Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies (CGW)

Founded in 1981, the University of Virginia's Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies is named in honor of native Virginian Carter Godwin Woodson.

Through its internationally acclaimed residential fellowship program, the Woodson Institute offers Pre- and Post-doctoral scholars pursuing research of topical interest a diverse intellectual community promoting scholarly exchange and support. Selected through an intense international competition, the Woodson fellows are a diverse group of young scholars from different disciplines in the humanities and social sciences who work on a wide array of topics in African American and African Studies and related fields. Over the course of its twenty-five year history, the Institute has sponsored more than 125 scholars whose work has appeared in numerous books and articles published by the foremost university presses and academic journals. In addition to advancing the research goals of the Institute, the presence of these fellows has enriched the number and range of course offerings available within the undergraduate curriculum and has been instrumental in faculty recruitment at U.Va.

Going forward, our primary goal at the Carter G. Woodson Institute is to continue the pioneering work of our namesake through an active program of undergraduate teaching and curriculum development; original interdisciplinary research; institutional and financial support of scholars (while the institute assists in securing appointments for Visiting Scholars, we are currently unable to provide financial support for such appointments.); conferences and colloquia; publications and public outreach projects.