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Non Academy Grants, Fellowships, Prizes and Awards
Fellowships, Grants, Prizes
| Franklin Research Grants |
Since 1933 the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. In 2010–2011 the Franklin Research Grants program awarded $330,000 to 62 scholars, and the Society expects to make a similar number of awards in this year’s competition. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.
Franklin grants are made for noncommercial research. They are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication. The Society does not pay overhead or indirect costs to any institution. Grants will not be made to replace salary during a leave of absence or earnings from summer teaching; pay living expenses while working at home; cover the costs of consultants or research assistants; or purchase permanent equipment such as computers, cameras, tape recorders, or laboratory apparatus.
Special Programs
APS/British Academy Fellowship for Research in London
In collaboration with the British Academy, the APS offers an exchange postdoctoral fellowship for a minimum of one and a maximum of two months’ research in the archives and libraries of London during 2012. This award includes travel expenses between the United States and the United Kingdom and a monthly subsistence paid by the APS. Candidates should specify that they are asking for the British Academy Fellowship, and apply by October 1; applicants not selected for the British Academy Fellowship will be considered for a Franklin Research Grant.
APS/Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Fellowship for Research in Edinburgh
In collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh, the APS offers a visiting fellowship of between two and four months for research in Edinburgh in the calendar year 2012 in any aspect of the humanities and social sciences. To maximize the benefits of the fellowship, applicants are strongly encouraged to schedule their visit to overlap with one of the two main teaching semesters (January–March and September–December). This award includes travel expenses between the United States and the United Kingdom, a private office, library and research facilities at the IASH, and a monthly subsistence paid by the APS. Travel expenses and the monthly subsistence amount will not exceed the maximum APS award of $6,000. Candidates should specify that they are asking for the IASH Fellowship, and apply by October 1; applicants not selected for the IASH Fellowship will be considered for a Franklin Research Grant. Further information about the IASH, including current research themes, is available at http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/.
Eligibility
Applicants are expected to have a doctorate or to have published work of doctoral character and quality. Ph.D. candidates are not eligible to apply, but the Society is particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received the doctorate. American citizens and residents of the United States may use their Franklin awards at home or abroad. Foreign nationals not affiliated with a U.S. institution must use their Franklin awards for research in the United States. Applicants who have received Franklin grants may reapply after an interval of two years.
Awards
Funding is offered up to a maximum of $6,000 for use in calendar year 2012. Grants are not retroactive.
Grants are payable to the individual applicant. Franklin grants are taxable income, but the Society is not required to report payments. It is recommended that grant recipients discuss their reporting obligations with their tax advisors.
Deadlines
For applications and two letters of support:
October 1, 2011, for a January 2012 decision for work in February through December
(In 2011, the effective deadline will fall on Monday, October 3.)
December 1, 2011, for a March 2012 decision for work in April through December
It is the applicant’s responsibility to verify that all materials, including the required two letters of support, reached the Society; contact Linda Musumeci, Director of Grants and Fellowships, at LMusumeci@amphilsoc.org or 215-440-3429.
Application
The application portal may be accessed at www. amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.
Linda Musumeci, Director of Grants and Fellowships, American Philosophical Society, 104 S. Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215-440-3429; http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants). |
Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowships |
The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies offers post-doctoral Fellowships to be used for research at the Institute and its celebrated library in the medieval field of the holder's choice. Mellon Fellows will also participate in the interdisciplinary Research Seminars.
The Mellon Fellowships are intended for young medievalists of exceptional promise who have completed their doctoral work, ordinarily within the previous five years, including those who are starting on their professional academic careers at approximately the Assistant Professor level. Fellowships are valued at approximately $35,000 (CDN).
Applications for the academic year 2012-2013 must be received no later than February 1, 2012 and include official confirmation that the Ph.D. has been examined and that its award has been approved by the appropriate authority, by that date.
Application forms and further details may be obtained from the web site (http://www.pims.ca) or from The President's office,
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies,
59 Queen's Park Crescent East,
Toronto, ON M5S 2C4,
Canada (416-926-7142; fFax: 416-926-7292;
barbara.north@utoronto.ca).
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| Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Penn |
HERBERT D. KATZ CENTER FOR ADVANCED JUDAIC STUDIES
University of Pennsylvania
Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2012–2013
Application Deadline: November 10, 2011
Institutionalization, Innovation, and Conflict in 13th-Century Judaism:
A Comparative View
The proposed fellowship year will bring together scholars of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic social and intellectual history. The aim of this interdisciplinary enterprise will be to develop a more fully integrated account of Europe and the Mediterranean basin in the 13th century. Major attention will be paid to the way that material and social changes contribute to the creation of new kinds of political and religious institutions and also to the formation of new intellectual horizons and religious concepts. We will also consider the era’s intellectual ferment and criticism of established norms, both within the framework of traditional religious boundaries and beyond. Diverse phenomena such as the appearance of Kabbalah and the institutionalization of Sufi brotherhoods, the creation of new philosophic and scientific cultures, the rise of universities, the establishment of new mendicant orders, the evolution of medieval Halakhah, and the creation of the Inquisition shall be considered, not only as isolated phenomena but in their mutual interrelations.
Potential questions and topics of investigation:
- What can be learned from a comparative study of the development of institutions of learning—the university, yeshiva, and madrasa—both of their curricula and of their social environment?
- What can we learn about the cultural intersection of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in this period by charting the physical migrations of merchants, intellectuals, preachers, and others?
