The Medici Archive Project Fellowship Program (2007-2010) in Florence

(Deadline: 20 Apr 07)

The Medici Archive Project is a non-profit scholarly organization founded in
1993 for the purpose of:

* Creating Documentary Sources for the Arts and Humanities in the Medici
Granducal Archive:1537-1743, a monumental database accessing the Medici
Granducal Archive.

* Channeling the unique resources of the Medici Granducal Archive into
the mainstream of current scholarship through research and publication.

* Advocating the essential importance of archival documentation for
historical research.

* Developing new solutions that meet the special challenges of
humanities computing.

To learn more about The Medici Archive Project visit the website at
www.medici.org

The Project is offering one three-year fellowship (September 15, 2007 - July
15, 2010) with 20 months of full-time document assessment and description
for the Documentary Sources database in collaboration with the Project's
research team onsite in the Archivio di Stato di Firenze and 10 months of
independent research on a topic related to the Medici Granducal Archive,
carried out in two 5-month segments in the second and third year of the
fellowship period.

Fellows will have the following qualifications: a completed PhD or
equivalent in a humanities field relevant to 16th-18th century European
history and culture; fluency in English and Italian (a knowledge of other
languages is desirable); substantial research experience with original
documentary material; the ability to master database programs and work in a
computer environment; a personal commitment to a scholarly career involving
archival research.

The fellowship stipend is $36,000 per year plus an allowance for travel
expenses. This fellowship is supported by the National Endowment for the
Humanities and is offered to scholars who are United States Citizens or have
been residents of the United States for three years at the time of
application.

The application deadline is April 20, 2007. Application forms and further
instructions are available at www.medici.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martin Harms
Fellowship Coordinator
Email: mjharms@medici.org

The Medici Archive Project, Inc.
3404 East Lake Road
Skaneateles, NY 13152

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Brian Sandberg
Assistant Professor of History
Department of History
Zulauf 715
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois 60115
bsandberg@niu.edu