2017-2018 Harry Ransom Center Research Fellowships in the Humanities
at The University of Texas
The Harry Ransom Center, an internationally renowned humanities
research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin,
annually awards more than 50 fellowships to support research projects in
all areas of the humanities, including film.
The Center’s film collections include the papers of producers David O.
Selznick and Lewis Allen, director Nicholas Ray, actors Gloria Swanson
and Robert De Niro, screenwriters Ernest Lehman and Paul Schrader, acting
teacher Stella Adler, special effects master Norman Dawn, and the
Interstate Theatre Circuit, among others. For more information about the
Center’s film collections, visit
www.hrc.utexas.edu/collections/film.
The fellowships range from one to three months, with stipends of $3,000
per month. Also available are $1,200 to $1,700 travel stipends and
dissertation fellowships with a $1,500 stipend. Fellowship residencies
may be scheduled between June 1, 2017, and August 31, 2018. During the
fellowship, scholars will work on-site at the Ransom Center in Austin,
Texas. Austin is home to a thriving film community including the Austin
Film Festival, Austin Film Society, and the South by Southwest Film
Conference and Festival.
Please note that our application deadline has changed: The application
deadline for 2017–2018 fellowships is November 15, 2016, 5 p.m. CST. All
applicants, with the exception of those applying for dissertation
fellowships, must have a Ph.D. or be independent scholars with a
substantial record of achievement.
Fellows will become part of a distinguished group of alumni. Since the
fellowship program's inauguration in 1990, the Ransom Center has awarded
fellowships to more than 1,000 scholars from around the world.
For details and application instructions, visit:
http://budurl.com/utup
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