application deadline is April 17, 2015.
The
Center for Jewish History and the American Jewish Historical Society offer a
six-week Fellowship to recent Ph.D.s and doctoral candidates conducting
original research using the collections of the Center’s five partners: American
Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute,
Yeshiva University Museum and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
Fellows will take residence at the Center for Jewish History in NYC from June 15,
2015 through July 24, 2015. Each Fellow will be required to spend a minimum
of three days per week in residence, working with archival and library
resources in the Center’s Lillian Goldman Reading Room. Fellows should plan to
be in residence the full week of June 15, 2015 to participate in
orientation/archival training sessions.
Up to six Fellowships will be awarded in summer 2015. Applicants should be recent
Ph.D.s, ABD or in the process of writing their dissertations.
The program invites applications from candidates working in any field or period
whose research stands to benefit from access to the collections housed at the
Center for Jewish History (search.cjh.org). However, preference will
be given to work that meets the following criteria:
- Makes use of the collections of the American Jewish
Historical Society; - Focuses on 18th- and 19th-century topics;
- Draws on the resources of more than one Center partner.
Fellows
will be required to attend weekly fellowship meetings and present the results
of their research at an informal seminar. Upon completion of the Fellowship,
each Fellow will be required to submit a report describing her/his experience
as a Fellow.
Full
Fellowships carry a stipend of up to $6,000 for a period of six weeks. Fellows
from universities more than 125 miles away from New York City may be entitled
to additional funding of up to $1,500 to offset residency requirements.
For more information on all of the fellowship opportunities
please visit http://cjh.org/p/36