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Rolien Scheffer
University of Groningen (Netherlands)
Subject: Three Fellowships: Medici Archives Project Florence
>
>The Medici Archive Project (Florence) offers three fellowships:
>A: two twelve month fellowships and
>B: one three years fellowship.
>
>A: TWO TWELVE MONTH FELLOWSHIPS
>
>The Medici Archive Project is offering two twelve-month fellowships
>(16 October, 2006 - 15 October, 2007) devoted to building the
>Documentary Sources database and pursuing an independent research
>project related to Siena and its territory during the period
>1537-1743. The Fellows will carry out their work on-site in the
>Archivio di Stato di Firenze in collaboration with the Projects
>research team, making use of the volumes of the Medici Granducal
>Archive. The fellowship is divided into three phases: training in the
>use of the database; evaluation and data entry of documents from the
>Mediceo del Principato related to Siena; finalization and presentation
>of the fellow’s research project.
>
>Fellows will have the following qualifications: a completed Ph.D. or
>the equivalent in a humanities field relevant to Early Modern European
>history and culture; fluency in English and Italian (a knowledge of
>other languages is desirable); substantial research experience with
>original documentary material; the ability to work with computer
>database programs and commitment to a scholarly career involving
>archival research.
>
>The fellowship stipend is Euro 30.000 plus an allowance for travel
>expenses. Those fellowships are supported by the Fondazione Monte dei
>Paschi di Siena.
>
>Applications will be submitted electronically to the following email
>addresses:
>
>Fellowship Coordinator Martin Harms: [log in to unmask]
><mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
>President Ippolita Morgese: [log in to unmask]
><mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
>Director for Administration: Rachel Harms [log in to unmask]
><mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
>Complete applications will include:
>
>1. An application Cover Sheet (available online at
>http://www.medici.org/positions/applicationcoversheet.pdf or requested
>by email as an attachment from [log in to unmask]
><mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
>
>2. A full Curriculum vitae, including archival and computer
>experience. 3. A concise discussion of the applicant’s previous
>experience in archival research (three pages maximum) with specific
>references to sources used in both Sienese and Florentine archives. 4.
>A concise proposal for research and publication related to Siena and
>relevant to the work of the Medici Archive Project (three pages
>maximum).5. The names and addresses of two scholars who can comment
>on
>the applicant’s qualifications and the merits of the research proposal
>(please do not include letters of recommendation with the
>application).
>
>Further details:
>1. The application deadline is April 30, 2006. 2. All materials
>submitted by the applicant should be in English. 3. All materials
>should be in Microsoft Word or pdf format.4. All materials should be
>submitted electronically as separate attachments and clearly labeled
>(i.e.: James Smith: research proposal.doc) unless submitted as one pdf
>file.5. Please do not include supplementary material (publications,
>papers, syllabi, etc.). If additional material is needed, it will be
>requested by the Fellowship Coordinator.6. Please include a header on
>every page of each element of the application, specifying: document
>title, full name of applicant and page number (for example: Research
>Proposal/Maria Bianchi/p.2).
>
>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martin Harms Fellowship
>Coordinator
>Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
>http://www.medici.org/positions/fmps.html
>
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>
>B: ONE THREE-YEAR FELLOWSHIP
>
>The Medici Archive Project is offering one three-year fellowship
>(September 15, 2006 - July 15, 2009) with 20 months of full-time
>document assessment and description for the Documentary Sources
>database in collaboration with the Project's research team onsite in
>the Archivio di Stato di Firenze and 10 months of independent research
>on a topic related to the Medici Granducal Archive, carried out in two
>5-month segments in the second and third year of the fellowship
>period.
>
>Fellows will have the following qualifications: a completed PhD or
>equivalent in a humanities field relevant to 16th-18th century
>European history and culture; fluency in English and Italian (a
>knowledge of other languages is desirable); substantial research
>experience with original documentary material; the ability to master
>database programs and work in a computer environment; a personal
>commitment to a scholarly career involving archival research.
>
>The fellowship stipend is $36,000 per year plus an allowance for
>travel expenses. This fellowship is supported by the National
>Endowment for the Humanities and is offered to scholars who are United
>States Citizens or have been residents of the United States for three
>years at the time of application.
>
>The application deadline is April 30, 2006. Application details can be
>downloaded from Fellowship Application Instructions. The application
>cover sheet can be downloaded from Fellowship Application Cover Sheet
>or requested by email from [log in to unmask]
><mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
>
>Martin Harms, Fellowship Coordinator, Email: [log in to unmask]
><mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
>http://www.medici.org/positions/neh.html
>
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