Humanity in Action’s Amsterdam Fellowship 2024

In 2024, the Amsterdam Fellowship will focus on history and activism as tools for navigating the present and shaping the future.

As observed rising inequities, the escalation of wars, and undemocratic practices across the world, the Fellowship urges its participants to come together as a community to challenge current systems of oppression. How can they shape history by creating a more socially just world? What are ways to decolonize the narratives in the history books? What can be learned from the past, in order to build a different future?

The Structure

• The International Program | June 3 and 4, 2024 (virtual)
  • They will virtually join the entire international 2024 Human in Action cohort of about 100 Fellows to discuss community building, relevant human rights issues and courses for civil engagement.
• The Amsterdam Fellowship | June 6 – 21, 2024 (in-person in Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
  • About 20 Fellows will gather from the various HIA countries in Amsterdam to learn from local experts, community members, and each other.
• Action Projects | July 2024 – December 2024
  • Once the in-person program is over, Fellows work on their independent Action Project. The office will provide support during this. Additionally, online Social Calls with the entire international cohort of 2024 will be facilitated to foster the community.
  • Through individual Action Projects, Fellows learn how to apply their new knowledge and perspectives in their own communities. Action Projects are as diverse as Humanity in Action Fellows. In the past, Fellows organized lectures, developed podcasts or brought people together through art performances or discussion tables. Planning for the Action Project begins during the in-person program. After the program, Fellows will be assisted by the local Humanity in Action offices.

Eligibility Criteria

• Apply from Europe
  • You speak English fluently (all programs are conducted in English)
  • You must fit one of the below:
    • You are a current student in a college or university located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland.
    • You graduated no longer than two years ago from a college or university in any of the above mentioned countries.
    • You grew up in or are a citizen or resident of any of the above-mentioned countries and study at or recently graduated from a college or university in any country of the world.
• Apply from the USA
  • Applicants to the Humanity in Action Fellowship must be one of the following:
    • currently enrolled undergraduate students from the US or at US-based colleges and universities (sophomores, juniors, and seniors); or
    • recent graduates (for the 2024 Fellowship, they define recent graduates as individuals from the undergraduate or graduate classes of 2022 and 2023. For undergraduates, they define recent graduates as individuals who attended accredited, four-year undergraduate colleges or universities in the United States, having graduated in spring 2022 or later); or
    • currently enrolled, second-year community college students who plan to continue their secondary education; or
    • currently enrolled Masters and PhD students at US-based universities.

For more information, visit Humanity in Action.