The Small Research Grants Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years. We accept applications three times per year.
Seventy-six years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Shoah remains a crucial caesura in modern thought. In its wake, questions of ethics and aesthetics converge, demanding continuous engagement: What are the limits of representation in the face of catastrophe? How is it possible to give voice to the experience of suffering without exploitation? And in how far can art do justice to historical realities?
This project examines the history of the San Francisco 8, a collection of eight former members of the Black Panther Party (BPP) arrested in January 2007 for the 1971 homicide of San Francisco Police Sergeant John Young. Authorities jailed the men and held them on bonds ranging from three to five million dollars. Austin will examine the reasons behind the arrests, the history of the men’s involvement in the BPP and the years of legal battles they faced before a California court dismissed the charges in 2011.