- How might one explain dynamic trends in European Jewish culture such as the Maimonidean controversy and the public emergence of Kabbalah against the backdrop of Jewish political decline, public assaults on the Talmud, blood libels and other forms of Christian aggressiveness against Jews and other minorities?
- What does the study of financial institutions and markets contribute to our understanding of Christian attitudes to the Jewish presence in the Christian world as well as to changing notions of Christian identity?
- How does urbanization relate to new forms of religiosity, in the East and the West?
- What were various strategies of resistance—to hegemony, heresy, and counter traditions? Under what circumstances do diverse groups ally? Diverge?
The Center invites applications from scholars in the humanities and social sciences at all levels, as well as outstanding graduate students in the final stages of writing their dissertations. Stipend amounts are based on a fellow’s academic standing and financial need with a maximum of $45,000 for the academic year. A contribution also may be made toward travel expenses. The application deadline is November 10, 2011. Fellowship recipients will be notified by February 1, 2012.
Applications are available on our website: http:// www.cajs.upenn.edu
For questions contact: Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tel: 215-238-1290; fax: 215-238-1540;
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| Marco Postdoctoral Fellowship |
The
Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at
the University of Tennessee-Knoxville invites applications
for the 2011-2012 Jimmy and Dee Haslam Postdoctoral Fellowship,
a one-year fellowship to be held August 1, 2011 to July
31, 2012 and renewable for one year. The Haslam Fellowship
is open to untenured scholars in any field of medieval
or Renaissance studies whose work falls in the period
300-1700 C.E.
The
Institute hopes to attract a scholar of outstanding potential
with an innovative research plan, who will participate
fully in the intellectual life of the Marco community
throughout the academic year. During the course of the
year, the Fellow will teach one upper division undergraduate
class and one graduate seminar in his or her field of
expertise. Seminars will preferably use primary
source materials. The Fellow may teach both courses in
a single semester if her or his research plan warrants
that arrangement, and will be eligible to apply for travel
funding through the Institute.
Salary
is $40,000 and includes full benefits. Applications, including
curriculum vitae, a detailed research plan (2 single-spaced
pages), and two letters of reference, should be sent to
Prof. heather Hirschfeld, Riggsby Director, Marco Institute
for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of Tennessee,
Dunford Hall, sixth floor, 915 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville,
TN 37996-4065 by April 1, 2011. Information
on the Marco Institute is available at http://web.utk.edu/~marco/.
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| Upcoming
Summer Institutes in Vernacular Paleography |
Supported by a grant
from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, These summer institutes
provide intensive practical training in reading late medieval
and Renaissance manuscripts in European vernacular hands.
French paleography,
2012
Spanish paleography,
2011
English paleography,
2012
They are hosted by
the Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies, the
Getty Research Institute, the Huntington Library, and the
Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
First consideration is given advanced graduate students
and junior faculty at U.S. colleges and universities, but
applications are also accepted from advanced graduate students
and junior faculty at Canadian institutions, from professional
staff of U.S. and Canadian libraries and museums, and from
independent scholars.Those admitted receive a stipend to
help defray the cost of attending the institute. For general
information about the program, contact Carla Zecher, Director
of the Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library
(312-255-3514; renaissance@newberry.org).
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| Kluge
Fellowships |
Library of Congress
Seeks Applicants For Kluge Fellowships
The John W. Kluge
Center at the Library of Congress is accepting applications
for Kluge Fellowships that offer post-doctoral scholars
an opportunity to conduct humanistic and social-science
research in the Library’s large and varied collections.
The fellowships are
awarded for periods of up to 11 months at a stipend of $4,200
per month. Applications must be postmarked by Thursday,
July 15, 2010. For more information and an application form,
visit www.loc.gov/kluge/. Or contact Ms. Mary Lou Reker
or Ms. Patricia Villamil at 202-707-3302.
The fellowships are
open to scholars worldwide with a Ph.D. or other terminal
advanced degree conferred within seven years of the July
15 deadline. The Kluge Center encourages research that makes
use of the Library’s collections. Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural
or multilingual research is particularly welcome. Among
the collections available to researchers are the world’s
largest law library and outstanding multilingual collections
of books and periodicals. Deep special collections of manuscripts,
maps, music, films, recorded sound, prints and photographs
are also available. Further information about the Library’s
collections can be found at www.loc.gov/rr/ .
The Kluge Center
was established in 2000 through an endowment of $60 million
from John W. Kluge. Located in the Thomas Jefferson Building
of the Library of Congress, the center was created to bring
together the world’s best thinkers to stimulate and energize
one another, to distill wisdom from the Library’s rich resources
and to interact with policymakers in Washington. For further
information on the Kluge Center, visit www.loc.gov/kluge/
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| Mellon
Fellowships at Northwestern University |
Northwestern
University seeks to appoint two Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows
in Medieval Studies for a two-year term (renewable for a
third year) beginning September 2010. Applicants must have
Ph.D. by 15 September 2010 and should have received the
degree no earlier than 2008. Candidates who already hold
tenure-track positions will not be considered. Both postdocs
will join a thriving community of interdisciplinary medievalists.
A position
in any area of medieval Latin, 5001500, will be held
jointly with the Classics Department. The successful candidate
will teach one undergraduate course per year and run a yearlong,
non-credit workshop in Medieval Latin for graduate students.
Medieval
studies and Art History seek a scholar of Western medieval
art with a preference for manuscript studies, though other
fields will be considered. The successful candidate will
teach one undergraduate class and one graduate seminar per
year.
