Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Libraries
Smithsonian Libraries Research Opportunities 2017-2018
Institution Type: | Other |
Location: | District of Columbia, United States |
Position: | Fellow, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Visiting Scholar |
Smithsonian Libraries Research Opportunities 2017-2018
Situated at the center of the world’s largest museum complex, the Smithsonian Libraries is a vital part of the research, exhibition, and educational enterprise of the Institution. Each Smithsonian scholar engages in an individual voyage of discovery using the artifacts and specimens of the Smithsonian Institution in conjunction with the Libraries’ written and illustrated record of the past. The Libraries is uniquely positioned to help scholars understand the continuing vitality of this relationship, via exceptional research resources ranging from 13th-century manuscripts to electronic journals.
The Baird Society Resident Scholar Program awards stipends of $3,500 per month for up to six months to support scholarly research in the Special Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries in Washington, DC and New York, NY, in an extensive range of subject areas. Doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars are welcome to apply.
Collections include printed materials on world’s fairs (19th and early 20th centuries); manufacturer’s commercial trade catalogs in the National Museum of American History Library (475,000 pieces representing 36,000 companies dating from the 19th and 20th centuries); natural history rare books in the Cullman Library (pre-1840 works on topics such as botany, zoology, travel & exploration, museums & collecting, geology, and anthropology); air and space history in the National Air and Space Museum Library’s Ramsey Room (ballooning, rocketry, and aviation, late 18th to early 20th centuries); James Smithson’s library in the Cullman Library; rare materials in European and American decorative arts, architecture, and design in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Library (18th to 20th centuries); and history of art and artists (exhibition catalogs, catalogues raisonnés, serials, dissertations and artists’ ephemera) at the American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library.
The Dibner Library Resident Scholar Program awards stipends of $3,500 per month for up to six months to support scholarly research in the Special Collections of the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology in Washington, DC. Doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars are welcome to apply.
The Dibner Library has manuscripts and rare books dating primarily from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Collection strengths are in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, classical natural philosophy, theoretical physics (up to the early twentieth century), experimental physics (especially electricity and magnetism), engineering technology (from the Renaissance to the late nineteenth century), and scientific apparatus and instruments.
The deadline for all programs is January 15, 2017 for appointments between September 1, 2017 and August 31, 2018. Fellowship recipients are expected to be in residence during their appointments. For further information about the Smithsonian Libraries’ Resident Scholar Programs listed above, including application information, please visit our web site: http://library.si.edu/fellowships.
Contact: |
Lilla Vekerdy VekerdyL@si.edu 202-633-3870 |
Website: | https://library.si.edu |
Primary Category: | Humanities |
Secondary Categories: | British History / Studies Classical Studies Colonial and Post-Colonial History / Studies Early Modern History and Period Studies European History / Studies History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Nationalism History / Studies Native American History / Studies Philosophy Political History / Studies Political Science Social Sciences Urban History / Studies World History / Studies Eastern Europe History / Studies Borderlands Modern European History / Studies |
Posting Date: | 10/14/2016 |
Closing Date | 01/15/2017 |