The Centre for Research in Arts, Social Societies and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge and the Early Modern Studies Institute (EMSI) at the University of Southern California / Huntington Library invite applications for Visiting Fellowships in Early Modern Visual and Material Culture, to be held between January 2014 and September 2015. 

These fellowships are part of the collaborative programme Seeing Things: Early Modern Visual and Material Culture  CRASSH / EMSI will appoint up to four fellows over the period (two fellows for twelve months each or 4 fellows for six months each). Fellows will spend half of their fellowship at CRASSH and half at the Huntington Library, San Marino.
 
During their residencies in each institution, fellows will be expected to conduct research on a topic in early modern (1400-1800) visual and material culture and to participate in the life of CRASSH / EMSI. There are no geographical restrictions on research topics, but proposals related to the special collections and museum holdings of Cambridge and the Huntington will be particularly welcome. In addition to carrying out independent research, fellows will be expected to deliver at each institution a master class for early career researchers and graduate students, on a topic of their choice. 

Application deadline: 16 May 2013

For full details and to apply, please visit: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/page/1178/emsi-fellowships-2014-15.htm

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
The Louis Marder Shakespeare Centre Scholarship 2013

Are you studying Shakespeare at college, university, or for leisure? Are you going to be using the archives or library of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust? You might be interested in applying for the Louis Marder Shakespeare Centre Scholarship (or recommending it to a friend).

This annual scholarship of £1,000 will be awarded to ‘a worthy Shakespearian currently pursuing a Ph.D. or similar study, who pledges to produce an original, publishable article on a previously approved literary, historical, or biographical topic about William Shakespeare (as opposed to character analysis or authorship studies) from The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Library or Archives, approved by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s assigned authorities, within two years of the accepted funds. The intent of the award is to inspire, stimulate, and promote archival scholarship.’

More details about the scholarship can be found at the following entry at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust blog, Blogging Shakespeare: http://bloggingshakespeare.com/louis-marder-shakespeare-centre-scholarship.

The deadline for submissions is Tuesday 23 April. The winner will be informed on Friday 17 May.

The Redmond Barry Fellowship is named in honour of Sir Redmond Barry (1813-1880), a founder of the University of Melbourne and the State Library of Victoria. The first Fellowship was awarded in 2004 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his laying of the foundation stones for both institutions on 3 July 1854.

The Fellowship shall be awarded to scholars and writers to facilitate research and the production of works of literature that utilise the superb collections of the State Library of Victoria and the University of Melbourne.

Up to $20,000 shall be awarded to assist with travel, living and research expenses. Fellows will be based at the State Library of Victoria for three to six months. During this period, Fellows will be expected to pursue their own project, present a lecture or short seminar series open to the public, Library and University communities, and submit a brief report at the conclusion of their Fellowship. Fellowships are open to scholars and writers from Australia and overseas. The Fellow’s project may be in any discipline or area in which the Library and the University have strong collections.

For more information or to download an application form, visit the University of Melbourne website.

The deadline for applications is Friday 26 April 2013.

University Of St Andrews
St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies

Donald Bullough Fellowship For A Mediaeval Historian

The St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies invites applications for the Donald Bullough Fellowship in Mediaeval History, to be taken up during either semester of the academic year 2013-14.

The Fellowship is open to any academic in a permanent university post with research interests in mediaeval history. It covers the cost of return travel to St Andrews from the holder’s normal place of work, together with a substantial subsidy towards accommodation while the holder is resident in St Andrews. Previous Fellows have included Dr Christina Pössel, Professor Cynthia Neville and Dr Ross Balzaretti, Dr Marlene Hennessy. The fellowship is currently held by Dr Warren Brown.

The Fellowship carries with it no teaching duties, though the Fellow is expected to take part in the normal seminar life of the mediaeval historians during their stay in St Andrews. Weekly seminars, held on a Monday evening, run from September – December, and February – May. You will also be invited to lead a workshop on your chosen research theme during your stay. Fellows are provided with computing facilities and an office alongside the mediaeval historians in the Institute. The university library has an excellent collection for mediaeval historians.

You should send a letter of application by the advertised closing date, together with a scheme of research for the project on which you will be engaged during your time in St Andrews. You should also enclose a CV, together with the names of two academic referees, who should be asked to write by the closing date. All correspondence should be addressed to: The Director, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews, 71 South St, St Andrews, Scotland, KY16 9QW. Please mark the envelope ‘Donald Bullough Mediaeval Fellowship’.

The closing date for applications is 29 March 2013.

Further enquiries may be addressed to the Director, Dr Simon MacLean (saimsmail@st-andrews.ac.uk) or to colleagues in the Institute, whose contact details may be found on: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/saims

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York City has generously funded annual postdoctoral Fellowships at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies for nearly a decade. The grant provides for up to four Fellowships each year, 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 Seminar.

The Mellon Fellowships are intended for young medievalists of exceptional promise who have completed their doctoral work, ordinarily within the previous five years, and have defended their thesis successfully before the 1 February application deadline, and may include those who are starting on their professional academic careers at approximately the Assistant Professor level. Fellowships, are valued at approximately $35,000 (CDN).

Applications forms and further details may be obtained from the web site at: http://www.pims.ca/academics/mellons.html

Completed applications, as well as supporting documentation , must be received no later than 1 February 2013.

