Collaborative Fellowships and Joint Professorships
The Huntington offers:
- One joint professorship with Occidental College
- Collaborative long-term fellowship with Trinity Hall, Cambridge
- Collaborative short-term fellowships with the Shakespeare Association of America; with the North American Conference on British Studies; with the Renaissance Society of America; with the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association; with the Western History Association; with the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
- Short-term fellowships under the Arts and Humanities Research Council International Placement Scheme
Joint Professorship
The Ray Allen Billington Chair in American History at Occidental College and The Huntington is offered every other year to a distinguished historian of the Americas who wishes to conduct research in The Huntington’s collections and to undertake a moderate teaching commitment in the History Department at Occidental College. For further details, contact Michael Gasper, department services coordinator, at gasper@oxy.edu.
Collaborative Long-Term Fellowships
Eligibility: Candidates must be nominated by their Head or Chair of Department. Interested applicants should contact their Head or Chair of Department for more information.
The Berger Trust Future Leaders Fellowship in the History of British Art
This Fellowship seeks to enrich and diversify the history of British art by supporting its future leaders. Scholars and museum professionals of exceptional promise and demonstrable achievement will be given dedicated research time in which to develop new projects that will further their career development goals and advance scholarship in British visual culture. Fellows may be exploring visual culture in the United Kingdom itself, or those of the British Empire more broadly, including Commonwealth countries, and post-Commonwealth nations.
Collaborative Short-Term Fellowships
*New Opportunity*
New Chaucer Society Early Career Fellowship
The New Chaucer Society, in collaboration with the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, offers annually a one-month Early Career Fellowship to support advanced research in the history, literature and culture of the time of Chaucer in the collections of The Huntington. The amount of the fellowship is $3500. The successful applicant will also be able to claim travel expenses (using the most economical available option). A requirement for holding the fellowship is that the time of tenure be spent in residence at the Huntington Library. The fellowship can be taken up from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
Eligibility:
Any early career scholar (i.e. doctoral candidate or postgraduate up to three years post-PhD) working in the field of medieval studies, with a focus on the literature, manuscripts, or cultural context of the time of Chaucer is eligible to apply.
Application Instructions:
Applications should be made directly to the Executive Director of The New Chaucer Society, Sif Ríkharðsdóttir, by email: chaucer@newchaucersociety.org. The applications should be in the form of a single pdf file and must include:
- A cover letter to include full contact details, project title, name of referee, proposed start and end dates of the Fellowship. It must also describe the applicant’s eligibility for an early career fellowship. We will be pleased to consider applications from independent scholars and from those in academic positions that do not support research.
- Project description, not to exceed 1,500 words, and consisting of two parts: description of the project and its significance (approx. 1,000 words); description of the specific Huntington Library special collections to be consulted and an outline of the plan of work for the fellowship period (approx. 500 words).
- Curriculum vitae of no more than three pages.
- One letter of recommendation: this must be tailored to your individual application. The referee should send the letter to chaucer@newchaucersociety.org by January 20, 2024, with the applicant’s name in the subject line.
Due Date:
January 20, 2024
Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Short-Term Fellowship
This fellowship is for postdoctoral scholars or Ph.D. candidates affiliated with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies who wish to use The Huntington’s collections to study the history, literature, and culture of the period 1450 to 1700. The award carries a stipend of $3,500. Apply directly to ACMRS.
ASECS Huntington Library Short-Term Fellowship
This fellowship is for postdoctoral scholars or Ph.D. candidates who reside outside the Los Angeles metro area and wish to use The Huntington’s collections to study the period 1660 to 1815. The award carries a stipend of $3,500. Applicants must be members of ASECS at the time of the award. Apply directly to ASECS.
Florida Atlantic University-Huntington Fellowship
Three advanced graduate students will receive two-month fellowships. The group will spend the month of October 2023 in residence using Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection in Boca Raton, Florida, and each individual will take a second month at The Huntington Library at a time of their choosing between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024. Successful applicants will receive a stipend of $2,500 from FAU and $3,500 from The Huntington in support of their residencies at the two institutions. More information and application instructions.
The Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association/Huntington Library Fellowship
The fellow will be awarded a one-month fellowship to be taken at The Huntington. The award carries a stipend of $3,500. All members of the RMMLA, especially graduate students and junior faculty, are eligible and encouraged to apply. Apply directly to RMMLA.
The North American Conference on British Studies/Huntington Library Fellowship
The fellow will be awarded a one-month fellowship to be taken at The Huntington. The award carries a stipend of $3,500. Applicants must be advanced graduate students at the time of application. Apply directly to the NACBS.
The Renaissance Society of America/Huntington Library Fellowship
Two fellowships tenable at The Huntington will be awarded: one in the field of Renaissance studies and one in Renaissance art history. Each award carries a stipend of $3,500 (or $4,000 for those traveling from outside North America). Holders of the Ph.D. (or equivalent) or doctoral students at the dissertation stage are eligible to apply. For more information and how to apply visit Renaissance Society of America fellowships.
The Shakespeare Association of America/Huntington Fellowship
The Shakespeare Association of America will award a one-month fellowship to be held at The Huntington. The award carries a stipend of $3,500. Applicants must be SAA members in good standing. For more information about the fellowship and how to apply to SAA, visit Shakespeare Association of America.
The Western History Association/Huntington Library Martin Ridge Fellowship
The fellow will be awarded a one-month fellowship to be taken at The Huntington. The award carries a stipend of $3,500. Holders of a Ph.D. (or equivalent) or doctoral students at the dissertation stage are eligible to apply. Apply directly to the WHA.
Arts and Humanities Research Council International Placement Scheme: Short-Term Fellowship
The Huntington is participating in the Arts and Humanities Research Council International Placement Scheme for doctoral and postdoctoral students. AHRC IPS fellows have an exceptional status at The Huntington because they are generally graduate students in the early stages of their research careers and because their terms of appointment (three to six months) mean they enjoy a more sustained period of residence to work on the collections (most of The Huntington’s short-term awards are less than three months). As the relationship between The Huntington and the AHRC matures and prospective applicants for AHRC doctoral funding become increasingly aware of opportunities at The Huntington, we hope to see applications from students who had originally applied to the AHRC for doctoral funding with the intention of coming to The Huntington for part of their research.
At the point of application, you must be either:
- within eight years of the award of your Ph.D. or equivalent professional training
- within six years of your first academic appointment
You must have a contract with a U.K. research organization (RO) at the time of application that extends beyond the end date of the IPS fellowship.
Previous AHRC funding is an advantage (including Ph.D. funding) but not necessary. Where previous AHRC funding has been held, ECRs must include their previous grant reference in the application form.
The project will be assessed on how well it demonstrates relevance to the applicant’s Ph.D. and area of current research. Therefore, the proposed research activities and outputs for the project should complement or feed into the applicant’s current research while also linking to their Ph.D.
Doctoral-level research assistants employed on projects that extend beyond the end date of the fellowship must have previously held AHRC funding (including Ph.D. funding).