SHCY Bulletin

Society for the History of Children and Youth

Fellowship Opportunity

Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society

Proposals due: Oct. 15, 2009

The American Antiquarian Society has premier collections of American children's books, textbooks, periodicals, and children's diaries issued or created between the 17th through late nineteenth centuries. 

Scholars who are no more than three years beyond receipt of the doctorate are invited to apply for the Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship, a year-long residential fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society. The purpose of the post-dissertation fellowship is to provide the recipient with time and resources to extend research and/or to revise the dissertation for publication. Any topic relevant to the Society's library collections and programmatic scope, and coming from any field or disciplinary background, is eligible. AAS collections focus on all aspects of American history, literature, and culture from contact to 1876, and provide rich source material for projects across the spectrum of early American studies.

The Society welcomes applications from those who have advance book contracts, as well as those who have not yet made contact with a publisher. The twelve-month stipend for this fellowship is $35,000.  The Hench Post-Dissertation Fellow will be selected on the basis of the applicant's scholarly qualifications, the appropriateness of the project to the Society's collections and interests, and, above all, the likelihood that the revised dissertation will make a highly significant book.

Further information about the fellowship, along with application materials, is available on the AAS website, at http://www.americanantiquarian.org/post-diss.htm.  Any questions about the fellowship may be directed to Paul Erickson, Director of Academic Programs at AAS, at perickson@mwa.org

The deadline for applications for a Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship to be held during the 2010-2011 academic year is October 15, 2009.

Paul J. Erickson                                                         Laura Wasowicz

Director of Academic Programs                             Curator of Children's Literature

American Antiquarian Society                               American Antiquarian Society

508-471-2158                                                             lwasowicz@mwa.org

http://www.americanantiquarian.org

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