MELLON & SCHWARTZ FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION
DEADLINE: JANUARY 12

2011-2012 Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship at the New-York Historical Society

The New-York Historical Society invites qualified applicants who are within 3-5 years of having received the Ph.D. to apply for one of two Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowships for research and writing in any field relevant to the Society’s library and museum collections. Awardees are expected to be in residence for the academic year commencing on September 1, 2011, and carry an academic year stipend of $60,000. The deadline for applications is January 12, 2011, with decisions to be announced by March 15, 2011.

Applicants should send a cover letter, including date of PhD, current institutional affiliation and rank, mailing and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and title of project; a two to three page description of project, including resources to be used; a curriculum vitae; and three letters of recommendation to Jean Ashton, Executive Vice President and Library Director, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024. Postmark deadline is January 12, 2011; electronic applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. on that date.

Collection descriptions may be found on the New-York Historical Society website.

For more information, please contact djonyhistory.org

New-York Historical Society & The New School Schwartz Postdoctoral Fellows Program

The Bernard and Irene Schwartz Postdoctoral Fellows Program was established in 2005 to foster a vibrant relation between the New-York Historical Society and The New School’s Eugene Lang College. Post-doctoral Fellows are invited to help build this connection through research, teaching, and public history programming. In the course of a one-year (non-renewable) fellowship, Bernard and Irene Schwartz fellows are expected to develop a major research project with the resources of the New-York Historical Society, to teach two undergraduate courses at Eugene Lang College, and to share in both institutions’ commitments to public history.

The successful candidate will be a recent Ph.D. (within past three years of starting date), with a strong record of previous teaching (as a TA or otherwise). Candidates must submit a 2-3 page proposal, describing the theme of the major research project the fellow will undertake, and stating specifically why the resources of the New-York Historical Society are critical to the project. Candidates must also submit a C.V., two letters of recommendation (which may be sent directly), a short writing sample, and two detailed syllabi outlining the undergraduate courses they envision teaching at the New School’s Eugene Lang College. While all areas of American history will be considered, the College has a particular interest in imaginative approaches to the teaching of U.S. history, in topical courses which address, for example, intellectual history, material culture as history, America in the Age of Revolutions, slavery and its consequences, patterns of leisure and consumption, urban history, and history of communication.

The fellowship requires residency in New York for the academic year, September 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012. Fellows will receive $60,000 plus benefits.

Applications must be postmarked by January 12, 2011. Candidates should send two copies of their application, one to each of the following addresses:

Jean Ashton
Vice President and Library Director
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, New York 10024

Prof. Elaine Abelson
Eugene Lang College/History
80 Fifth Avenue, Fifth Floor
New York, NY 10011

For more information, please contact historynewschool.edu