COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funding for New Postdoctoral Position in Public Humanities and African American Life in Upstate South Carolina

FAIN: PB-275361-20

Clemson University (Clemson, SC 29634-0001)
Lee Morrissey (Project Director: May 2020 to January 2023)

Retention of a postdoctoral research position in public history and African American studies at the Humanities Hub of Clemson University.

The Clemson Humanities Hub, a fledgling humanities center at Clemson University, is applying for CARES Act Covid-19 Emergency Relief funding to protect a vulnerable, new 2-year terminal postdoctoral research position in “Public Humanities and African American Life in Upstate South Carolina,” which starts August 15, 2020, and is slated to run until May 15, 2022. The Humanities Hub, made possible largely by donor gifts, just finished its third full year, during which it secured a matching grant with which it hired its first post-doctoral researcher. With the pandemic, the University went to remote operations and six Spring 2020 Humanities Hub events were deferred to AY 2020-2021, representing an additional commitment in the next fiscal year of nearly $25,000, as a result of which we start the new fiscal year in deficit. We apply, then, for 50% of the post-doctoral position’s salary and fringe for the Fall 2020 semester, plus F&A