AAPI History Museum, under the Cultural Society, recently received a generous grant from the Mellon Foundation and are in the process of expanding and increasing our capacity to bring our mobile exhibits into the permanent collections. The AAPI Mobile History Museum goes to meet people where they are. These include school groups, private and public schools, or any large gatherings of students. We aim to bring education equity, educator diversity, and representation to public schools and curricula. We are focused on social justice issues and activism. We want to display AAPI history in a disaggregated manner in such a way that it gives each group within the AAPI name individual attention to tell their stories. Therefore, we are looking for researchers and scholars in the following areas. We are looking for people who have specialized in or have studied the following areas in depth and can bring this history to exhibit panels. We have artists supplying the graphics and artwork. If you or anyone you know has a specialty in the following areas, please email our director to apply for this position.
- Vietnamese American history
- South Asian American history (India)
- Japanese American history
- Korean American history
- Filipino American history
- Native Hawaiian history
- Pacific Islander history
These projects will start in the fall semester of 2024. The ideal finish date is mid-December, but it can be extended.
The end products are two to four panels of exhibits of each group. The narrative of the history is catered to the general public reading level without a lot of technical jargon or big words. Our goal is to engage the public so they would like to learn more about the AAPI history and not to be intimidated by it.
Compensation
We offer an honorarium of $2,000 to $3,000 for each research group. Depending on one’s experiences and background, each project may take 30 hours of research and 10 hours of writing, or close to $50/hr. to $75/hr.
Qualifications
We are looking for people who write well and can explain complex concepts in easily comprehensive terms without sounding intimidating. The qualified candidates are anyone who wants to deliver their craft to the general audience so they, too, can enjoy the history you are so passionate about. The minimum qualification of the candidate is to have studied history, whether at the undergraduate, master’s, or Ph. D. level. It is for anyone who wants to share their passion for history with the general audience.
If you are interested or have any further questions, please contact: Jeannie Salomon, jws@csebri.org
To apply, please email me your resume or CV and a writing sample. We will contact you within 48 hours.
