HARVARD-NEWCOMEN POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP. To be awarded for twelve months’ residence, study, and research at Harvard Business School. The fellowship is open to scholars who, within the last ten years, have received a PhD in history, economics, or a related discipline. The fellowship has two purposes: The first is to enable scholars to engage in research that will benefit from the resources of Harvard Business School and the larger Boston scholarly community. A travel fund and a book fund will be provided.
The second purpose is to provide an opportunity for the fellow to participate in the activities of Harvard Business School. The fellow is required to research and write a case, under the direction of a senior faculty member, to be used in one of the business history courses. Finally, the fellow is encouraged to submit an article to Business History Review during his or her year at the School.
Applicants should submit a CV, undergraduate transcript and graduate-school record, thesis abstract, and writing sample (such as an article or a book chapter). Applicants should also state the topics, objectives, and design for the specific research to be undertaken. Finally, applicants should indicate the names of three people who will write references on their behalf. The three letters of recommendation are to be submitted by the writers directly by October 15 of the calendar year preceding that in which the fellowship is to be used. It is the responsibility of the applicant to solicit these letters. The fellowship will be awarded and all applicants notified by mid-January. The Fellowship will begin July 1.
Applications should be received no later than October 15 and submitted online to: https://poplar.hbs.edu/ofr/register/registerApplicant.htm.
Please direct your recommenders to visit: https://poplar.hbs.edu/ofr/upload/startUploadRecommendation.htm.
Harvard University is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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ALFRED D. CHANDLER JR. TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS. The purpose of this fellowship is to facilitate library and archival research in business or economic history. Individual grants range from $1,000 to $3,000. Three categories of applicants will be eligible for grants: 1) Harvard University graduate students in history, economics, or business administration whose research requires travel to distant archives or repositories; 2) graduate students or nontenured faculty in those fields from other universities, in the U.S. and abroad, whose research requires travel to Baker Library and other local archives; and 3) Harvard College undergraduates writing senior theses in these fields whose research requires travel away from Cambridge.
To apply, send a CV, a summary of past academic research (of 1–2 pages), and a detailed description of the research you wish to undertake (of 2–3 pages). Applicants must indicate the amount of money requested (up to $3,000). Please also arrange to have one letter of reference sent independently of the application. The deadline for receipt of applications is November 1 of the calendar year preceding that in which the fellowship is to be used. All materials should be sent to Walter A. Friedman, Connell 301A, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163. E-mail: wfriedman@hbs.edu.
Harvard University is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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CHEMICAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION TRAVEL GRANTS. The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) offers travel grants for short-term research on the history of chemistry, broadly construed. There is no deadline for travel-grant applications. Travel-grant applications can be submitted at any time and are assessed by an internal CHF review committee. A travel-grant application must contain a research proposal that also details how the applicant will make use of CHF's collections (one page); a curriculum vitae (up to three pages); and one reference letter (applicants are responsible for references submitting letters directly to CHF via the e-mail address below).
Travel-grant applications must be submitted electronically, as Word or PDF files, to travelgrants@chemheritage.org. For more information on the CHF, please visit: http://www.chemheritage.org/research/beckman-center/beckman-center-fellowships/apply.aspx.
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HAGLEY MUSEUM AND LIBRARY GRANTS.
Hagley Exploratory Research Grants. These grants support one-week visits by scholars who believe that their project will benefit from Hagley research collections, but need the opportunity to explore them on-site to determine if a Henry Belin du Pont research grant application is warranted. Priority will be given to junior scholars with innovative projects that seek to expand on existing scholarship. Applicants should reside more than fifty miles from Hagley, and the stipend is $400. Application deadlines: March 31, June 30, and October 31.
Henry Belin du Pont Fellowships. These research grants enable scholars to pursue advanced research and study in the collections of the Hagley Library. They are awarded for the length of time needed to make use of Hagley collections for a specific project. The stipends are for a maximum of eight weeks and are prorated at $400/week for recipients who reside further than fifty miles from Hagley, and $200/week for those within fifty miles. Application deadlines: March 31, June 30, and October 31.
