January 20, 2022
The National Portrait Gallery, 8th and G Streets, Washington, D.C., 20001
Call for Papers
Applications due Monday, March 7, 2022, 5 p.m. ET to NPGPortal@si.edu
The National Portrait Gallery calls for applications for a half-day writing workshop. The two selected scholars will receive critical, constructive feedback on pre-circulated samples of writing drafts through a digital workshop held via Zoom on the morning of Friday, September 2, 2022. The workshop, which will convene Portrait Gallery curators and historians, seeks to nurture and support the development of scholarly works to enrich the field of portraiture and visual biography. We invite submissions of writing that challenge the field of portraiture and explore categories of race, class, gender, and/or ethnicity. Two scholars will be selected.
The biennial Scholar Day is presented by PORTAL, the Portrait Gallery’s Scholarly Center
To be eligible:
- Scholars must have an in-progress draft of an article or chapter from an upcoming book in manuscript form
- Scholars must be available to tune in virtually for the program on the morning of Friday, September 2, 2022
Please note that no work written by an employee of the Smithsonian Institution or produced by a Smithsonian publications office is eligible.
To apply, please email NPGPortal@si.edu the following as a single PDF:
1.) One-to-two page CV(250-500 words)
2.) One-page proposal (250 words)
3.) Statement explaining the relationship between the paper and your other work
Selection Process
A panel of judges from the National Portrait Gallery will review all applications. Two applicants will be chosen to participate in the workshop. Selected participants will be notified in Spring/Summer 2022.
Attend as a Guest Scholar
Scholars who wish to attend must request permission by emailing NPGPORTAL@si.edu. Attendance is limited. Papers will be available for request beginning August 2022