Begin forwarded message: > From: H-SHEAR Editor Peter Knupfer <[log in to unmask]> > Date: January 24, 2013 2:39:47 PM EST > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: MCEAS Dissertation Fellowships--deadline next Friday-- > February 1 > Reply-To: H-NET List for History of the Early American Republic <[log in to unmask] > > > > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:27:08 -0500 > From: Amy Baxter-Bellamy <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: RE: MCEAS Dissertation Fellowships--deadline next Friday-- > February 1 > > The MCEAS Dissertation Fellowship Program > > Application deadline: 1 February 2013 > > Since 1978, more than 200 advanced graduate students from dozens of > universities across North America and Europe have received > dissertation > fellowships from the McNeil Center. At least eight new fellows will be > appointed for the 2013-2014 academic year, most with nine-month > stipends > of $21,000. Fellows receive office space in the Center's magnificent > building on the University of Pennsylvania's campus and library, > computer, and other privileges at the University. Limited travel funds > for research are also available. While no teaching is required for > most > fellowships, all McNeil Center fellows are expected to be in residence > in Philadelphia during the academic year and to participate > regularly in > the Center's program of seminars and other activities. > > *****Applications and recommendations can be submitted online at: > http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.shtml > > Awards may be made in the following categories, depending on the > qualifications of the applicants and the availability of funding. In a > given year, appointments may not be made in all categories. > > Nine-Month or One-Semester Fellowships: > > --MCEAS Barra Dissertation Fellowships are open to candidates from any > discipline working on any relevant topic. > > --The Barra Foundation Fellowship is designed primarily for candidates > specializing in Early American art or material culture. > > --MCEAS Consortium Fellowships are open to candidates from research > universities that are members of the McNeil Center Consortium. For > more > information concerning consortium membership, please contact the > Center > Director. > > --Friends of the MCEAS Fellowships are supported by annual donors to > the > McNeil Center to facilitate dissertation research dealing with the > Philadelphia or the Mid-Atlantic region before 1850. > > --The Richard S. Dunn Fellowship, funded by a gift from an anonymous > donor in honor of the Center's founding director, acknowledges > excellence in Early American Studies. > > --The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Fellowship in Early American > Religious Studies is open to candidates in any discipline researching > any aspect of religion in North America and the Atlantic world > before 1850. > > --Marguerite Bartlett Hamer Fellowships are awarded to advanced > doctoral > candidates from any relevant program at the University of Pennsylvania > and may include some teaching responsibilities. > > --The Society of the Cincinnati Fellowship, funded by generous > contributions from the State Society of the Cincinnati of > Pennsylvania, > supports research on the era of the American Revolution. > > Other Fellowships: > > --Sawyer Dissertation Fellowships: The McNeil Center for Early > American > Studies and the University of Pennsylvania have received a generous > grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to conduct a year-long John > E. Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures. The theme of > the > seminar, to be directed by Professor David Kazanjian of Penn’s English > Department, will be “Race, Across Time and Space.” The Sawyer program > will make possible two dissertation fellowships open to a broad > interdisciplinary range of young scholars working on the era of > Atlantic > revolutions, 1750-1850. Sawyer fellows will be appointed to twelve- > month > terms, commencing 1 July 2013. > > --Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Early American Literature and > Material > Texts: In collaboration with the Library Company of Philadelphia, two > fellows will be appointed for 13-month terms beginning 1 July 2012. > These fellowships are open to dissertators in English, American > Literature, Comparative Literature, American Studies, History, Art > History, or related fields whose work combines in innovative ways the > study of texts—novels, poems, plays, newspapers,magazines, scribal > publications, genres not traditionally defined as "literary"—with the > material circumstances of their production and dissemination. Projects > should rely on the extraordinary rare book, print, and ephemera > collections of the Library Company. The fellows' terms will begin and > end with a summer workshop under the guidance of a senior invited > scholar. The 13-month stipend is $29,000. > > --The Monticello-McNeil Fellowship, co-sponsored by the McNeil Center > and the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at > Monticello, facilitates scholarship on Thomas Jefferson and his times. > Holders of this fellowship spend a portion of their fellowship term at > the ICJS in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the remainder in > Philadelphia. Reasonable travel costs between Philadelphia and > Charlottesville and, subject to availability, housing at ICJS are > included. > > How to Apply: > > *****Online applicants can complete all of these requirements by > visiting http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.shtml and > clicking > on application submission link > > A single application suffices for all mailed fellowships. Categories > and > duration of awards are determined by the selection committee, but > candidates interested in the Mellon, Sawyer, Quinn, and > Monticello-McNeil fellowships should state their interest clearly in > their research proposals. Submit six copies of each of the following > (double-sided reproductions are appreciated): > > --a cover sheet (http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowship.pdf); > > --a curriculum vitae; > > --a research proposal of 3-5 double-spaced pages; and > > --a sample of work related to the project not to exceed 25 double- > spaced > pages (Except for published articles, longer submissions will be > discarded). > > --at least two letters of recommendation should be mailed separately > or > with the recommender's signature across the seal. Please ensure that > recommenders speak to the specifics of this fellowship. Do not send > letters from job placement dossiers. Recommenders may submit > recommendations by email to [log in to unmask] , online at > http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.shtml , or by U.S. mail. > > > Submit all materials to: > The McNeil Center for Early American Studies > University of Pennsylvania > 3355 Woodland Walk > Philadelphia, PA 19104-4531 > > The postmark deadline for applications is 1 February 2013. > > [Amy Baxter-Bellamy]