Archive for the 'January' Category

Stanford University Chinese Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadline: January 15
Length: 1 year
Comments: For work “in the humanities and social sciences studying any historical period”; must have PhD by August 31, 2009
URL: http://ceas.stanford.edu/funding/postdoc.php

University of Viriginia Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadline: TBA (January 15 in 2008)
Length: 1 year
Comments: Mostly UVA PhDs, but some from other universities; very little information available now — “please check back”
URL: http://www.virginia.edu/iasc/IASC_fellows_program.php

University of North Carolina Postdoctoral Fellowship in Southern Studies

Deadline: January 24
Length:
Comments: For “the revision of a book-length manuscript for publication in a field related to the South, broadly construed to include the states of the former Confederacy and adjoining areas”;”the selection committees for 2009-10 and 2010-11 will be especially interested in applications dealing with the theme of civil rights in the American South”; […]

Lawrence Fellows in the Liberal Arts and Sciences

Deadline: January 28 in 2008
Length: 2 years
Comments: for recent Ph.D.s (or M.Mus./MFAs) who seek to develop a record of excellence in teaching and
research in a liberal arts college setting; areas of research/teaching TBA; “Applicants must have received the Ph.D. (or terminal degree) by August of 2009 and no earlier than within the past five years”
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Johns Hopkins Lectureship in Expository Writing

Deadline: January 15 in 2008
Length: 1 year
Comments: PhD and college teaching experience preferred
URL: http://sites.jhu.edu/ewp/lecturer.html

Harvard Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadline: January 15 in 2008
Length: 1 year
Comments: “the Humanities Center has taken on the role of exploring [the] important ethical and epistemological dimension of the humanities”
URL: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr/fellowships/postdoctoral.shtml

Carnegie Mellon’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Arts in Society

Deadline: 1/18 in 2008
Length: 1 year
Comments: Must be “in possession of their terminal degree (Ph.D. or M.F.A.) in any field of humanistic inquiry or artistic endeavor”
URL: http://www.hss.cmu.edu/cas/content/Fellow.htm

MacDowell Colony Residency Program

Deadline: January 15, April 15, September 15
Length: Up to 8 weeks
Comments: For artists at all stages; “disciplines include Architecture, Film/Video Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts, Literature, Music Composition, Theatre, and Visual Arts”; may not apply more than once in 12-month period
URL: http://www.macdowellcolony.org/

Prehistoric Society Grants and Awards

Deadline: January 31
Length: Varies
Comments: Research grants, conference grants, student travel grants; must be a member of the Prehistoric Society to apply for research and travel funds
URL: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prehistoric/index.html

Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Grants and Fellowships

Deadline: January 15
Length: Varies
Comments: For travel and research costs at the Bingham Center (American Women’s Studies), Franklin Collection (African/African American Studies), Hartman Center (Sales, Advertising, Marketing History) ; open to “any faculty member, graduate or undergraduate student, or independent scholar”
URL: http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/services/grants/index.html