Applications for all grants now must take place through our Web-based system that can be accessed through our grants and fellowship page: http://www.hagley.org/library/center/grants.html. Questions about our grant procedures may be directed to Carol Lockman, clockman@Hagley.org.
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CALL FOR PAPERS. The 2016 Business History Conference Annual Meeting will take place in Portland, Oregon, from March 31 to April 2, 2016. “Reinterpretation” is the theme of the 2016 Business History Conference meeting.
The Business History Conference program committee encourages panels and individual papers that answer the call to “Reinterpretation,” expansively interpreted. In keeping with longstanding BHC policy the Program Committee will give equal consideration to submissions not directly related to the conference theme.
The program committee will consider both individual papers and entire panels. Individual paper proposals should include a one-page (three-hundred-word) abstract and one-page curriculum vitae (CV). Panel proposals should include a cover letter stating the rationale for the panel and the name of its contact person; one-page (three-hundred-word) abstract and author's CV for each paper; and a list of preferred panel chairs and commentators with contact information.
The K. Austin Kerr Prize will be awarded for the best first paper delivered by a new scholar at the annual meeting. A “new scholar” is defined as a doctoral candidate or a PhD whose degree is less than three years old. You must nominate your paper for this prize on the proposal submission page where indicated.
The deadline for receipt of all proposals is October 1, 2015. Please visit http://www.thebhc.org/call-papers-2016 to submit proposals.
The BHC awards the Herman E. Krooss Prize for the best dissertation in business history by a recent PhD in history, economics, business administration, the history of science and technology, sociology, law, communications, and related fields. To be eligible, dissertations must be completed in the three calendar years immediately prior to the 2016 annual meeting, and may only be submitted once for the Krooss prize. Proposals accepted for the Krooss Prize are not eligible for the Kerr Prize. If you wish to apply for this prize, please send a cover letter indicating you are applying for the Krooss prize along with a one-page CV and one-page (three-hundred-word) dissertation abstract via e-mail to BHC@Hagley.org.
The BHC Doctoral Colloquium in Business History will be held in conjunction with the BHC annual meeting. This prestigious workshop, funded by Cambridge University Press, will take place in Portland Wednesday, March 30 and Thursday, March 31. Typically limited to ten students, the colloquium is open to early-stage doctoral candidates pursuing dissertation research within the broad field of business history, from any relevant discipline. Applications are due by November 15, 2015 via e-mail to BHC@Hagley.org and should include: a statement of interest; CV; preliminary or final dissertation prospectus (ten to fifteen pages); and a letter of support from your dissertation supervisor (or prospective supervisor).
For more information on the conference, please visit http://www.thebhc.org/2016meeting.
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CALL FOR PAPERS. The 2016 Asia Pacific Economic and Business History (APEBH) Conference will be held in Adelaide, Australia, on February 11–13; it will be hosted by the School of Economics at the University of Adelaide. The theme of the meeting is “Wine, Wheat and Copper? Resource Booms and Busts: Agriculture, Mining and the Wider Economy in Historical and Comparative Perspective.”
For a fuller description and submission information, please consult the complete call for papers at https://apebh2016.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/. The deadline for all proposals is November 15, 2015. All abstracts, proposals for sessions, or papers for refereeing should be emailed to APEBH2016@Outlook.com.
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NEW WEB SITE. The “Places of Invention” exhibition will open on July 1, 2015 at the Smithsonian Museum's Lemelson Center for the Study of Innovation and Invention in Washington, D.C. The physical exhibit will feature six communities: Silicon Valley, 1970–80s; the Bronx, 1970s; Medical Alley, 1950s; Hartford, late 1800s; Hollywood, 1930s; and Fort Collins, 2010. The accompanying Web site includes an interactive map detailing many more “places of invention” and their stories. This is an ongoing project, with more materials to be added to the on-line version over time. Please visit http://invention.si.edu/explore/places-invention.