Each year, the Friends of the Princeton University Library offer short-term Library Research Grants to promote scholarly use of the research collections. The Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Fund also supports a limited number of library fellowships in Hellenic studies, and the Cotsen Children’s Library supports research in its collection on aspects of children’s books. The Maxwell Fund supports research on materials dealing with Portuguese-speaking cultures. In addition, awards will be made from the Sid Lapidus ’59 Research Fund for Studies of the Age of Revolution and the Enlightenment in the Atlantic World. This award covers work using materials pertinent to this topic donated by Mr. Lapidus as well as other also relevant materials in the collections.

These Library Research Grants, which have a value of up to $3,500 each, are meant to help defray expenses incurred in travelling to and residing in Princeton during the tenure of the grant. The length of the grant will depend on the applicant’s research proposal, but is ordinarily up to one month. Library Research Grants awarded in this academic year are tenable from May 2013 to April 2014, and the deadline for applications is January 15, 2013 .

For more details and to apply, visit the Princeton University Library Research Grants website: http://www.princeton.edu/rbsc/fellowships/f_ships.html

The Max Weber Programme is the largest postdoctoral programme for young researchers in the social sciences, funded by the European Commission (DG Education). Max Weber Fellowships are for 1 or 2 years and are open to candidates of all nationalities who have received a doctorate in the social sciences (economics, law, political science, sociology, history and related fields) within the last 5 years.

The Max Weber fellowships are designed for junior post-docs who would like to pursue an academic career, concentrate on their own research and enhance their academic practice in a multidisciplinary environment. Fellows are selected on the basis of their research accomplishments and potential, their academic career interests, and the availability of the EUI faculty to provide mentorship. Each year approximately 45 postdoctoral fellows are part of the programme.

The Fellowships are awarded for 12 or 24 months

Fellows are required to live in Florence for the duration of their Fellowship in order that they may take an active part in the programme and in the academic activities of their department.

The basic grant is € 2,000 per month.

The deadline for applications for the academic year 2013-2014 is 25 October 2012

For more information and how to apply please see: www.eui.eu/MWF

The Writing Cinema Research Group at RMIT University’s School of Media and Communication is pleased to announce the 2012 AFIRC Research Fellowship.

The AFI Research Collection is a non-lending, specialist film and television industry resource open to the public. The Collection houses a range of books, journals, scripts, directories, reports, and festival catalogues, with strengths in screen history, theory and Australian cinema.

The AFIRC invites proposals from scholars wishing to undertake research that utilises the Collection’s resources and promotes the AFIRC through a published outcome. This research may take the form of a book, a journal article, a film or a digital project. The fellowship is designed to showcase the unique holdings of the AFIRC, which include special collections from Henry Mayer, Wayne Levy and Crawford Productions, as well as film stills, newspaper clippings and other significant artefacts from the Australian film and television industry. The Fellow will have full access to the Collection under the guidance of the AFIRC Library staff, and use of an equipped office.

The fellowship will contribute up to $4000 (AUD) towards travel costs for research projects between 2 and 6 weeks. The Fellow will be required to make a presentation of their work in progress to the School of Media and Communication towards the conclusion of their fellowship.

Application forms and further information about the Fellowship can be found at: www.afiresearch.rmit.edu.au/fellowship

For further information about the fellowship, contact Dr Stephen Gaunson, School of Media and Communication: stephen.gaunson@rmit.edu.au

Closing date for applications is Friday 5 October 2012.

The Folger Shakespeare Library offers residential research Fellowships to encourage use of its exceptional collections and to encourage ongoing cross-disciplinary dialogue among scholars of the early modern period. Each year scholars may compete for a limited number of Long-term and Short-term Fellowships. Awardees are expected to be in continuous residence and to participate in the intellectual life of the Folger.

Long-term Fellowships

Long-term Fellowships are supported by the funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Folger. We seek highly talented, productive scholars whose work will be significantly advanced by a prolonged period of access to the collection. Long-term Fellows are selected by an external committee which considers the following criteria in making its selections: importance of the topic, originality and sophistication of the approach; feasibility of research objectives, and the applicant’s need for the Folger collections.

Application Deadline: 1 November 2012
Number of Fellowships awarded: up to five
Period of residence: six to nine months
Stipend: up to $50,000 for nine months, prorated for fewer than nine
Must hold Ph.D. or equivalent at time of application
NEH Fellowships are restricted to US citizens or foreign nationals who have been living in the US for at least three years prior to application; Mellon and Folger Fellowships are open to citizens of any country. The Folger Fellowship will be awarded to a younger scholar.

Short-term Fellowships

Short-term Fellowships are supported by the Library’s own endowments and carry a stipend of $2,500 per month. Some Fellowship endowments seek to support scholars working on a specific topic or from a specific region, while others are unrestricted. Short-term Fellows are selected by an internal committee and one external scholar. The criteria for success are the same as for long-term Fellowships.

Application Deadline: 1 March 2013
Number of Fellowships awarded: 35-40
Period of Residence: one to three months
Stipend: $2,500 per month
Must hold Ph.D. or equivalent at time of application

For further details about each fellowship visit the Folger Research Fellowship website: http://www.folger.edu/Content/Collection/Research-Fellowships