[MGSA-L] From the Transnational Studies Committee – Fellowships in Ethnic and/or 20th-Century History

[Anagnostou, Georgios]

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania announces it 2014-2015 Balch
Institute Fellowships in Ethnic and/or 20th-Century History

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will award three one-month Balch
Institute fellowships to enable research on topics related to the ethnic
and immigrant experience in the United States and/or American cultural,
social, political, or economic history post-1875. The fellowships support
one month of residency in Philadelphia during the 2014-2015 academic year.
Past Balch fellows have done research on immigrant children, Italian
American fascism, German Americans in the Civil War, Pan-Americanism,
African American women's political activism, and much more.

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, enriched by the holdings of the
Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, holds more than 19 million personal,
organizational, and business manuscripts, as well 560,000 printed items and
312,000 graphic images concerning national and regional political, social,
and family history. The Historical Society's archives richly document the
social, cultural, and economic history of a region central to many aspects
of the nation's development from colonial times to the 20th century. The
Balch Institute collections bring the HSP strength in documenting ethnic
and immigrant history, with significant holdings of ethnic newspapers,
records of benevolent societies and other local and national ethnic
organizations, and personal papers of prominent leaders in ethnic and
immigrant communities.

The stipend is $2,000. Fellowships are tenable for any one-month period
between June 2014 and May 2015. They support advanced, postdoctoral, and
dissertation research. Deadline for receipt of applications is March 1,
2014, with a decision to be made by April 15. To apply, visit
www.librarycompany.org/fellowships<http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships<http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships<http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships>>,
fill out a required electronic cover sheet, and submit one portable
document format (PDF) containing a résumé and a 2-4 page description of the
proposed research. One letter of recommendation should arrive under
separate cover in PDF format as well. Please email materials to
fellowships at librarycompany.org. If you wish you apply for more than one
fellowship, simply check more than one box on your electronic cover sheet.
For more information on applying, contact Tamara Gaskell, Director of
Publications and Scholarly Programs at the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania at (215) 732-6200 x208, e-mail tgaskell at hsp.org.

Tamara Gaskell
Historian & Director of Publications and Scholarly Programs
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-732-6200 x208
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