Predoctoral Fellowships for Historians of American Art to Travel Abroad, 2010–2011
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts offers up to six fellowships to doctoral students in art history who are studying aspects of art and architecture of the United States, including native and pre-Revolutionary America. This fellowship is for a period of six to eight weeks of continuous travel abroad in areas such as Africa, Asia, or South America, as well as Europe, to sites of historical and cultural interest, including museums, exhibitions, collections, and monuments. The travel fellowship is intended to encourage a breadth of art-historical experience beyond the candidate’s major field, not for the advancement of a dissertation. Preference will be accorded to those who have had little opportunity for research travel abroad. The amount of the award is dependent on the travel plan, with a maximum of $4,500. A narrative report at the conclusion of the travel period is required. Individuals currently affiliated with the National Gallery of Art are not eligible for this fellowship.
Application for a travel fellowship may be made only through nomination by the chair of a graduate department of art history or other appropriate department. Each department may support two candidates. The application should include a 500-word proposal outlining the objectives and feasibility of the travel plan; a separate, detailed itinerary; and a curriculum vitae. The curriculum vitae should list any previous scholarly or professional travel. In addition, the candidate must submit two letters of support from professors who can evaluate the importance of this travel for the student’s professional and intellectual development. A letter of nomination from the chair, which is not considered a letter of recommendation, must accompany each application. Please send letter of nomination accompanied by seven sets of the collated application materials (proposal, itinerary, letters of recommendation, and curriculum vitae) to
Dean, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual
Arts
National Gallery of Art
2000B South Club Drive
Landover, Maryland 20785
Applications must be received on or before February 15, 2010 for the period June 2010 through May 2011. They will be reviewed by a selection committee of scholars in American art. These fellowships may not be postponed or renewed.
For information contact:
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
National Gallery of Art
2000B South Club Drive
Landover, Maryland 20785
Telephone: (202) 842-6482
Fax: (202) 789-3026
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This announcement supersedes all previous information about the Predoctoral Fellowships for Historians of American Art to Travel Abroad.