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Non Academy Grants, Fellowships, Prizes and Awards
Fellowships, Grants, Prizes
| 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 |
The Hill
Museum and Manuscript Library, in Collegeville, Minnesota,
sponsors Heckman Research Stipends for research at the library.
The stipends are available to graduate students within three
years of completing a terminal masters or doctoral degree,
for a period of two weeks to six months in varying amounts
up to $2,000.
The deadline
for application is 15 April for a research period from 1 July
to 31 December, . (The deadline is 15 November for the period
from 1 January to 30 June.)
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.
Inquiries
may be sent to the Committee on Research, Hill Museum & Manuscript
Library, Box 7300, Saint John's University, Collegeville,
MN 56321-7300 (320-363-2795; fax: 320-363-3222; hmml@csbsju.edu;
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 20102011 is "Image and Spectacle." Human
beings make worlds appear by imagining and "imaging" them;
they display worlds to others in performances. This cros-cultural
theme embraces the study not only of how images relate to
the reality of the world, but also of how both as individuals
and as societies we generate images. The spectacle of performance,
which was the origin of theory in the Ancient Greek world,
leads to many kinds of reflection--form performativity to
epistemology, from theories of history to literary and aesthetic
theory, from cultural criticism to palaeography. It extends
ultimately to examining the role of reflection (speculation)
and criticism of images and their worlds.
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 30 July 2007 and prior to 1 May 2010. Applications
who will successfully defend their Ph.D. degree by 1 May 2010
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.
Applicants
and referees are to send these application materials electronically
to: humanities@chass.utoronto.ca by Friday, 4 January 2008.
For submission guidelines, please visit http://www.humanities.utoronto.ca/proposals.html.
Awards will be announced in March 2008. Eligibility: Eligible
applicants must have successfully defended their Ph.D. after
July 2005 and prior to 1 May 2008. Applicants who will successfully
defend their Ph.D. degree by 1 May 2008 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 ineligible.
Fellowships are open to citizens of Canada, the United States,
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.
The application
deadline is 1 December 2009.
Contact:
Robert Gibbs, Director of the Jackman Humanities Institute
(416-978-7415; jhi.director@utoronto.ca; http://www.humanities.utoronto.ca/funding/id=7).
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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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| National
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
|
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 2008.
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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| Johns
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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The Institute
for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies, announces
opportunities for scholars 20102011. 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. Medieval history
is one of the School’s principal interests, but the program
is open to all fields of historical research. Scholars from
around the world come to the Institute to pursue their own
research. Those chosen are offered membership and a stipend
for up to a year.
The Institute
provides access to extensive resources including offices,
libraries, subsidized restaurant and housing facilities, and
some secretarial services. Candidates of any nationality may
apply for a single term or a full academic year. 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 (http://www.hs.ias.edu),
or contact the School of Historical Studies, Institute for
Advanced Study, Einstein Dr., Princeton, N.J. 08540 (mzelazny@ias.edu).
Deadline: 1 November 2009.
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The
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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