020 application round is postponed.
To apply please submit a succinct project abstract (maximum 250 words), a project description (not to exceed 1,000 words), and a c.v. Please indicate in your proposal the fellowship to which you are applying and whether you are a U.S. Citizen or eligible to visit the U.S. Proposals must be submitted electronically as PDF or Word files via email to fellowships@cwf.org. In addition, submit the names and contact information for two professional references who could provide a letter of recommendation at the request of the committee. Fellows are expected to be in continuous residence at Colonial Williamsburg and to actively participate in the intellectual life of the Foundation's research, educational, and interpretive campus.
More information: https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/learn/research-and-education/fellowships/
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Winners
2019
The winner in 2019 is Dr Giovanna Fregni, an archaeologist, previously employed as Gem Cutter and Jewellery Designer. She will construct a simple lapidary machine to polish and cut gems using materials and equipment available during the American Colonial period. More information here.
2018
The winner in 2018 was Prof. Dr. John Seidel with his multi-faceted project to pursue artifact analysis and structured experiments trades, while also designing a long-term undergraduate program to engage students and staff in multiple experiences and experiments over time. More information here.
A short blog by John Seidel about the stay at Colonial Williamsburg you can read here.
2017
The first winner of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation – EXARC Fellowship, in 2017, was Nikola Krstović from Serbia. He spent a month in Colonial Williamsburg, with his project “Museum OFF Boundaries (Reviving She/Stories & Heritage [in a] Supermarket)”. It is the process of meanings and values co-creation, and especially refers to the interpretative framework. More details here.
Following his stay in Colonial Williamsburg he wrote: “History in Motion: Colonial Williamsburg”
