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The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University is 
now accepting Fellowship Applications for the 2009-2010 academic year. 
Below you will find a description of the Center and information on how 
to apply. Please direct any inquiries to Bruce Caldwell at 
bruce.caldwell at duke.edu <mailto:bruce.caldwell at duke.edu>

1. THE CENTER. The purpose of the Center is to promote and support 
research in, and the teaching of, the history of political economy. To 
those ends, we will have in residence each year a number of Center 
Research Fellows, at Junior (pre- and post-doctoral) as well as Senior 
levels, who will pursue their own research projects. Fellows will join 
an active community of scholars which includes the existing history of 
economics faculty at Duke (Craufurd Goodwin, Roy Weintraub, Neil De 
Marchi, Kevin Hoover, and Bruce Caldwell), scholars in related 
disciplines at Duke, scholars from area universities who participate in 
our programs, and other Fellows. The Center maintains a regular workshop 
series and sponsors small conferences and special events (for a 
description of the current semester?s activities, visit the HOPE Group 
website at http://econ.duke.edu/HOPE/). Fellows will have access to the 
many archival and other scholarly resources that are available at Duke, 
among them the Economist Papers Project (an impressive archival holding 
that contains, among other things, the papers of seven Nobel laureates: 
see 
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/collections/economists/collections.html), 
a substantial archival microfilm collection (which includes the 
Goldsmith?s-Kress Library of Economic Literature and the F.A. Hayek 
papers), and the extensive library holdings of the combined Triangle 
Universities system (which includes Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and N.C. 
State Universities). To support teaching, Junior Fellows may participate 
in a space available basis in the many courses offered at Duke in the 
history of political economy. We also envision a summer teaching 
institute, staffed by specialists in the history of political economy 
and to begin in 2010, where prospective teachers will gain familiarity 
with the classic literature to prepare them to become effective 
classroom guides to the field.

2. TYPES OF FELLOWSHIP. The Center encourages applications for:

? /Senior Research Fellowships /will enable scholars at various stages 
of their careers to come to the Center for either a semester or academic 
year to work on a substantial piece of research in the history of 
political economy.
? /Postdoctoral Research Fellowships/ will enable recent recipients of 
Ph.D?s in the history of economics to get a good start on their research 
careers under the umbrella of the Center. A secondary goal will be to 
develop their skills in teaching the history of economics. Both should 
make them more competitive in the job market.
? /Final Year (Predoctoral) Research Fellowships/ will allow doctoral 
students enrolled either at Duke or at other universities to spend their 
final year before taking their degrees to complete their dissertations 
while in the company of others, including more established scholars, 
working in the history of political economy. A secondary goal will be to 
develop their skills in teaching the history of economics.

3. FELLOWSHIP TERMS: Research Fellows must be in residence at the Center 
for at least a semester. Fellows may apply to come to the Center for 
either a semester, a full academic year (which runs from the end of 
August through the beginning of May), or a twelve month period. Those 
who wish to come to Duke for shorter stays should consult the Academic 
Visits section of the HOPE website for further information: 
http://econ.duke.edu/HOPE/Visits.php
Though the principal responsibility of all Fellows is simply to pursue 
their research, it is also expected that Fellows will participate where 
appropriate in the other programs (e.g., the Workshops, HOPE lunches, 
and conferences) that the Center offers.

4. STIPENDS: The Center has only limited funding available for support 
of Fellows. As such, whenever possible, Fellows should attempt to bring 
their own funding through some combination of support from their own 
university (e.g., fellowships or sabbatical funds) and outside 
foundation support. We recognize that applicants for Junior Fellowships 
may not have ready access to such support. The Center has developed its 
own relationships with outside funding agencies, and may be able to 
assist applicants in finding support. Sometimes our acceptance of an 
applicant?s proposal will be contingent on either the applicant or the 
Center being able to secure outside funds.

5. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: All applicants should submit the following 
materials:

a. A statement of interest in which you describe your past history and 
explain why you want to come to the Center. Please also indicate the 
time period you would like to come to the Center (e.g., Fall 2009; 
Spring 2010; the 2009-2010 academic year; a twelve month period 
beginning September 1, 2009). This should be no more than 1 page in length.

b. A proposal describing the work you will do while in residence at the 
Center. The proposal should be no longer than 2 pages in length.

c. A current curriculum vitae.

d. A statement regarding funding. Will you bring any support? If so, 
please identify the source(s) of your funding and amount. Also specify 
whether you have already secured the funding, or have applied for it. If 
the latter, please indicate the date when you expect to know whether the 
funding request has been granted. If all of your own funding comes 
through, will you require any additional funding from the Center? If so, 
how much?

e. Finally, please arrange to have two letters of recommendation sent to 
us by scholars who can comment on the quality of your work and the 
importance of your proposed research. For pre-doctoral candidates, one 
of the letters must be from your dissertation supervisor.

Applications are welcome at any time, but for full consideration those 
applying for the 2009-2010 academic year should have their applications 
in by December 15, 2008.

You may submit your materials by e-mail or regular mail. If by e-mail, 
please direct them to:

Bruce.Caldwell at duke.edu <mailto:Bruce.Caldwell at duke.edu>

If by mail direct them to:

Administrative Assistant
Center for the History of Political Economy
Department of Economics, Duke University
213 Social Sciences
Box 90097
Durham, NC 27708
USA




Bruce Caldwell