March 2011


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Rex Nettleford Fellowship in Cultural Studies, 2011

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the Rex Nettleford Fellowship in Cultural Studies, 2011.
The Fellowship was established by the Rhodes Trust to mark the centenary of the Rhodes Scholarships in the Caribbean in 2004 and to honour the distinguished contribution of the late Professor the Honorable Rex Nettleford O.M. to higher education and to the cultural life of the Caribbean.

The terms and conditions of the Fellowship are:

• The awardee should be a resident of the Caribbean under the age of 35 years.
• All areas of scholarship in the field of Cultural Studies, including the creative arts, may be pursued.
• The value of the award will be ₤10,000 with an associated travel grant of ₤2,000.
• The award holder will be expected to use the tenure of the award to either complete an existing piece of work or to develop a new project.
• The award holder will be expected to give a number of public lectures, which would be made more generally available on the website of the Rhodes Trust.

The closing date for receipt of applications by the Jamaica/Caribbean Secretary to the Rhodes Trust, the address of whom is stated below, is April 30, 2011.

For further information, please contact The Jamaica/Caribbean Secretary to the Rhodes Trust, 21 East Street, Kingston, Jamaica. Tel: (876) 9225960, Fax: (876) 922757, or The Office of Administration, The University of the West Indies,Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, Tel: (876) 9772407 or online at www.rhodes-caribbean.com