Thanks to the generous assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announces the
availability of a small number of Frederick Burkhardt Residential
Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars engaged in long-term,
unusually ambitious projects in the humanities and related social
sciences.
Appropriate fields of specialization include but are not
limited to: anthropology, archaeology, art and architectural history,
economic history, film, geography, history, languages and literatures,
legal studies, linguistics, musicology, philosophy, political science,
psychology, religion, rhetoric and communication, sociology, and theater
studies. Proposals in the social science fields listed above are
eligible only if they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g.,
economic history, law and literature, political philosophy). Proposals
in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are welcome, as are
proposals focused on any geographic region or on any cultural or
linguistic group. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major
piece of scholarly work by the applicant that will take the form of a
monograph or other equally substantial form of scholarship. ACLS does
not fund creative work (e.g., novels or films), textbooks,
straightforward translation, or pedagogical projects.
Burkhardt Fellowships are intended to support an academic year (normally
nine months) of residence at any one of the national residential
research centers partecipating in the program, including Villa I Tatti,
Florence. Such an environment, beyond providing free time, encourages
exchanges across disciplinary lines that can be especially helpful to
deepening and expanding the significance of projects in the humanities
and related social sciences. The ACLS will award up to 10 Burkhardt
Fellowships, depending on the avilability of funds, in this competition
year. Each fellowship carries a stipend of $75,000. For further
information, please visit the ACLS website
Applicants for the Burckhardt Fellowship who are interested in using it
at the Harvard Center in Florence should apply simultaneously both to
the ACLS and to the regular I Tatti fellowship competition.
DEADLINE
Application Deadline October 3
Further information can be obtain at
http://www.itatti.it/menu3/fellow_burkhardt.html
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