[nativestudies-l] Opportunity: Beinecke visiting fellowships

[Alyssa Mt. Pleasant]

Subject: Visiting Fellowships: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Date: Auguest 23, 2008

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University 2009-2010
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS

The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library offers short-term
fellowships to support visiting scholars pursuing postdoctoral or
equivalent research in its collections. The Beinecke Library is Yale
University's principal repository for literary papers, and for early
manuscripts and rare books in the fields of literature, theology, history,
and the natural sciences.

The fellowships, which pay for travel to and from New Haven and a living
allowance of $4,500 per month, are designed to provide access to the
library for scholars who live outside the greater New Haven area. Students
enrolled in degree programs are ineligible. 2009-2010 Fellowships,
normally granted for one month, must be taken up between September 1, 2009
and May 31, 2010.

Recipients are expected to be in residence during the period of their
award and are encouraged to participate in the activities of Yale
University. Applicants are asked to submit an application form, a
curriculum vitae and a brief research proposal (not to exceed three pages)
to the Director.

Application deadline is December 15, 2008. The proposal should emphasize
the relationship of the Beinecke collections to the project and state the
preferred dates of residence. The applicant should also arrange to have
two confidential letters of recommendation sent to the Director.

Application materials should be sent to the Director, Beinecke Rare Book
and Manuscript Library, Yale University, P.O. Box 208240, New Haven, CT
06520-8240. For more information about the application process or the
Beinecke Library and its collections, and to download a fellowship
application form, please visit the fellowships links on the Library
website:

http://www.library.yale.edu/beineckel

or send an email to beinecke.fellowships at yale.edu

Priscilla Holmes
Coordinator, Fellowship & Educational Programs
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
(203)432-2956

Email: beinecke.fellowships at yale.edu
Visit the website at http://www.library.yale.edu/beineckel