Scholarship Details: The Mercurians are establishing two new initiatives to support research in the history of communication technologies. Both are intended for new or junior scholars. Prize Details: The first is a prize for the best article published during the previous two years in any peer-reviewed journal. The second is a travel grant to defray [...]

Objects of Possession: Artefact Transactions in the Wet Tropics of North Queensland, 1870-2013. ARC Discovery Project DP110102291. Associate Professor Rosita Henry, Associate Professor Russell McGregor, Dr Mike Wood, Dr Shelley Greer, Professor Ton Otto. Scholarship Details: This multi-disciplinary project will provide a systematic history of ethnographic collecting in the Wet Tropics of North Queensland. Covering [...]

Scholarship Details: The German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, is now accepting applications for a six-month doctoral fellowship in International Business History. A six-month extension of this term is possible. The recipient must begin the term in the summer of 2011. Preference Details: Preference will be given to fellows whose projects fit into the GHI’s research [...]

Scholarship Details: The German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, is now accepting applications for a six-month fellowship in American or European Economic and Social History, with the possibility of extending it to one year (depending on the availability of funding). Preference is given to applicants on the postdoctoral level. The monthly stipend is € 3000 for [...]

PhD in Historical Sciences, qualification in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Scholarship Details: The object of the post, which is funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, is to manage a Digitisation project entitled Death and Funerary Practices, 1829-1901. The successful candidate will manage a working relationship between the Department of [...]

The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Scholarship Details: The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is pleased to invite applications for a 2011 AMS Graduate Fellowship in the History of Science, to be awarded [...]

Scholarship Details: With the generous support of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, the OAH and the Japanese Association for American Studies (JAAS) plan to send two American scholars to Japanese universities for two-week residencies from June 1-14, 2011. During their residencies, the American historians give lectures and seminars in English in their specialty. They also [...]

Scholarship Details: The Charles Babbage Institute is accepting applications for the 2011-2012 Adelle and Erwin Tomash Graduate Fellowship. The fellowship will be awarded to a graduate student for doctoral dissertation research in the history of computing. The fellowship may be held at the recipient’s home academic institution, the Charles Babbage Institute, or any other location [...]

Newnham is one of the 31 colleges of the University of Cambridge (see map). We have 400 undergraduates, 150 postgraduates, and about 70 academic staff. The spacious gardens adjoin our sports fields, and the University’s Sidgwick site is directly across the road. Scholarship Details: The purpose of Junior Research Fellowships is to allow highly-talented women* [...]

Scholarship Details: The Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies announces its 2011-2012 Northeast Asian History Fellowship. Made possible through the generosity of the Northeast Asian History Foundation, the fellowship supports a scholar to conduct research and writing on a historical subject that has an impact on modern and contemporary [...]

Stockholm University is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. Admission to doctoral studies is restricted and universities and university colleges may only admit students who have funding for the entire study period. Scholarship Details: The Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University, announces a vacancy for a salaried doctoral studentship, commencing January 1, 2011. The doctoral [...]

Our mission at the Samuel H. Kress Foundation (est. 1929) is to sustain and carry out the original vision of our founder, Samuel H. Kress (1863-1955). We support the work of individuals and institutions engaged with the appreciation, interpretation, preservation, study and teaching of the history of European art and architecture from antiquity to the [...]

Scholarship Details: The School of Historical Studies is pleased to offer three MA scholarships. Successful applicants will receive £1,000 if studying full time, and £500 per year if studying part time. The scholarships are open to applicants for the following degree programmes: * MA History * MA English Local History * MA European Urbanisation * [...]