Liberal Arts Sponsored Residencies at A Studio in the Woods
The School of Liberal Arts Dean’s Office is pleased to continue its highly successful program that offers faculty space to pursue their research and creative endeavors in a retreat setting. For the fourth year in a row, we are partnering with A Studio in the Woods to award short residencies for SLA faculty during the 2024-25 academic year. These residencies will provide time and space for faculty in a beautiful, secluded setting, a 25-minute drive from New Orleans.
In 2024-25, we are expanding the kinds of residencies, both to allow for individualized research and creative endeavors, and to encourage collaborative work. This year we will sponsor residencies in three categories:
One-week Residencies for individuals: We seek proposals for scholarly and creative projects that would benefit from a week-long retreat. Project narratives should make the case for the project’s current status and how a concentrated week of work would advance it towards completion. These residencies typically take place from Monday to Sunday.
Collaboration Labs: Proposals may come from 2 people applying to spend up to a week working on a joint project. Examples of collaborative lab projects include writing a grant proposal, a co-authored paper, or developing a new collaborative project. Proposals for creative endeavors mixing scholarly and artistic practice are also welcome. Applications should highlight the benefits of cross-disciplinary collaboration and what each partner brings to the project that one alone would not.
August Collaboration: This residency is similar to the Collaboration Labs, but with a further emphasis on team building. Applications should come from three people from at least two departments or disciplines, or more than one school, working on a project, a grant proposal, or seeding a new project. This residency would take place in August of 2024.
(See submission guidelines below.)
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all tenure-line SLA faculty, in any discipline or area.
AWARD AMOUNT: For those selected, the School of Liberal Arts will cover all administrative fees (i.e., there will be no fees charged to you by A Studio in the Woods for your residency). In addition, recipients will receive a stipend of $500 to help defray costs associated with a one-week residency. Funds are used at your discretion, but are intended to help cover costs of transportation (including car rental, if needed), groceries, childcare, and other miscellaneous expenses. A Studio in the Woods provides room, utilities and workspace. Residents are expected to prepare their own meals in designated kitchen space.
See here for more details on the experience at A Studio in the Woods: https://www.astudiointhewoods.org/living-experience.
Testimonials from previous Liberal Arts faculty residents:
“I have been an academic writer for twenty years and the ASITW residency may be the best single thing that has ever happened for me. I did not know how much I needed the quiet time in the middle of otherwise routine research and writing life. As Tulane faculty, who benefits from all that living in New Orleans offers, I would have never described the city as particularly noisy for a writing mind. But all cities are in the end noisy; and all writing in the end needs at least a little quiet. If I could come and sit in that studio or a space similar at least once a year for the rest of my career I would do it over and over again, so transformative was the benefit.”
– Laura Rosanne Adderley, Associate Professor of History
“I had the most wonderful stay at A Studio in the Woods. It’s only 30 minutes away from the city and yet it feels far, like another dimension. A bubble. A place to disconnect and reconnect, with work, and nature, and life. It’s a magic place to let ideas and words flow. I cannot yet believe in only a week there I managed to finish revisions for an article and start a new book chapter, all feeling happy and refreshed.”
– Amalia Leguizamón, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Latin American Studies
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES – Applications are due by May 13, 2024, via email attachment to the Liberal Arts Dean’s Office Box Folder (relevant office members will be automatically copied on submissions).
Submit a proposal no more than two pages in length, that addresses the following:
- Short project description
- Scope of work for your time in residence
- How a week at Studio in the Woods will benefit your professional goals and/or career trajectory at this time
- Preferences for scheduling your week at Studio in the Woods
Proposals will be reviewed, with faculty selections made by the Liberal Arts Dean’s Office.
Please note that recipients of this award will need to coordinate their travel plans with A Studio in the Woods and will need to be flexible as to dates of their residence. Not all days are available or can be accommodated. We will select alternates in case mutually convenient dates cannot be found.