The Lillian Gary Taylor Fellowship in American Literature
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Lillian Gary Taylor Fellowships offer visiting scholars an opportunity to conduct research using the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. Fellowship recipients are provided with up to $5,000 in support (depending on the length of stay), a private study in the Harrison Institute, and access to the Albert H. Small Special Collections Library, as well as the larger U.Va. Library. Fellows may choose to conduct research at the Institute for a period of one to three months.
The Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture at the University of Virginia Library is pleased to announce a competition for short-term visiting fellowships in American Literature for Summer 2013, Fall 2013, or Spring 2014.
In order to be considered for the fellowship, applicants must either hold the Ph.D. or have already advanced to Ph.D. candidacy. Preference will be given to applicants who live beyond a 60-mile radius of Charlottesville, VA. Taylor Fellows are responsible for arranging their own housing.
To apply, please submit a cover letter describing the research to be conducted at the Institute, including specific reference to rare and unique materials housed in the Special Collections Library; a brief c.v.; and one letter of recommendation.
Special consideration may be given to those applicants whose research examines early American literature (from its inception through the early nineteenth century) and/or the relationship between literature and archaeology in American culture.
Please make four copies of the application and submit them by postal mail to:
Lillian Gary Taylor Visiting Fellowships
Harrison Institute
P. O. Box 400874
Charlottesville, VA 22904-400874
Applications must be postmarked by February 15, 2013. (Notification of fellowship awards will occur by the end of March 2013.)
(2012)
Lori Leavell
Amanda Johnson
Ben Robbins
Alix Baumgartner
(Spring and Summer 2011)
Jessica DeSpain
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Sari Altschuler
Ph.D. Candidate in English
City University of New York, The Graduate Center
Jenny Heil
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of English
Emory University
(Fall 2010)
Melissa J. Lingle-Martin
Ph.D. Candidate
Literature and Criticism Doctoral Program
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
(Summer 2010)
Erich Nunn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Auburn University
(Summer 2009)
Brian Neff
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of English
The Pennsylvania State University
(Spring 2009)
J. Gerald Kennedy
William A. Read Professor of English
Louisiana State University
