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Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art

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Posted by: ACLS
Deadline: Wed, October 27th, 2021

The American Council of Learned Societies invites applications for Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art, which are made possible by the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation. These fellowships support graduate students working on topics in the history of art and visual culture of the United States, including all facets of Native American art, at any stage of PhD dissertation research or writing. ACLS welcomes applications from scholars from diverse institutions and communities that are historically underrepresented in the academy.

For the 2021-22 competition, each award comes with a stipend of $38,000 plus up to $4,000 for research and travel costs.

The fellowships are portable and may be carried out in residence at the fellow’s home institution or at another appropriate site for the research. The fellowship can be held for a for a single continuous period of nine to twelve months between June 2022 and May 2024. Projects should be focused foremost on the art object and/or image and employ an art-historical or visual studies approach.

 

·       Applicants must be US citizens, permanent residents, DACA recipients, asylees, refugees, individuals granted Temporary Protected Status in the United States or Indigenous individuals residing in the United States through rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794 and enrolled at degree-granting institutions in the United States.

·       PhD candidates in art history and related fields, such as Native American and Indigenous Studies and African American Studies, among others, may apply, so long as they demonstrate that their research is focused foremost on the art object and primarily draws on art-historical and visual studies methods. (Students preparing theses for the Master of Fine Arts degree are not eligible.)

·       Applicants must have completed all requirements for the PhD except the dissertation by the beginning of the award period.

·       Applicants may not have applied for this fellowship more than once previously.

 

Deadline: October 27, 2021, 9 pm EDT

For more information on Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art, please visit https://www.acls.org/Competitions-and-Deadlines/Luce-ACLS-Dissertation-Fellowships-in-American-Art.

The American Council of Learned Societies is the leading private institution supporting scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. In the most recent competition year, ACLS will award more than $25 million to nearly 400 scholars. Learn more here: https://www.acls.org/Fellowship-and-Grant-Programs/Competitions-and-Deadlines.

Posted on Fri, September 24th, 2021
Expires on Wed, October 27th, 2021

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