This fellowship was established to honor the life and work of Jack Henning, San Francisco labor leader, statesman, and tireless champion of all working people.

Established in 2007, the Jack Henning Graduate Fellowship in Labor Culture & History awarded annual grants to California graduate students from 2009 to 2024.

A fundraising event during 2007 was attended by many of our friends, including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, members of the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council Unions, and San Francisco Labor Council Affiliates, and our supporters from the Northern California community.

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED. We are not offering funding opportunities, effective September 1, 2024.

Purpose:
To encourage innovative study of the expressive culture of working people in the United States, as well as their identities, philosophies, and the problems they encounter.

Eligibility:
Graduate students (Master’s and Ph.D. candidates) enrolled in an accredited California university undertaking research related to laborlore, labor history, occupational folklife, trade union traditions, and/or workers’ expressive culture, all broadly defined.

Applicants may be from any relevant discipline, including but not limited to Anthropology, Art, Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, English, Ethnic Studies, Folklore, Geography, History, Labor Studies, Literature, Sociology, Urban Studies, and Women’s Studies.

We are especially interested in supporting graduate students who are exploring important, innovative topics related to the lives of working people that may fall outside of the parameters of traditional academic research and funding.

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED. We are not offering funding opportunities, effective September 1, 2024.

Questions regarding the fellowship should be sent to: info@laborculture.org