Please
send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, writing
sample (no more than 30 pages), and three letters of recommendation
to Barbara Newman, Medieval Search Committee, Department
of English, Northwestern University, 1897 Sheridan Road,
Evanston, IL 60208-2240. Electronic applications (in Word
or pdf) may be emailed to Jennifer Britton ( j-britton@northwestern.edu)
with the subject line “Medieval Postdoc Search” and the
field. AA/EOE. Deadline for applications is 1 November.
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NEH
Summer Stipends
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The
National Endowment for the Humanities offers a number of
Summer Stipends of $6,000 to fund two months of full-time
summer research. The deadline for submissions is 1 October
2009; applications may be submitted electronically. Contact:
NEH (202-606-8200; stipends@neh.gov; http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html).
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| Society
for Medieval Feminist Scholarship Prize |
The
Society for Medieval Feminisht Scholarship sponsors an award
to recognize scholarly contributions in our field. Each
year, SMFS seeks nominations/submissions for its annual
prize for outstanding feminist scholarship on the Middle
Ages. Prizes alternate between "best first medieval feminist
book" and "best published feminist medievalist article."
Each submission is evaluated in the context of the ways
it contributes to the study of women and feminist values
in Medieval Studies. The prize carries an award of $300,
which is awarded at the annual business meeting each May
at the International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo,
Michigan).
Books
and articles may be nominated for consideration or may be
self-submitted. All efforts should be made to send at least
two (2) copies of a book under consideration, although only
one (1) is required. It is expected that four (4) copies
of each article will be sent to the SMFS President for distribution.
Books must be the author's first monograph, and may not
be edited collections. Articles must have been published
within the preceding four years (e.g. articles published
20032006 are eligible for the 2007 prize). Submissions
in languages other than English are welcomed.
All
submissions, whether self-nominated or otherwise, should
be accompanied by a cover letter explaining the merits of
the work under consideration, particularly in a feminist
medievalist context. The letter should be addressed to,
and all materials should be sent to Prof. Virginia Blanton,
Dept. of English, 106 Cockefair Hall, Univ. of Missouri,
5100 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City, MO 64110-2499 (816-235-2766;
blantonv@umkc.edu). Deadlines are generally in the early
part of January.
The
2009 Prize for Best Article has been awarded to Professor
Rebecca Winer, Department of History, Villanova University,
for her paper “Conscripting the Breast: Lactation, Slavery,
and Salvation in the Realms of Aragón and Kingdom of Majorca,
c. 12501300,” Journal of Medieval History 34
(2008).
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| Opportunities
at the University of Leicester |
The
College of Arts, Humanities and Law at the University of
Leicester is advertising several funded Ph.D. studentships,
three of which are available to students who want to work
on Anglo-Saxon / Old English topics. These studentships
include fees (at UK/EU rates), stipends, and opportunities
for paid teaching. Adverts and further particulars are available
online (links below).
1.
A Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) in Medieval +/or
Renaissance Literature (i.e., 4-year a Ph.D. studentship
with teaching attached) (http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/gradschool/finance/funding/gta/english).
Preference
may be given to applicants whose thesis project concerns
the History of the Book. Students interested in OE/ON literature
are also encouraged to apply.
2.
A 3-year Ph.D. Scholarship in LatinClassical, Medieval
(Pre- or Post-Conquest), or Neo-Classical (http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/gradschool/finance/funding/scholarships/latin).
3.
A 3-year Ph.D. Studentship for the new multidisciplinary
project, "Roots of the British, 1000 BCAD 1000:
Histories, Genetics, and The Peopling of Britain" (http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/gradschool/finance/funding/scholarships/roots).
This
studentship would be ideal for someone interested in the
narratives of the Anglo-Saxon / Viking "migrations,"
and in other disciplinary perspectives (Archaeology, Linguistics,
History, Genetics), or in modern British identities and
the distant past (i.e., why people care about this now).
These
studentships have come through late in the funding season.
Note that the deadlines for applications differ between
the three competitions, and potential applicants should
get in touch as soon as possible.
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| Leonard
E. Boyle Dissertation Prize |
The
Leonard E. Boyle Dissertation Prize for Medieval Studies
is awarded to a deserving doctoral thesis in any field of
medieval studies produced by a Canadian or someone resident
in Canada. Entries are adjudicated by the Dissertation Prize
Committee, a subcommittee of the Canadian Society of Medievalists,
and the prize will be presented at the annual meeting of
the Society. The Prize itself consists of a cash award as
well as a membership in the Society for three years. Members
automatically receive copies of the journal Florilegium
and the newsletter Scrinium. Normally the dissertation
must be submitted within one year of a successful defence.
One paper copy of the thesis and an electronic copy on diskette,
a letter or report from the supervisor, and the external
report should be sent to the Chair of the Boyle Prize Committee
by 5 February 2010 for consideration in the competition:
Elizabeth Edwards, Associate Professor and Director, Contemporary
Studies Programme, University of King's College, Halifax,
Nova Scotia B3H 2A1 (eedward2@dal.ca).
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| The
Margaret Wade Labarge Prize |
This
prize is presented annually by the Canadian Society of Medievalists.
Eligibility:
Any book in the field of medieval studies (including monographs,
editions, translations, and other categories as determined
by the Prize Committee), authored or co-authored, translated
or co-translated, edited or co-edited, etc. (the test being
at least 50% participation) by a Canadian or someone resident
in Canada.
Three
copies of the nominated work must be sent to the secretary
treasurer of the Canadian Society of Medievalists by 1 February
2010 for consideration in the competition.
Contact:
Prof. Murray McGillivray, Department of English, The University
of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N
1N4, CANADA (mmcgilli@ucalgary.ca).
