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Yale University Library - Latin American Collection
Library Visiting Fellowship Program 2010
Yale University Library is pleased to invite applications for one short-term library visiting fellowship to promote scholarly use of its collections of Latin Americana. The fellowship includes a stipend of $12,520 plus modest allowance for supplies and to help defray expenses in traveling to and residing in New Haven, Connecticut during the tenure of the fellowship. This fellowship is tenable for three months between May and October 2010. The deadline for applications is April 9, 2010.
The program is designed to provide junior scholars based in the United States and specializing in Latin America with the opportunity to work with one of the oldest and largest Latin American collections in the country. The Yale Library contains a wealth of research material, including monographs, serials, pamphlets, newspapers, government documents, manuscripts, maps, photographs and documentary films. A flexible program will be developed to balance the goals and interests of the visiting fellow with the needs of the Yale Library. Approximately 20% of the time spent at Yale will be devoted to a library project.
Candidates for this fellowship must have a Ph.D. and be U.S. citizens. Applicants (junior faculty, independent researchers) are asked to submit a research proposal not exceeding three pages in length and a resume to the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies at the address given below. Applicants must also arrange for two confidential letters of recommendation (in English) to be sent to the same address.
The proposal should address specifically the relevance of the Yale University Library collections to the proposed research. Prospective fellows are invited to consult the Library's home page at www.library.yale.edu/ and its online catalog http://orbis.library.yale.edu/ for information about Yale’s collections. Applicants should have specific Yale resources in mind - not simply a desire to make use of a major research library - as they prepare their proposals.
A committee consisting of members of the faculty, the library staff, and the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies will award the fellowship on the basis of the relevance of the proposal to unique holdings of the library, the merits and significance of the project, and the applicant's scholarly qualifications. The Award will be announced by about May 1, 2010.
Application materials and letters of recommendation are to be mailed to Library Visiting Fellowship, Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, Yale University, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, Suite 232. P.O. Box 208206, New Haven, CT 06520-8206. Electronic communications to the Committee may be sent to jean.silk@yale.edu. Materials submitted by e-mail should be received by April 9, 2010.