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• Henry Luce Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies Dissertations Fellowship Program in American Art

 

 

Awards of $18,000 will be made to graduate students at any stage of Ph.D. dissertation work for a one year term beginning summer or fall 1999.

To be eligible, a student must be a Ph.D. candidate in a department of art history and the candidate's dissertation must be focused on a topic in the history of the visual arts of the United States.  A student whose degree will be granted by another department may be eligible if the principal dissertation advisor is in a department of art history.  In all cases, however, the dissertation topic should be object-oriented.

Applicants must be US citizens or permanent legal residents of the United States.  Master of Fine Arts students are not eligible.

Write, FAX, or e-mail:  Fellowship Office, American Council of Learned Societies, 228 East 45th Street, New York, NY  10017-3398; Fax: 212-949-8058; e-mail: grants@acls.org.  In application requests, note current level of graduate study, department and institution, citizenship or legal residence, expected degree date, and dissertation topic.  Deadline for completed applications:  November 16, 1998.
 

• The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training has issued its 1999 Call for Proposals for NCPTT's Preservation Technology and Training Grants program.  The PTT Grants program has awarded over $500,000 each year since 1994 for innovative work in research, training and information management projects on technical issues in historic architecture, archeology, historic landscapes, objects and materials conservation, and interpretation.  Grants are available in eight categories --

 Information management
 Training and education
 Applied/fundamental research
 Environmental effects of outdoor pollutants
 Technology transfer
 Analytical facility support
 Conference support
 Publications support.

Application deadlines are mid-December 1998, as specified in the 7Call for Proposals.

The 1999 Call for Proposals is available via
e-mail: Send a blank message to pttgrants@ncptt.nps.gov and
the call for proposals will return automatically.
 Fax-on-demand: Call 318/357-3214 and follow the recorded instructions to receive a catalog of documents that includes the call for proposals.
 Web: Visit http://www.ncptt.nps.gov and click on "Preservation Technology and Training Grants".
 Brochure: Request a printed call for proposals by sending an e-mail message to: ncptt@ncptt.nps.gov, telephoning 318/357-6464, or writing NCPTT, NSU Box 5682, Natchitoches, LA 71497.

PTT Grants are funded by Federal appropriation and awards are subject to availability of funds.

For more information, contact John Robbins, NCPTT Executive Director; telephone 318/357-6464, facsimile 318/357-6421, e-mail john_robbins@ncptt.nps.gov.

The NCPTT is an office of the National Park Service under the Associate Director, Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnerships.

NCPTT promotes and enhances the preservation of prehistoric and historic resources in the United States for present and future generations through the advancement and dissemination of preservation and conservation technology and training.  Preservation Technology and Training Grants are NCPTT's chief means of stimulating and supporting creative work in research, training and information management for preservation and  conservation.

Fellowships at YIVO

• Prof. Bernard Choseed Memorial Fellowship:  This fellowship helps support original research in the field of East European Jewish Studies.  The fellowship, which carries a stipend of $5,000, is for a period of one to three months during the Spring semester of 1999 to conduct research at YIVO's Library and ARchives.  The recipient is expected to lead a minimum of two YIVO faculty seminars.

 
• Rose and Isidore Drench Memorial Fellowship:  This fellowship is dedicated to American Jewish History, with special consideration given to scholars working on some aspect of the Jewish Labor Movement.  The fellowship is for a period of one to three months during 1999, and carries a stipend of $2,000.

 
• Aleksander and Alicja Hertz Memorial Fellowship:  This fellowship helps support research on Polish-Jewish history in the modern period, particularly Jewish-Polish relations and Jewish contributions to Polish literature and culture.  The fellowship, which carries a stipend of $1,500, is for a period of one to three months during 1999.

 
• Vivian Lefsky Hort Memorial Fellowship:  This fellowship helps support original research in the field of Yiddish Literature.  The fellowship, which carries a stipend of $1,500, is for a period of one to three months during 1999 to conduct research at YIVO's Library and Archives.

 
• Abraham and Rachela Melezin Fellowship:  This fellowship helps support research on Jewish educational networks in pre-war Vilna and the Vilna region.  The fellowship, which carries a stipend of $1,500, is for a period of one to three months during 1999 to conduct research at YIVO's Library and Archives.

 
• Natalie and Mendel Racolin Memorial Fellowship:  This fellowship helps support original researchi n the field of East European Jewish History.  The fellowship, which carries a stipend of $1,500, is for a period of one to three months during the Spring semester of 1999 to conduct research at YIVO's Library and Archives.

 
• Maria Salit-Gitelson Tell Memorial Fellowship:  This fellowship helps support original research in the field of Lithuanian Jewish History, the city of Vilnius in particular.  The fellowship, which carries a stipend of $1,500, is for a period of one to three months during the Spring semester of 1999 to conduct research at YIVO's Library and Archives.

 
• [Irving D. Klein Memorial Fellowship:  In the Historyof Yiddish Education in America:  This fellowship will be offered in 1999-2000 and carries a stipend of $1,500 for a period of one to three months to conduct research at YIVO's Library and Archives.]

 

 
 
 

Recipients of these fellowships are expected to deliver a public lecture based on their research and submit a paper for possible publication in the YIVO Annual or YIVO-bleter.  Applicants should send (or fax) a resume, two letters of support, and a research proposal of no more than three pages to: Dr. Lisa Epstein, Director of Research  YIVO Institute for Jewish Research  555 West 57th Street * New York, NY  10019  Tel: (212) 426-6080 * Fax: (212) 292-1892  Postmark deadline:  December 1, 1998 N.B.--Applicants should apply for ONLY one fellowship.  Preference will be given to projects requiring the use of YIVO's Library and Archives.

Last Updated: December 9, 2002

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