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| Richard
Kieckhefer Prize |
The
Richard Kieckhefer Prize was established by the Societas
Magica in 2009 to honor his contributions to the field and
his mentoring of younger scholars. It is awarded annually
for an unpublished article by a recent Ph.D. (within 2 years
of graduation), in any area of the scholarly study of magic,
witchcraft, or related fields, judged by the selection committee
to be of outstanding quality. In exceptional cases consideration
will also be given to graduate student submissions. The
prize is supported by Penn Press Journals and the Societas
Magica.
The
winner will be announced at the Societas Magica meeting
in May 2010 as well as in its newsletter and on its website.
The winning entry will also be published in the journal
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft and the author will
receive a cash prize of $500. Articles from all academic
disciplines are welcome. Submissions should be in English
and approximately 6,000 words in length. Applicants must
not have received their Ph.D. earlier than January 2008.
A committee appointed by the Societas Magica will judge
the entries. It is not necessary that the prize be awarded
each year. The deadline for submissions is 15 January 2010.
Please forward an electronic version of the article (.rtf
or .doc preferred) to Frank Klaassen (frank.klaassen@usask.ca).
In addition, please send three printed copies with a letter
indicating date of past or expected reception of Ph.D. and
the granting institution to Frank Klaassen, President, Societas
Magica, Department of History, University of Saskatchewan,
718 - 9 Campus Dr., Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7L 0M3.
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| Heckman
Research Stipends |
HECKMAN RESEARCH STIPENDS
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
Collegeville, Minnesota 56321
PURPOSE: For research at the Library
ELIGIBILITY: Graduate students or scholars who are within three years of completing a terminal master's or doctoral degree.
DURATION: Two weeks to six months.
AMOUNTS: Variable up to $2,000.
DEADLINES: Twice a year. April 15 for research conducted from July 1–December 31. November 15 for research conducted from January 1-June 30.
APPLICATION: Submit a letter of application, c.v., a one-page description of the research project including proposed length of stay, an explanation of how the Library's resources will enable you to advance your project, and a confidential letter of recommendation from your advisor, thesis director, mentor, or, in the case of postdoctoral candidates, a colleague who is a good judge of your work.
SEND: All inquiries and materials to The Committee on Research, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, Box 7300, Saint John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321-7300 (fax 320-363-3222; hmml@csbsju.edu).
The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library houses extensive resources for the study of manuscripts and archives. Almost 115,000 manuscripts are available on microfilm and in digital format. HMML has microfilmed extensively in Austria, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Malta, and Ethiopia, and is currently digitizing manuscripts in Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, India, Ukraine, Malta and Italy. Consult the Library's website for further information, including an electronic inventory of its collections (OLIVER) and a growing database of manuscript and book images (Vivarium).
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library,
Saint John's University,
Collegeville, MN 56321-7300 (320-363-2741; fFax: 320-363-3222; http://
www.hmml.org) |
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A.
W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Notre Dame
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The
Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame offers
a Postdoctoral Fellowship for a junior scholar in Medieval
Studies, made possible through the generosity of the Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation. The fellowship will permit an outstanding
young scholar in any field of medieval studies to continue
his or her research while in residence at Notre Dame's Medieval
Institute during the academic year 2010-2011.
The
Mellon Fellow's principal obligation will be to pursue his
or her research. Though the Fellowship carries no teaching
responsibilities, it is expected that the Fellow will take
advantage of the opportunity to participate in the intellectual
life of the Institute and the multidisiciplinary activities
that it sponsors for the medievalist community at Notre
Dame. The Fellow will be provided with an office in the
Medieval Institute, full library and computer privileges,
and access to the Institute's research tools. The Fellow
will be expected to reside in South Bend.
At
the conclusion of the Fellow's period of residency, three
senior scholars are invited to campus for a half-day public
seminar discussion of the Fellow's research. The Fellow
is encouraged to invite leading researchers who can critique
a draft version of the Fellow's work and offer advice on
issues arising out of the work. The panelists spend additional
time with the Fellow in one-to-one conversation and close
reading of the draft.
Eligibility:
Applicants must hold a regular appointment at a U.S.
institution and plan to return to their institution following
their fellowship year. They must have the Ph.D. in hand
as of the application date and must not be more than five
years beyond the Ph.D.
Stipend:
$40,000.
Application
deadline: 15 January 2010.
Application
procedure: There is no special application form. Rather,
applicants should submit a narrative of no more than five
pages describing their proposed research, indicating how
it builds on existing scholarship, and suggesting how it
will benefit from broader interdisciplinary studies. Applicants
should also submit a current curriculum vitae and arrange
for three letters of reference to be sent to the Medieval
Institute by the 15 January deadline. Announcement of the
selection will be made in mid-February 2010.
Please
send applications to Mellon Fellowship Coordinator, Medieval
Institute, 715 Hesburgh Library, Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, IN 46556 (fax: 574-631-8644). For further information,
contact: Roberta Baranowski (574-631-8304, Roberta.Baranowski.7@nd.edu).
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| Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships at the University
of Toronto |
The
Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) at the University of
Toronto is pleased to announce new Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral
Fellowships designed to provide financial and intellectual
support for outstanding scholars at the beginning of their
professional careers. Up to three Fellows in the Humanities
will be selected each year for a two-year fellowship in
the new JHI. Fellows will be selected on the basis of accomplishment
appropriate to their stage in their career, the promise
of excellence and the relevance of their research to the
annual theme.
The
JHI interprets "Humanities" as a broad category, including
political theory, interpretative social science, music and
the arts.
