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Mellon Foundation Supports Connecticut History Project at Wesleyan On January 28, 2022, The Wesleyan Connection reported that the Carceral Connecticut Project at Wesleyan University had received a three-year, $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of its Humanities for All Times initiative. The project will investigate Connecticut’s racial, industrial, and political history from an interdisciplinary perspective […]

Wesleyan Hiring Two 2-year Mellon Post-Docs Wesleyan University is seeking candidates for two post-doctoral positions through the Carceral Connecticut Project. Please see job postings for the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Public History and the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Visual and Digital Storytelling. Both positions begin July 1, 2022.

The Middletown Press Reports on the Carceral Connecticut Project On February 21, 2022, The Middletown Press reported that The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $1.06 million to the “Carceral Connecticut Project: The History of Race, Capitalism, and Violence in the Connecticut River Valley” at Wesleyan University. Wesleyan was one of 12 liberal arts colleges