19.362 Medici Archive fellowships

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 19, No. 362.
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         Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:54:01 +0100
         From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty_at_kcl.ac.uk>
         Subject: Medici Archive fellowships

Medici Archive Project
Fellowship Program 2006-9
http://www.medici.org/positions/fellowships.html

The Medici Archive Project is offering two three-year fellowships
(September 15, 2006 - July 15, 2009) with 20 months of full-time
document assessment and description for the Documentary Sources
database in collaboration with the Project's research team onsite in
the Archivio di Stato di Firenze and 10 months of independent
research on a topic related to the Medici Granducal Archive, carried
out in two 5-month segments in the second and third year of the
fellowship period.

Fellows will have the following qualifications: a completed PhD or
equivalent in a humanities field relevant to 16th-18th century
European history and culture; fluency in English and Italian (a
knowledge of other languages is desirable); substantial research
experience with original documentary material; the ability to master
database programs and work in a computer environment; a personal
commitment to a scholarly career involving archival research.

The fellowship stipend is $36,000 per year plus an allowance for
travel expenses. One fellowship is supported by the National
Endowment for the Humanities and is offered to scholars who are
United States Citizens or have been residents of the United States
for three years at the time of application. The second fellowship is
offered to scholars of all nationalities.

The application deadline is January 31, 2006. Application details can
be downloaded from
<http://www.medici.org/positions/applicationdetails.pdf>Fellowship
Application Instructions. The application cover sheet can be
downloaded from
<http://www.medici.org/positions/applicationcoversheet.pdf>Fellowship
Application Cover Sheet or requested by email from fellowshipsny_at_medici.org
<mailto:fellowshipsny_at_medici.org>fellowshipsny_at_medici.org

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martin Harms
Fellowship Coordinator
Email: <mailto:martinharms_at_earthlink.net>martinharms_at_earthlink.net

Dr Willard McCarty | Reader in Humanities Computing | Centre for
Computing in the Humanities | King's College London | Kay House, 7
Arundel Street | London WC2R 3DX | U.K. | +44 (0)20 7848-2784 fax:
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