The
theme for 2011-2012 is "Location/Dislocation." The experience
of dislocation prompts insight into how people and ideas
inhabit space, and what happens as they move. Many experiences
of uprooting and exile are unwelcome; arrivals in new locations
often generate violence and intolerance. The arts and books,
languages and stories of the old country often remain vital
for immigrants, creating diasporic cultures of memory and
need; at times the hybridity created in a new place is not
a simple amalgam or a peaceful overwriting. Cities are the
common site of exile and new creations, and in their architecture
and overlapping communities of trade, worship, and education,
cities provide an archival record of the disruptive encounters
that result from dislocation. The task of humanities research
is to engage these complex practices of memory, importation,
colonization, and assimilation.
The
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships are designed to
provide financial and intellectual support for outstanding
scholars at the beginning of their professional careers.
The Fellows will pursue their individual research in the
context of the JHI. They will have offices at the JHI and
will participate in weekly seminars and other activities
in the circle of fellows. In addition, each postdoctoral
fellow will be affiliated with a Department and will teach
one course in each Fall and Winter term of their two-year
Fellowship. We are especially interested in candidates who
have an interest in and capacity for interdisciplinary work
of a high quality. The Fellowship provides an annual $50,000
Canadian stipend.
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants must have successfully defended their
Ph.D. after 1 July 2008 and prior to 1 May 2011. Applications
who will successfully defend their Ph.D. degree by 1 May
2011 are eligible and any award will be conditional on a
successful defense. Such applicants must also include a
letter of confirmation from their supervisor and the Chair
of their Department. Degree candidates and recipients of
the Ph.D. from the University of Toronto are not eligible.
Fellowships are open to citizens of Canada, the United States
of America, and other nations. The University of Toronto
is strongly committed to diversity within its community
and especially welcomes applications from visible minority
group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities,
members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute
to the further diversification of ideas.
All
applications must be made online at www.humanities.utoronto.ca
by 1 December 2010. Submission guidelines and the application
form are available on the website.
Contact:
Robert Gibbs, Director of the Jackman Humanities Institute
(416-978-7415; email: humanities@utoronto.ca
; web: http://www.humanities.utoronto.ca
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| Rome
Prize 2010 |
The
American Academy in Rome invites applications for the Rome
Prize competition. One of the leading overseas centers for
independent study and advanced research in the arts and
the humanities, the Academy offers up to thirty fellowships
for periods ranging from six months to two years.
Rome
Prize winners reside at the Academy's eleven-acre center
in Rome and receive room and board, a study or studio, and
a stipend. Stipends for six-month fellowships are $12,500
and stipends for eleven-month fellowships are $25,000.
Fellowships
are awarded in the following related fields:
Historic
Preservation and Conservation (including architectural design,
public policy, and the conservation of works of art)
Architecture
Landscape
Architecture
Design
(including graphic, fashion, industrial, interior, lighting,
set, and sound design, engineering, urban planning, and
other related design fields)
Fellowships
are also awarded in: Literature; Visual Arts; Medieval Studies;
Renaissance; and Early Modern Studies, awarded by nomination
through the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
The
application deadline is 1 November 2009.
For
further information or to apply, contact the American Academy
in Rome, 7 East 60 Street, New York, NY 10022-1001, Attn.
Programs. (212-751-7200, ext. 47; info@aarome.org; http://www.aarome.org).
Please state specific field of interest when requesting
information.
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| Medici
Archive Project post-doctoral fellowships |
The
Medici Archive Project (MAP) offers post-doctoral fellowships
in Florence, Italy. The Project is dedicated to creating
a searchable online database of the archive of the Medici
Grand Dukes of Tuscany (15371743), a collection of
approximately three million documents housed in the Archivio
di Stato in Florence, Italy.
Since
its inception the Medici Archive Project relies on a thriving
fellowship program with the goal of expanding the documentary
database, training post-doctoral scholars and future academics
in the areas of paleography and archival research, and giving
these scholars the time and the support needed to conduct
their own research and produce original scholarship.
This
is how the Fellowship Program functions: Periodically and
regularly MAP applies to foundations in the US and in Italy
for funding for the program. A three-year fellowship is
the preferred format, but MAP has applied, and received
funding, also for two-year fellowships.
Once
the fellowship is granted by the funding institution, MAP
conducts a search for candidates by advertising it in the
appropriate academic forums and by inviting applications.
Applications undergo an initial in-house examination to
select only those that are relevant to the program, and
these are passed on to an outside Selection Committee who
ranks the applicants based upon selection criteria.
The
Committee then recommends to MAP, a list of finalists who
are invited to a site visit to the Archive in order to meet
the President, the Research Director, and the current Fellows.
Finally the President recommends one applicant to the Chair
of Board of Trustees for funding.
Each
fellow divides his/her time between work on the database
(four semesters) and his/her own research project (two semesters).
Frequently
a three-year fellowship also produces original research
based on primary sources in the form of a book that can
be published in the forthcoming Medici Archive Project Book
Series.
Currently
MAP is also looking into the possibility of extending the
fellows' experience to educational programs, in the form
of paleography and archival research technique courses to
willing hosting institutions.
The
Medici Archive Project (MAP) is offering a two-year fellowship
(15 February 2009-15 February 2011) with fifteen months
of fulltime document assessment and description for the
Documentary Sources database onsite at the Archivio di Stato
in Florence and five months of independent research on a
topic related to art history and/or history of architecture
and the Mediceo del Principato archival corpus (1537-1743),
carried out in one 5-month segment in the second year of
the fellowship period.
