Stanford Humanities Fellowships Opportunities

via Email|Kathy Dehaan| August 23, 2007
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External Faculty Fellowships:
Residential fellowships for junior and senior scholars with faculty appointments at universities other than Stanford or for independent scholars. Next application deadline: October 15, 2007.

Applicants will normally be at least three years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. at the start of the fellowship year (i.e., received the Ph.D. in or before September 2005 for the 2008-2009 fellowship). Junior fellowships are for scholars who will be at least three (and no more than ten) years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. by the start of their prospective fellowship year. Senior fellowships are for established scholars who are more than ten years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. External fellowships are intended primarily for individuals currently teaching or affiliated with an academic institution, but independent scholars may apply. Faculty fellowships are awarded across the spectrum of academic ranks (assistant, associate and full professor). Scholars who are members of traditionally under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. There are no citizenship requirements for these fellowships; non-U.S. nationals are welcome to apply. Awards are made from an applicant pool of approximately 250.

Fellowships are awarded to support research projects in the humanities; creative arts projects are not eligible. The Humanities Center seeks candidates whose research is likely to contribute to intellectual exchange among a diverse group of scholars within the disciplines of the humanities. Candidates may find general guidance about the eligibility of their projects from the definition of the Act that set up the National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities:

“The humanities include, but are not limited to, the following fields: history, philosophy, languages, literature, linguistics, archeology, jurisprudence, history and criticism of the arts, ethics, comparative religion, and those aspects of the social sciences employing historical or philosophical approaches. This last category includes social and cultural anthropology, sociology, political theory, international relations, and other subjects concerned with questions of values…”

Digital Humanities Fellowship

Residential fellowship for a humanities scholar whose research methods are critically shaped by information technology. Projects should be oriented to producing new research outcomes rather than focusing primarily on the creation of archives or software. Next application deadline: October 15 , 2007.

The Stanford Humanities Center seeks to award one Digital Humanities Fellowship for the academic year 2008-2009 to a junior or senior scholar.

The Digital Humanities Fellowship reflects the Stanford Humanities Center’s commitment to supporting new directions in humanities research. The fellowship is intended for humanities scholars whose research methods are critically shaped by information technology. Projects should be oriented to producing new research outcomes rather than focusing primarily on the creation of archives or software. Appropriate projects will approach significant questions in humanistic study with the aid of new research tools or methodologies.

Eligibility

Applicants will normally be at least three years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. at the start of the fellowship year (i.e., received the Ph.D. in or before September 2005 for the 2008-2009 fellowship). Junior fellowships are for scholars who will be at least three (and no more than ten) years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. by the start of their prospective fellowship year. Senior fellowships are for established scholars who are more than ten years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. Faculty fellowships are awarded across the spectrum of academic ranks (assistant, associate and full professor) as well as to independent scholars.

Especially appropriate are candidates whose research is likely to contribute to intellectual exchange among a diverse group of scholars within the disciplines of the humanities. Candidates may get general guidance about the eligibility of their projects for research from the definition of the Act that set up the National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities:

“The humanities include, but are not limited to, the following fields: history, philosophy, languages, literature, linguistics, archeology, jurisprudence, history and criticism of the arts, ethics, comparative religion, and those aspects of the social sciences employing historical or philosophical approaches. This last category includes social and cultural anthropology, sociology, political theory, international relations, and other subjects concerned with questions of values…”

Their link: http://shc.stanford.edu (select Fellowships).