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Penn State Center & Institute Fellowship Program-Humanities Initiative Dissertation Release

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Humanities Initiative Dissertation Release funds makes it possible for the College of the Liberal Arts, in cooperation with its affiliated Centers and Institutes, to provide releases from teaching or related service to humanities students who are supported on assistantships and working on their dissertations. This program is meant to complement, not replace, existing programs such as the RGSO Dissertation Awards and Humanities Institute summer residencies.

DEADLINE: By May 21st, departments should send Keshia Kennelley,  a list of students who are likely to be eligible for a Humanities Initiative Dissertation Release and an estimate of what semester the student will take the release.

ELIGIBILITY:To be eligible for a Humanities Initiative Dissertation Release (HIDR), students must be ABD and be supported on an assistantship for the period covered by the dissertation release. Fixed-term faculty are not eligible for dissertation releases. Unless the Associate Dean approves an exception under special circumstances, it is assumed that departments will continue to pay regular assistantship stipends and tuition grant in aids for students receiving awards during the fall and spring semesters. Note: Only students whose home department is in the College of the Liberal Arts are eligible to receive a dissertation release (or $3,000) award under this program. It is understood as a condition of receiving any form of dissertation support that students will present their work at the spring Graduate Research Exhibition, unless their dissertation research has already been presented at the Exhibition. Those affiliated with a Center or Institute may receive additional stipulations in its letter of offer.

AWARD: Dissertation releases will be paid for with a $5000 grant to departments, to cover the cost of replacing the student in the classroom; or a $3000 award to students directly, in the case of a summer release.  To participate, departments must replace fully the teaching responsibilities or other departmental duties of students who receives a dissertation release so that students may work full time on the dissertation. In other words, the students cannot be given a partial release from teaching or other duties; they must be given a complete semester release. Departments that violate this understanding will be dropped from the program.

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Columbia Uni: Weatherhead East Asian Institute: Fellowship in East Asia and the Americas

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2017-2018 Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Fellowship in East Asia and the Americas

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute invites applications for its 2017-2018 Postdoctoral Fellowship on “Global Circuits” through the Dorothy Borg Research Program. The Institute is searching for a postdoctoral scholar who studies a region in East Asia or the Americas from the disciplines of literature, history, religion, or art history/material culture studies, and whose research involves primary sources (archival, material and/or digital) from both East Asian and American archives. We seek candidates who are able to teach transnational and/or global issues relating to the Americas and East Asia, involving both East Asian and American materials in the classroom. The ability to engage with digital humanities in teaching and research is preferable, though not required. The Fellow will teach one course each semester, as well as pursue his or her own research. The Fellow will also participate in collaborative projects with other Fellows, and s/he will be an active participant in day-to-day WEAI programs and events.

Candidates who study a region in East Asia or the Americas from the disciplines of literature, history, religion, or material culture studies and/or art history are welcome to apply. The fellowship will cover a 10-month period beginning September 1, 2017, and comes with a stipend of $47,476 plus $5,000 for each taught course (total compensation is $57,476).

About the Borg research program, “Global Circuits, American-East Asian Archives, and Future Directions”

The general goal of the “Global Circuits” program is to study transnational issues involving the Americas and East Asia, and to support the development of associated skills. These include the ability to use archives in both the Americas and East Asia, employ the tools of digital humanities, as well as explore new conceptual strategies and themes for the study of both regions. A central goal is to encourage and support those who work primarily in either East Asia or the Americas to broaden their scope to focus on transnational and global linkages, as well as to facilitate areas of convergence that can be drawn between the fields of East Asian and American studies. The program is named in honor of Dorothy Borg, a historian of U.S.-East Asia relations whose influence on political scientists, historians, and many others helped to bridge the work of history and contemporary analysis.

Eligibility

• Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. degree requirements (completed and filed the dissertation) between July 2015 and July 2017.
• Applicants must have completed their Ph.D. focused in a region in East Asia or the Americas from the disciplines of literature, history, religion, or material culture studies and/or art history, with research involving primary sources (archival, material and/or digital) from both East Asian and American archives or holdings.
• Applications from individuals who hold or have held full-time teaching positions will not be considered.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

All application materials (including letters of reference) must be received by the Institute on or before February 28. Faxed or emailed applications will not be accepted. Candidates may be invited for an interview to be held by phone or in person. All evaluations made in connection with applications received are confidential.

Awards will be announced no later than April 28. Acceptance of award is due no later than May 5.