Fellows
will have the following qualifications: a completed Ph.D.
or the equivalent in art history and/or history of architecture
relevant to Early Modern European history and culture; fluency
in English and Italian (as well as knowledge of other languages
including French and Latin); substantial research experience
with original documentary material; the ability to work
with computer database programs and commitment to a scholarly
career involving archival research.
The
fellowship stipend is $40,000 plus an allowance for travel
expenses. This fellowship is offered to a United States
Citizen or United States Resident. This fellowship is supported
by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and may be extended for
a third and final year, pending available funding.
Applications
should be submitted electronically (http://www.medici.org/fellowship-program-florence-application).
The application deadline is 31 October 2009.
For
more information about the project and its fellowships,
visit the Project website (http://www.medici.org).
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Humanities Center Fellowships |
The
National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships
for advanced study in the humanities during the academic
year, September 2010 through May 2011. Applicants must hold
doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars
as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply, but
they must have a record of publication, and new Ph.D.s should
be aware that the Center does not support the revision of
a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all
fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals
from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions,
and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects.
The Center is also international and gladly accepts applications
from scholars outside the United States.
Most
of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however,
are designated for particular areas of research. These include
environmental studies and history; English literature; art
history; French history, literature, or culture; Asian Studies;
and theology.
The
National Humanities Center is a participating institution
in the Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship Program of the American
Council of Learned Societies. Application must be made directly
to the ACLS by 1 October. Further information is available
on the ACLS website (http://www.acls.org/). Applications
must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application
system (OFA) or through the Fellowship and Grant Programs
section of the ACLS website.
Fellowships
are individually determined, the amount depending upon the
needs of the Fellow and the Center's ability to meet them.
The Center seeks to provide at least half salary and also
covers travel expenses to and from North Carolina for Fellows
and their dependents.
Located
in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, near Chapel
Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, the Center provides an environment
for individual research and the exchange of ideas. Its building
includes private studies for Fellows, conference rooms,
a central commons for dining, lounges, reading areas, a
reference library, and a Fellows' workroom. The Center's
noted library service delivers books and research materials
to Fellows, and support for information technology and editorial
assistance are also provided. The Center locates housing
for Fellows in the neighboring communities.
Applicants
submit the Center's form, supported by a curriculum vitae,
a 1000-word project proposal, and three letters of recommendation.
You may request application material from Fellowship Program,
National Humanities Center, Post Office Box 12256, Research
Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2256, or obtain the
form and instructions from the Center's website (http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org).
Applications and letters of recommendation must be postmarked
by October 15, 2009. Materials may also be requested via
e-mail (nhc@nationalhumanitiescenter.org).
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| Jerry
Stannard Memorial Award |
The
Department of History at the University of Kansas announces
the 2010 competition for the annual award in honor of the
late Professor Jerry Stannard. The purpose of the award
is to encourage research by young scholars in the pre-1700
fields that Professor Stannard made his own: the history
of materia medica, medicinal botany, pharmacy, folklore
of drug therapy, and the bibliography of these areas.
Each
year a cash award is made to the author of an outstanding
published or unpublished scholarly study in those fields.
In 2010 the award will be $1000.
The
competition is open to graduate students and to recent recipients
of a doctoral degree (the Ph.D. degree or an equivalent),
conferred not more than five years before the competition
deadline.
Manuscripts
must be in English, French, or German. Only one paper by
any author may be submitted in any given year. Each entry
should be typewritten, double-spaced, and no longer than
50 pages, including notes, bibliography, and appendices.
Entrants should keep copies of their manuscripts, since
manuscripts submitted will not be returned.
Each
manuscript must be accompanied by the following: (a) a one-page
abstract of the paper in English; (b) a current curriculum
vitae of the author; and (c) a letter of recommendation
from an established scholar in the field. Entrants who are
resident in the United States of America are also requested
to indicate their home address and social security number.
Entries
must be received no later than 15 February 2010. The award
will be announced on or about 15 May 2010.
All
manuscripts and correspondence should be addressed to Stannard
Award Committee, ATTN: Prof. Victor Bailey, Dept. of History,
University of Kansas, Wescoe Hall, 1445 Jayhawk Blvd., Room
3650, Lawrence, KS 66045-7590
The
winner of the 2009 competition is Dr. Elly R. Truitt (Bryn
Mawr College), for her essay "The Virtues of Balm in
Late Medieval Literature."
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| Mellon
Post-Doc Fellowships at PIMS |
The
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies offers post-doctoral
Fellowships to be used for research at the Institute in
the medieval field of the holder's choice. Mellon Fellows
will also participate in the interdisciplinary Research
Seminars.
The
Mellon Fellowships are intended for young medievalists of
exceptional promise who have completed their doctoral work,
ordinarily within the previous five years, including those
who are starting on their professional academic careers
at approximately the Assistant Professor level. Fellowships
are valued at approximately $35,000 (CDN).
Applications
for the academic year 2010-2011 must be received no later
than March 1, 2010 and include official confirmation that
the Ph.D. has been examined and that its award has been
approved by the appropriate authority, by that date.
Application
forms and further details may be obtained from the website
(http://www.pims.ca) or from The President's Office, Pontifical
Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 59 Queen's Park Crescent
East, Toronto, ON Canada M5S 2C4, (16-926-7142; fax: 416-926-7292;
barbara.north@utoronto.ca).
