The Newberry Library’s long-standing fellowship program provides outstanding scholars with the time, space, and community required to pursue innovative and ground-breaking scholarship. In addition to the Library’s collections, fellows are supported by a collegial interdisciplinary community of researchers, curators, and librarians. An array of scholarly and public programs also contributes to an engaging intellectual environment. […]
Professional Announcements
This CCWH resource provides members with information about professional opportunities: stipends, fellowships, prizes, CFPs and more. Conference or grant announcements may be posted on our website without charge. Please contact us with professional announcements of interest to our members.
Gender Studies Programs to Be Banned in Hungary
In August 2018, the Orbán regime introduced legislation to shut down accredited gender studies programs offered by universities in Hungary. Academics now have 24 hours to respond to the government’s plan. The ban will primarily impact students at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest (ELTE) – the only institution in Hungary, other than Central European University, […]
2019 OAH Lerner-Scott Prize
Each year the Organization of American Historians offers the Lerner-Scott Prize, which is given for the best doctoral dissertation in U.S. women’s history. The prize is named for Gerda Lerner and Anne Firor Scott, both pioneers in women’s history and past presidents of the OAH. A dissertation must be completed during the period July 1, […]
Mellon-Schlesinger Summer Research Grants
Call for Applications A major grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has allowed the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University to launch the Long 19th Amendment Project interrogating the centennial of American women’s suffrage. As part of this project, the inaugural Mellon-Schlesinger Research Grant competition is now open. Schlesinger […]
Newberry Fellowships for 2018-2019
The Newberry is pleased to announce its Long-Term and Short-Term Fellowship awards for 2018-19. We will support 12 long-term and 46 short-term fellows, with funds coming from Newberry endowments, grants, gifts, and consortia, as well as partnerships with other institutions and scholarly organizations. A complete list of fellows is available on our website as well as a profile […]