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
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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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