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Mellon
Fellowships at the IAS
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The
School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced
Study, with the support of the Andrew Mellon Foundation,
has established a program of 1-year memberships for assistant
professors at universities and colleges in the United States
and Canada to support promising young scholars who have
embarked on professional careers. While at the Institute
they will be expected to engage exclusively in scholarly
research and writing. Three appointments will be made for
the academic year 20092010. Appointments will be for
one full year (1 July through 30 June, with the option of
staying through the second summer until 15 August) and will
carry all the privileges of membership at the Institute
for Advanced Study. The stipend will match the combined
salary and benefits at the member's home institution at
the time of application.
Eligibility:
to be considered, assistant professors must be working on
projects in areas represented in the School of Historical
Studies, and should preferably have gone beyond revising
the dissertation. The School is interested in all fields
of historical research, but is concerned principally with
the history of Western, Near Eastern and Far Eastern civilizations,
with particular emphasis upon Greek and Roman civilization,
the history of Europe (medieval, early modern, and modern),
the Islamic world, East Asian studies, the history of art,
the history of science, and modern international relations.
To be eligible, scholars must have held the title "Assistant
Professor" at an institution of higher learning in the United
States or Canada for at least two and not more than four
years at the proposed time of arrival at the Institute and
must be able to return to their institution after the fellowship.
(For purposes of eligibility please note that the period
as an assistant professor includes current and previous
appointments carrying the title "Assistant Professor"or
"Visiting Assistant Professor".)
Applicants
who are eligible for the Mellon Fellowships for Assistant
Professors are encouraged to apply simultaneously in the
regular membership competition. The application for the
two programs is the same, and to be considered for both,
applicants need only mark the indicated boxes for both programs
at the top of the application form. (Note that provisions
for members chosen in the regular competition differ from
provisions for Mellon Fellows as described in this announcement.
Provisions for members are posted on the web at: http://www.hs.ias.edu/supplementary_information.htm.)
To
apply: instructions for submitting the application online,
and printable electronic copies of the application form
are available on the IAS website (http://www.hs.ias.edu/mellon.htm).
Paper copies of the information and application materials
may be obtained from the Administrative Officer, School
of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein
Dr., Princeton, NJ 08540. Completed applications should
be returned to the Administrative Officer by 1 November
2011. As part of the selection process short-listed applicants
will be requested to come to the Institute for an Interview
in February. Awards will be announced by 1 March.
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Hopkins Mellon Fellowship |
The
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences is currently accepting
applications for the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
in the Humanities for three fellows, who will be appointed
to a one-year term beginning 1 July 2010, renewable for
a second.
The
Mellon Postdoctoral Program encourages innovative teaching,
enriches educational and research opportunities in the humanities,
and fosters the career development of a select group of
promising young scholars. Fully one-third of the Krieger
School’s faculty is engaged in humanities departments, where
scholarly and pedagogical excellence has been the standard
since the university’s founding in 1876.
Each
fellowship carries a departmental affiliation and the responsibility
of teaching one course per semester. The initial stipend
is $48,000, with an additional $1,000 available for research
and travel expenses. Health insurance and a one-time moving
allowance of $1,500 are also provided. Appointments are
for one year, renewable for a second year.
Humanities
departments and an interdisciplinary committee of Krieger
school faculty members will review applications and select
fellows for 20102011. Fellows will be selected based
primarily on applicants’ scholarship and promise, as well
as their abilities to fill research and teaching needs within
the university’s humanities departments.
Applicants
should have completed their Ph.D. in one of the following
fields: History, English, History of Art, Musicology, Classics,
Anthropology, German and Romance Languages and Literatures,
Comparative Literature, History of Science and Technology,
Near Eastern Studies, no earlier than 30 June 2005 and no
later than 30 June 2010.
To
apply, please send the following items:
* Letter
of interest
* Full
curriculum vitae
* Three
(3) letters of recommendation
* Academic
statement that includes research and teaching proposal
* A
completed checklist (.pdf download)
Applications
must be postmarked by Thursday, 12 November 2009. Incomplete
applications are not considered for the fellowship. It is
the applicant’s responsibility to make sure their application
is received in full.
Contact:
Claude Poux (410-516-6385). Mail completed application to
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee, c/o Center for
Africana Studies, Johns Hopkins Univ., Greenhouse 118, 3400
N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218.
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Institute
for Advanced Study, Princeton
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INSTITUTE
FOR ADVANCED STUDY, School of Historical Studies, Opportunities
for Scholars 2012-2013. The Institute is an independent
private institution founded in 1930 to create a community
of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching
and other university obligations. Scholars from around the
world come to the Institute to pursue their own research.
Candidates of any nationality may apply for a single term
or a full academic year. Scholars may apply for a stipend,
but those with sabbatical funding, other grants, retirement
funding or other means are also invited to apply for a non-stipendiary
membership. Some short-term visitorships (for less than
a full term, and without stipend) are also available on
an ad-hoc basis.
Open
to all fields of historical research, the School of Historical
Studies’ principal interests are the history of western,
near eastern and Asian civilizations, with particular emphasis
upon Greek and Roman civilization, the history of Europe
(medieval, early modern, and modern), the Islamic world,
East Asian studies, the history of art, the history of science,
philosophy, modern international relations, and music studies.
Residence in Princeton during term time is required. The
only other obligation of Members is to pursue their own
research. The Ph.D. (or equivalent) and substantial publications
are required. Information and application forms may be found
on the School's web site, www.hs.ias.edu,
or contact the School of Historical Studies, Institute for
Advanced Study, Einstein Dr., Princeton, N.J. 08540 (E-mail
address: mzelazny@ias.edu). Deadline: November 1 2011.