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WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Postdoctoral Fellowships

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The Program on U.S.-Japan Relations seeks applications from outstanding scholars in the social sciences who are conducting research that illuminates Japan’s relations with the rest of the world. Applicants are welcomed from various fields, including anthropology, economics, (modern) history, law, political science, public health, and sociology, among others. Scholars may examine domestic issues that bear on Japan’s external relations or problems that Japan shares with other countries. Projects that compare Japan’s experience cross-nationally are also encouraged.

FELLOWSHIP GRANT:
1. Fellows spend a ten-month period in residence at Harvard that typically begins in September.
2. The award is for $50,000 paid in monthly installments, health insurance coverage for the grantee, and up to $5,000 for research/travel funds.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF U.S.-JAPAN PROGRAM POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS:
1. Fellows are expected to take part in all Program activities throughout the academic year.
2. Fellows are required to present their research findings at a Program seminar and to submit a 40 to 50-page research paper on a relevant topic for possible inclusion in the Program’s Occasional Papers series. This does not preclude publication of the same research elsewhere. 3. Because fellows are expected to devote themselves full-time to a major research project, working elsewhere during one’s tenure at Harvard is not permitted.

During their term of appointment, Postdoctoral Fellows have an option to teach an undergraduate course at Harvard during the fall or spring semester. Having a record of teaching at Harvard may enhance a Postdoctoral Fellow’s professional credentials in the academic job market. Areas of particular interest include Japanese popular culture; Japanese imperialism/war memory; gender and politics in East Asia; political economy of Japan; and Japanese Americans in history, culture, politics, and/or society. Broader courses that include, but are not limited to, Japan are especially encouraged. If you are interested in teaching a course, please submit a brief teaching statement on your teaching interest (see “The Application Process” below). Please note: whether the applicant expresses an interest in teaching has no impact on the evaluation of her/his application.

ELIGIBILITY:
Candidates must hold a doctoral degree in a discipline bearing on the Program’s research areas. Research projects that focus on Japan or Japan’s international role from a comparative, historical, or global perspective are welcome. A knowledge of the Japanese language is not required.

Awardees must complete all requirements of their doctoral degree to receive a fellowship. If a successful applicant has not already earned a Ph.D. at the time of his or her application, the applicant’s advisers must submit a formal letter to the effect that he or she “has completed all the requirements of the Ph.D.” by August 1. The letter must include that precise wording, and no mitigating circumstances will be considered. Because advisers may not be prepared to confirm this until they have collectively approved the dissertation and all required changes have been made to put it in its final (deposit) form, we strongly urge you to schedule your defense, if it is still pending, by July 1. No funds can be disbursed until such a letter is received, and the fellowship will be reduced by one-tenth for each month’s delay. Depending on the length of the delay, a prospective fellow may be asked to begin the Program in the second semester, and in extreme cases, the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations reserves the right to revoke the fellowship altogether.

DEADLINE: Complete application AND three letters of recommendation must be received by: January 16, 2018 (Tuesday)

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
* Application form can be downloaded from U.S.-Japan Program website.

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Reischauer Institute Postdoctoral Fellowships in Japanese Studies

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The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (RI) at Harvard University will offer several Postdoctoral Fellowships in Japanese Studies to recent Ph.D. graduates of exceptional promise, to provide the opportunity for postdoctoral fellows to turn their dissertations into publishable manuscripts. The fellowship is for 10 months, commencing September 1, 2018.

FELLOWSHIP GRANT:
1. Stipend of $60,000, health insurance coverage for the grantee, and up to $5,000 in research/travel funds.
2. Postdoctoral fellows will be provided office space and access to the libraries and resources of Harvard University.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS:
Residence in the Cambridge area and participation in RI activities are required during the appointment. Postdoctoral fellows will be expected to give a presentation at the RI Japan Forum lecture series. During their term of appointment, postdoctoral fellows may have the option to teach one undergraduate course during the fall or spring semester of the academic year, or co-teach an existing course with a current faculty member. Areas of particular interest for 2018-19 tentatively include Japanese popular culture; Japanese imperialism/war memory; gender and politics in East Asia; political economy of Japan; and Japanese Americans in history, culture, politics, and/or society. Broader courses that include, but are not limited to, Japan are especially encouraged. Teaching is neither required nor assured, but may be possible. Decisions on what particular courses may be taught by an RI Postdoctoral Fellow will be made in conjunction with both the RI and the academic department.

ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must have received their Ph.D. degree in 2013 or later, in Japanese studies in any area of the humanities or social sciences. Those who are chosen to receive fellowships must have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. degree by July 1, 2018.

DEADLINE: Complete application AND two letters of recommendation must be received by: January 5, 2018 (Friday), 5 pm EST

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Asia Research Institute at National University of Singapore

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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

You will work under the supervision of the Cluster Leader and shall carry out duties including: organising workshops and conferences, applying for grant funding, participating in current cluster projects, and carrying out new projects. Administrative duties and committee work may be assigned to you from time to time.

ELIGIBILITY

  1. Candidates must have fulfilled all requirements of securing a PhD from a reputable university at the time they take up their appointment at ARI.
  2. If you are still a PhD candidate at the point of application, you may also apply provided that you are confirmed for graduation by your commencement date at ARI. An official letter from the Registrar’s Office of your university will be required to confirm the award of your PhD degree.

TERMS OF APPOINTMENT

  1. The appointment will be tenable for a period of two years only.
  2. Applications are invited for commencement in June/July 2019 or December 2019/January 2020
  3. PDFs receive an all-inclusive, fixed monthly salary of S$5,500. This all-in sum is inclusive of stipends for housing and living expenses.
  4. A one-off travel assistance grant of S$2,000 will be provided to eligible candidates.
  5. Singapore citizens and permanent residents are eligible for provident fund benefits.
  6. All salary and benefits-in-kind are subjected to taxation in accordance with local tax laws.
  7. Please note that University Housing will not be provided and appointees will have to make their own accommodation arrangements..
  8. There is support for research fieldwork and conference attendance (on application and subject to approval). .
  9. Candidates must have been awarded their PhD within the last 2 years.
  10. Research staff at ARI are expected to participate actively in the life of the Institute, including attendance at seminars, conferences and ARI social events.
  11. Other benefits that the University provides and other information about working
    –    at NUS and living in Singapore are available at http://www.nus.edu.sg/careers/potentialhires/index.html. Terms and conditions, according to university guidelines, are subject to change without prior notice.

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AIMS Annual Conference: The Donna Lee Bowen Graduate Student Travel Award

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Updates for the 2018 conference coming soon.

AIMS invites US graduate students to apply for a travel grant to attend the AIMS annual conference in North Africa. Students must have been accepted to give a paper at the Annual Conference.In honor of her many years of service and her sustained encouragement of American graduate students through her work with AIMS, the Graduate Student Travel Award is known as the Donna Lee Bowen Graduate Student Travel Award.

DEADLINE: The 2017 conference was titled Making Space in the Maghrib and held in Tunisia July 8-9, 2017. Applications deadline TBA. Send title/abstract of paper and a current CV to: aims@aimsnorthafrica.org (Date TBA).

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be a US Citizen and a member of the AIMS Graduate Student Association, the GSA.

AWARD: The travel award provides roundtrip airfare up to $1500 in reimbursed air travel to the AIMS conference. Flights must be on a US carrier.

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AIMS at MESA:The Jeanne Jeffers Mrad Graduate Student Travel Award

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AIMS invites graduate students to apply for a travel grant to attend the annual MESA meeting. Students must have been successfully accepted to give a paper at the annual MESA meeting. Paper themes must concern North African studies and all disciplines are welcome. In honor of her many years of service to AIMS and her sustained encouragement of graduate students through her work at CEMAT, the AIMS Graduate Student Travel Awards are known as the Jeanne Jeffers Mrad Graduate Student Travel Awards.

DEADLINE: Send title/abstract of paper and a current CV to: aims@aimsnorthafrica.org by August 31, 2018.

ELIGIBILITY :Applicants must be members of AIMS at the time of submission. Applications welcome from all nationalities.

AWARD: AIMS offers awards from $100 to $500 to support the cost of domestic travel, per diem and MESA fees.

(Please note the MESA deadline for submissions is Feb 15th.)

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American Institute for Maghrib Studies- Long/Short term Grants

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The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) announces its annual Grants Program for the academic year beginning in May 2018. The program offers grants to U.S. scholars interested in conducting research on North Africa in any Maghrib country, specifically Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, or Tunisia. AIMS sponsors three Overseas Research Centers in the region in Oran, Tunis and Tangier and has other institutional affiliations that support AIMS scholars. AIMS only funds primary research conducted in the Maghrib.

