Please feel free to forward this message to other interested parties. 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