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Dear Colleagues,

The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke has opened the 
application process for the 2011-2012 academic year Fellowship Program. 
Information about the application process is available at our web site, 
http://econ.duke.edu/HOPE/CENTER/center_fellowship_programs.php
and has been pasted in below. We invite and encourage you to consider 
coming to Duke for a semester or a year to work on your research project 
in the company of a number of like-minded scholars. Please direct any 
questions you may have to Bruce Caldwell, [log in to unmask] We 
look forward to hearing from you.

Bruce Caldwell



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INTRODUCTION: Each year the Center brings together a mix of scholars 
working on research in the history of political economy. The Center 
provides the following sorts of fellowships:

· Senior Research Fellowships 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.

· /Research Fellowships/ enable more junior scholars to advance their 
research careers under the umbrella of the Center. A secondary goal is 
to develop their skills in teaching the history of economics.

· /Final Year Fellowships/ 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 is to develop their skills in 
teaching the history of economics.

TERMS OF FELLOWSHIPS: Research Fellows may come to the Center for either 
a semester, a full academic year (which runs from the end of August to 
the beginning of May), or a twelve month period. (Those who wish to come 
for shorter stays may wish to consult the Academic Visits section of our 
website.) 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., Workshops, 
HOPE lunches, and conferences) that the Center offers. More junior 
scholars may also wish to stay during the summer to participate in the 
“Summer in the Archives” program or to assist with the Summer Institute.

STIPENDS: Though the Center has limited funding available for the 
support of Fellows, 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 from outside 
foundations. We recognize that more junior scholars may not have ready 
access to such support. The Center has developed its own relationships 
with a small group of outside funding agencies, and may be able to 
assist applicants in finding support from them. Sometimes our acceptance 
of an applicant’s proposal will be contingent on either the applicant or 
the Center being able to secure outside funds.

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 2011; 
Spring 2012; the 2011-2012 academic year; a twelve month period 
beginning September 1, 2011). 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 a letter of recommendation sent to us 
by a scholar who can comment on the quality of your work and the 
importance of your proposed research. For pre-doctoral candidates, it is 
probably most appropriate that the letter be from your dissertation 
supervisor. All applications will be refereed.

Applications are welcome at any time, but for full consideration those 
applying for the 2011-2012 academic year should have their applications 
in by January 1, 2011.

We request that you submit your materials by e-mail attachment. Please 
direct them to the Center’s administrative assistant Angela Zemonek, 
[log in to unmask] For more information about the Center, please 
visit our web site at http://econ.duke.edu/HOPE/CENTER/home.php


-- 
Bruce Caldwell
Research Professor of Economics
Director, Center for the History of Political Economy

"To discover a reference has often taken hours of labour, to fail to discover one has often taken days." Edwin Cannan, on editing  Smith's Wealth of Nations

Address:
Department of Economics
Duke University
Box 90097
Durham, N.C. 27708

Office: Room 07G Social Sciences Building
Phone: 919-660-6896

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