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H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship

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Posted by: Society of Architectural Historians
Deadline: Mon, September 30th, 2019

PURPOSE

The Society of Architectural Historians’ prestigious H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship will be offered for 2019 and will allow a recent graduate or emerging scholar to study by travel for one year. The fellowship is not for the purpose of doing research for an advanced academic degree or publication. Instead, Professor Brooks intended the recipient to study by travel and contemplation while observing, reading, writing, or sketching. 

The goal of the fellowship is to provide an opportunity for a recent graduate with an advanced degree or an emerging scholar to:

see and experience architecture and landscapes firsthand

think about their profession deeply

acquire knowledge useful for the recipient’s future work, contribution to their profession, and contribution to society

The fellowship recipient may travel to any country or countries during the one-year period. This fellowship is funded by the Society of Architectural Historians’ H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship Fund. 

THE AWARD

The H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship will cover expenses incurred by the Brooks Fellow for one year of travel. The award is non-renewable; award amounts may vary from year to year. The award will be paid in quarterly installments. SAH suggests that if additional financial support is needed to cover other related expenses, that the applicants contact their respective university/college, academic adviser, department head, employer or outside foundations to investigate the financial opportunities afforded them. 

CRITERIA

Active membership in SAH. 

PhD or an advanced terminal degree in a field related to the built environment. Eligible degree dates are between January 1, 2014, and July 31, 2019. 

A terminal degree is the highest degree awarded in a given field. Such degrees include PhDs in the history, theory or criticism of architecture, landscape architecture, or urbanism; historic preservation; and the practice of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning. Advanced terminal degrees related to the built environment include an MArch, MUP, MLA or a master’s in a historic preservation program.

This is an international fellowship so candidates from any country may apply.

Current students are not eligible.

Priority will be given to those whose chosen profession is relevant to the interests and objectives of the Society of Architectural Historians, i.e., the history of the built environment, historic preservation, conservation, and social implications of architecture, landscape architecture, and urbanism. 

The fellowship is intended to be a special honor for the recipient and is to be awarded to a truly outstanding candidate, based on distinguished academic achievement, leadership potential, personal motivation, and promise. The Brooks Fellow will be selected by the H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship Committee, which is appointed by the president of SAH.

View application details and apply at sah.org/brooks.

Posted on Tue, August 6th, 2019
Expires on Mon, September 30th, 2019

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