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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Fellowships
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The
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library offers short-term
fellowships to support visiting scholars pursuing post-doctoral
or equivalent research in its collections. Students enrolled
in degree programs are ineligible. The fellowships pay for
travel costs to and from New Haven and a living allowance
of $4,000 per month, and are designed to provide access
to the library for scholars who live outside the greater
New Haven area. Normally granted for one month, fellowships
must be taken up between 1 September 2010 and 31 May 2011.
Recipients are expected to be in residence during the period
of their award and are encouraged to participate in the
activities of Yale University.
Successful
applicants normally explain in extensive and specific detail
the relationship of the Beinecke collections to their project
and its significance within the larger field of scholarly
concern. Most of the holdings of the Beinecke Library in
printed materials are described in Orbis, the online catalogue
of Yale University Library. Early manuscripts and modern
archives are described in detailed finding aids available
via the internet. Books and manuscripts at Yale have been
extensively described since 1926 in the Yale University
Library Gazette, which is available in many libraries.
All
application items must be received by December 15, 2009.
Applicants
are asked to submit the following items to the Director
of the Beinecke Library:
an
application form
a
curriculum vitae
a
brief research proposal (1,200 word maximum)
two
confidential letters of recommendation sent to the Beinecke
Director, specifically addressing the merits of the proposed
fellowship project (dossier letters will not effectively
support your application). Sealed, signed, confidential
letters can be included in your application packet or sent
directly from the recommenders.
If
you wish to receive confirmation that your application material
has been received, pleased include a self-addressed, stamped
postcard with your materials. Awards will be announced in
March following the application deadline.
All
application material, including letters of recommendation,
should be addressed to the Director of the Beinecke Library,
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University,
P.O. Box 208240, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8240.
For
more information consult the faq on the library's website
(http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke) or phone or write
(203-432-2956; Beinecke.Fellowships@ yale.edu).
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The
Vatican Film Library Mellon Fellowships provide the cost
of travel within the U.S. and per diem expenses (currently
$73) to researchers making use of the collections for periods
between 2 and 8 weeks.
Applicants
may be post-doctoral scholars or graduate students formally
admitted to a Ph.D. program working on their dissertations.
Projects may involve any subject supported by the collections
of the Vatican Library manuscripts or Jesuit archival material
on microfilm held in the Vatican Film Library. Deadlines
are 1 March for research in June to August; 1 June for research
in September to December; 1 October for research in January
to May.
Contact:
Vatican Film Library Mellon Fellowship, Vatican Film Library,
Pius XII Memorial Library, Saint Louis Univ., 3650 Lindell
Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108-3302 (314-977-3090; fax: 314-977-3108;
passga@slu.edu; http://www.slu.edu/libraries/vfl/fllwshp.htm).
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Research Fellowships at Saint Louis University
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The
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies annually awards
NEH Research Fellowships of five-week or ten-week duration
to scholars who can make use of the rich and varied resources
available at Saint Louis University. These resources include
the Vatican Film Library as well as the manuscript and rare
book collections of Pius XII Library. The Vatican Film Library
holds extensive portions of the Vatican Library’s Medieval
and Renaissance manuscripts on microfilm. In addition, it
has one of the largest collections of microfilmed Jesuit
historical documents from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
Eligibility:
Applicants must possess an earned doctorate or be a
Ph.D.-candidate at the dissertation stage. Topics proposed
for research may include any medieval or early modern subject
in areas such as history, philosophy, theology, science,
literature, paleography, codicology, illumination, text
editing, scriptural and patristic studies, Roman and canon
law, etc. Scholars affiliated with Saint Louis University
or who reside within commuting distance of the campus are
not eligible.
Terms
of Appointment
* Stipend:
$1,750.00 per five-week period
* All
travel expenses to and from St Louis
* Fully
furnished two-bedroom apartment (utilities included)
Since
fellows are expected to devote themselves to their research,
the only requirement of the fellowship is one public lecture
on the topic of that research. Fellows are not permitted
to teach courses or to engage in other employment during
the tenure of their fellowship nor are they permitted to
hold this fellowship and a Vatican Film Library Mellon Fellowship
concurrently. For information on the Vatican Film Library
Mellon Fellowships, see http://www.slu.edu/libraries/vfl.
Application
Procedure Applications should include a cover letter briefly
describing the proposed project; the intended dates of research;
a description of the project not to exceed five double-spaced
pages; a description of manuscripts, documents, or other
resources available at Saint Louis University that will
be useful for the research; and a current curriculum vitae.
Fellowships are usually awarded for one five-week period
or two consecutive five-week periods within the following
schedule.
*
Fall Semester 2009
o August
24September 25 (Awarded)
o September
28October 30 (Awarded)
o November
02December 04 (Awarded)
* Spring
Semester 2010
o January
11February 12 (Awarded)
o February
15March 19 (Awarded)
o March
22April 23
No
formal deadline. Review of applications begins on April
1. Applications will be accepted until all time-periods
are filled. Applications should be sent to the Center at
the address below.
Contact:
Teresa Harvey, Administrative Assistant, Center for Medieval
and Renaissance Studies, Saint Louis University, 3800 Lindell
Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108 (314-977-7180; fax: 314-977-3704;
cmrs@slu.edu; http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/cmrs/index.html).
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Research Institute in Turkey |
The
American Research Institute in Turkey administers or coordinates
a variety of grant programs, including NEH, Samuel H. Kress,
and Mellon fellowships, among others. The deadline for U.S.-based
programs is 1 November. For details, visit: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/.
Contact: American Research Institute in Turkey, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Museum, 3260 South St., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324. |
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