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 Jerrold Seigel Fellows for 2011-2012:
Lauren Cannady, Department of Art History, New York University
"Owing to Nature and Art: The Garden Landscape and Decorative Painting in Eighteenth Century Pavillons de Plaisance"
Simon Taylor, Department of History, Columbia University
"The Modern Condition: The Invention of Anxiety, 1940-1970"
Congratulations to the Jerrold Seigel Fellows for 2010-2011:
Isabel Gabel, Department of History, Columbia University
"Environments of the Living: Epistemologies of Biology in Germany and France, 1900-1960"
Brian Kai Hin Tsui, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University
"China's Forgotten Revolution: Radical Conservatism in Action, 1925-1949"
Congratulations to the Jerrold Seigel Fellows for 2009-2010:
James Chappel, Department of History, Columbia University
"Catholicism against the State: Religion and Sovereignty in Europe, 1920-1950"
Aaron Tugendhaft, Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University
"Baal Is Our King: Politics and Narrative at the End of the Bronze Age"
Congratulations to the Jerrold Seigel Fellows for 2008-2009:
Patrick R. Crowley, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
"Forms of Spectality in Ancient Rome"
Bina Gogineni, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
"God and the Novel in India"
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 2012-13 Academic Year
Application: There is no application form. To apply for a fellowship, please send a two-page personal statement explaining how you will make use of the fellowship, along with a curriculum vitae, to the address below and ask one of your doctoral advisors to send a letter on your behalf. This year, all materials are due by March 1, 2013.
Jerrold Seigel Fellowship Competition
c/o Najila Naderi
Department of History
Columbia University
413 Fayerweather MC 2527
New York, NY 10027
Image credits: Metropolitan Museum of Art & Museum of Modern Art, New York