Jerrold Seigel Fellowships in Intellectual and Cultural History
Every year it is active the Consortium will award up to two summer fellowships, named in honor of Professor Jerrold Seigel, recently retired from New York University, where he is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History Emeritus.
The awards are open to students at any graduate level of training, in any geographical field or time period, but are currently limited to students enrolled at Consortium member institutions (currently Columbia and New York Universities). The amount of these fellowships is $3,000.
Congratulations to the inaugural Jerrold Seigel fellows for 2007-8:
Jennifer Egloff, Department of History, New York University,
"Popular Numeracy in Early Modern England and British North America"
Robert S. Thomas, Department of History, Columbia University,
"Authority and Enlightenment: The Committee on Social Thought, 1942-1958"
Competition for 2008-9 Academic Year
Application: There is no application form. To apply for a fellowship, please send a two-page personal statement stating how you will make use of the fellowship, along with a curriculum vitae, to the consortium director (this year, Samuel Moyn) and ask one of your doctoral advisors to send a letter on your behalf. This year, all materials are due by March 31, 2009.
Image credits: Metropolitan Museum of Art & Museum of Modern Art, New York