Thursday, September 30, 2010

Fellowships from the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies

Sponsored by the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

Clark Short-Term Fellowships
Deadline: 1 February 2011.
Stipend: $2,500 per month in residence.
Description: Fellowship support is available to scholars with research projects that require work in any area of the Clark's collections. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. degree or have equivalent academic experience. Awards are for periods of one to three months in residence.

ASECS/Clark Fellowships
Deadline: 1 February 2011.
Stipend: $2,500 for one month in residence.
Description: Fellowships jointly sponsored by the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Clark Library are available to postdoctoral scholars and to ABD graduate students with projects in the Restoration or the eighteenth century. Fellowship holders must be members in good standing of ASECS. Awards are for one month of residency.

Kanner Fellowship in British Studies
Deadline: 1 February 2011.
Stipend: $7,500 for three months in residence.
Description: This three-month fellowship, established through the generosity of Penny Kanner, supports research at the Clark Library in any area pertaining to British history and culture. The fellowship is open to both postdoctoral and predoctoral scholars.

Clark-Huntington Joint Bibliographical Fellowship
Deadline: 1 February 2011.
Stipend: $5,000 for two months in residence.
Description: Sponsored jointly by the Clark and Huntington libraries, this two-month fellowship provides support for bibliographical research in early modern British literature and history as well as other areas where the two libraries have common strengths. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree or have appropriate research experience.

Ahmanson-Getty Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deadline: 1 February 2011.
Stipend: $37,740 for the three-quarter period together with paid medical benefits for scholar.
Description: This theme-based resident fellowship program, established with the support of the Ahmanson Foundation of Los Angeles and the J. Paul Getty Trust, is designed to encourage the participation of junior scholars in the Center's yearlong core programs. The core program for 2011-2012 is Rivalry and Rhetoric in the Early Modern Mediterranean, directed by Clark Professor Barbara Fuchs (UCLA). Scholars will need to have received their doctorate no earlier than 1 July 2005 and no later than 30 September 2011. Awards are for three consecutive quarters in residence at the Clark.

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