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https://library.harvard.edu/grants-fellowships/houghton-library-visiting-fellowships

Deadline: January 20, 2023

The Visiting Fellowship program offers scholars at all stages of their careers funding to pursue projects that require in-depth research on the library’s holdings, as well as opportunities to draw on staff expertise and participate in intellectual life at Harvard.

Houghton provides fellows with access to other libraries at the University, and opportunities to exchange knowledge and promote their research through its publications, and scholarly and public programs.

Recent fellows‘ research topics speak to the breadth and depth of Houghton’s holdings—ranging from colonial-era Native American music to the collecting of Sanskrit manuscripts, and Iberian chivalric romances to celebrity pregnancy on the London stage.

Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse amount of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.

The library particularly welcomes proposals that reexamine its collections through a global lens and/or demonstrate how the holdings of a rare book and manuscript library can contribute to discourse around contemporary social, political, and cultural issues. New fellowships on gender and sexuality studies in the performing arts, and early modern black lives underscore Houghton’s commitment to diversifying perspectives on our collections.

Houghton Library is Harvard’s principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, literary and performing arts archives, and more. The Visiting Fellowship Program offers scholars at all stages of their careers funding to pursue projects that require in-depth research on the Library’s holdings.

The application deadline for 2023-2024 fellowships is January 20, 2023.

Recipients will be notified by April 1, 2023.

Contact Info: 

Peter X. Accardo

Librarian for Scholarly and Public Programs

Contact Email: accardo@fas.harvard.edu

Deadline: January 31, 2023

The Graduate School of North American Studies (GSNAS) at Freie Universität Berlin invites applications for 3 doctoral grants with a funding period of one year (1,350 EUR per month, 2023-2024) as well as up to 7 additional doctoral memberships for candidates who have already obtained third-party funding (starting date: October 1, 2023).

We would greatly appreciate if you could forward this message to prospective candidates who are interested in pursuing a doctoral project in Cultural Studies, Economics, History, Literary Studies, Political Science or Sociology. Only doctoral projects related to the field of North American Studies can be considered. Applicants will be able to submit their applications via our online platform until January 31, 2023 at 23:59 hours GMT (deadline). Further details can be found on the attached posters and our website at gsnas.fu-berlin.de/en.

Should doctoral candidates at your institution be interested in a short-term stay (2-6 months) at GSNAS, we would appreciate to receive inquiries at visitingresearcher@gsnas.fu-berlin.de.

Please do not hesitate to contact us in case you have any further questions.

https://www.bl.uk/eccles-centre/fellowships-and-awards/fellowships

Deadline: 16 December 2022

These awards are offered to help support individuals wishing to visit London to use the British Library’s collections relating to the Americas (North America, the Caribbean, Central America, South America).

Who are the Eccles Centre Visiting Fellowships for?

We are keen to hear from all kinds of serious researchers who have the potential to produce something new, exciting, challenging and different as a result of their research into the British Library’s Americas collections. As well as applicants from academic backgrounds working on scholarly research, we also welcome independent researchers, creative practitioners working on artistic and cultural projects, and journalists, educators and scientists working on public policy problems. This means that research towards a doctoral degree, an academic article, a poetry collection, a policy paper, a classroom resource, a theatre production, a body of painting or sculpture, a new fashion collection…all these kinds of projects and more will be considered.

Applicants must be over 18 years of age but can be based anywhere in the world.

What can I research as part of the Eccles Centre Visiting Fellowship programme?

There are four research themes that we are particularly excited for researchers to explore through our collections.

• Sounds and music of the Americas
• Americans beyond the Americas
• American environments
• Religion and spiritualty in the Americas

Researchers are strongly encouraged to apply with projects that align with one of these themes. If you need to use the British Library’s Americas collections for an exciting and original project that falls outside the scope of these themes you may apply as a ‘wildcard’.

You can find out more about the research themes in this blog.

How much are the Fellowships, and how long do they last?

Applicants may apply for up to the following amounts, depending on where they are based:

• The UK (within the M25) – £1,000
• The UK (outside the M25) – £2,000
• Europe (excluding the UK) – £2,500
• Rest of World – £3,000

It is expected that this award will support around a month’s work in the Library, either taken continuously, or as a number of smaller trips. The 2023 awards will last for 18 months, for those in receipt of a 2023 Fellowship, the research trip(s) will need to take place between 1 April 2023 and must be completed by 30 September 2024.How do I apply?

Applications for the 2023 competition can be submitted from Friday 8 October. We strongly encourage all potential applicants to read our Notes for Applicants document before submitting an application. All submissions must be made via our digital form. The deadline for receipt of applications is 5pm GMT on Friday 16 December 2022.

All applicants are invited to submit a separate Equality, Diversity and Inclusion form that will be stored separately from your main application form, and which will be completely anonymous with no identifying information about you.

If you have any questions, please contact us at eccles-centre@bl.uk.

Further information

The British Library’s main catalogue, Explore, as well as smaller, specialist catalogues for archives and manuscripts, sound recording and photographs, can be found at the Library’s homepage, www.bl.uk. The Eccles Centre does not house a collection separate to that of the British Library, and the bibliographies on the Eccles Centre webpages provide a snapshot of some of the items in the British Library collection.

Enquiries regarding the British Library’s North American holdings can be directed in the first instance to the Eccles Centre or the Library’s Reference Enquiry Team.

Contact Info:

Dr Philip Abraham, Visiting Fellowship Manager

The Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library

Contact Email: eccles-centre@bl.uk