DEADLINE: January of every year- awards announced in April for grants starting the following May

ELIGIBILITY:Graduate students currently enrolled in an M.A. or Ph.D. program, independent scholars, and faculty in all disciplines are eligible to apply. All applicants must be U.S. citizens at the time of application. Recipients of AIMS awards in either of the two previous funding cycles are ineligible to apply. Travel/research plans must be set and funds must be disbursed prior to May 2019. Applicants must be members of AIMS at the time of application. For membership and grant information, please contact the AIMS Executive Office at aims@aimsnorthafrica.org.

AWARD:

Short-Term Research Grants
AIMS awards short-term grants for one to three months for up to $6,000. These awards may also be used in combination with grants from other sources for projects of longer duration.

Long-Term Research Grants
AIMS offers awards with a maximum of $15,000 for projects longer than three months. In accordance with an agreement with major funding agencies, applicants may not accept multiple grants concurrently for the same project. In the event a grantee declines an AIMS award to accept another grant, AIMS may provide a small allowance for supplementary research expenses. Some privately funded grants are exempt from this rule.

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Harry Ransom Center at UTexas @Austin

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For its 2018–2019 fellowship program, the Ransom Center will award 10 dissertation fellowships and up to 50 postdoctoral fellowships for projects that require substantial on-site use of its collections. The fellowships support research in all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history.

 

DEADLINE:The application deadline for 2018–2019 research fellowships has passed. Decisions will be announced by email on or before March 31, 2018. Application instructions for 2019–2020 fellowships will be posted in the summer.

ELIGIBILITY:

The fellowships are open to scholars of any nationality. Previous recipients of Ransom Center fellowships are eligible to reapply after two full fellowship cycles have passed. One- to three-month fellowships and travel stipends are open to scholars with a Ph.D. or with a substantial record of professional achievement, demonstrated on their curriculum vitae. If the Ph.D. is in-progress at the time of application, the proposal and letters of recommendation must clearly indicate completion by June 1, 2018. Successful applicants must complete the Ph.D. by this date in order to accept the fellowship.

Dissertation fellowships are open to doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research by the time of application.

AWARD:

ONE- TO THREE-MONTH FELLOWSHIPS

$3,500 PER MONTH (DOMESTIC) •
$4,000 PER MONTH (INTERNATIONAL)

One- to three-month fellowships are available for postdoctoral or independent scholars whose projects require extensive use of the Ransom Center’s collections.

TRAVEL STIPENDS

$2,000 (DOMESTIC) • $2,500 (INTERNATIONAL)

Travel stipends are available for postdoctoral or independent scholars whose projects require less than one month’s use of the Center’s collections. Travel stipends may not be combined with other Ransom Center fellowships.

DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS

$2,000 (DOMESTIC) • $2,500 (INTERNATIONAL)

Dissertation fellowships are available for graduate students whose doctoral dissertations require use of the Center’s collections.

The Center gratefully acknowledges the principals of the endowments and annual sponsors that support these fellowships.

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Chateaubriand Fellowship- Humanities & Social Sciences

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The Chateaubriand Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) targets outstanding Ph.D. students from American universities who seek to engage in research in France, in any discipline of the Humanities and Social Sciences. This fellowship is offered by the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France. HSS Chateaubriand fellows are selected through a merit-based competition, using a binational collaborative process involving expert evaluators from both countries.

DEADLINE: November : Opening of the Chateaubriand Call for applications
- January : Deadline for application (12:00 pm EST)
- February to April : Bilateral selection process
- June : Communication of results via email.

ELIGIBILITY:  Candidates must be currently working on their Ph.D.
- Candidates do not have to be U.S. citizens, but they must be enrolled in an American university. However, French citizens are not eligible to apply.
- Candidates must obtain a letter of agreement from their advisor(s) in the U.S., as well as a letter of invitation from a professor affiliated with a French university or research institution. Please be in touch with your supervisor in France as early as possible. The history of the research relationship will be taken into account in the review process.

There are three types of fellowships:

- Fall Fellowship: 4 months, starts October 1st.
- Spring Fellowship: 4 months, starts February 1st.
- Year-long Fellowship: 8 months, starts October 1st.

Applicants’ preference will be taken into account but not necessarily accommodated.

AWARD: HSS Chateaubriand fellows receive: - A monthly stipend of 1500 € - Health insurance for the entire duration of the fellowship - A round-trip ticket to France

 

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