Enrollment information for the ASA caucus, "Early American Matters," is now available.

• The McNeil Center for Early American Studies Seminar (Fridays, 3-5 p.m., Philadelphia, PA)
  
• The McNeil Center for Early American Studies Brown Bag Works-In-Progress Series (Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m., Philadelphia, PA)
  
• The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture Colloquium (Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m., Williamsburg, VA)

• The Program in Early American Economy and Society Seminar (Fridays, 3-5 p.m., Philadelphia, PA)

• The Newberry Library Seminar on American Religious History

• The Newberry Library Seminar in Early American History and Culture  (Thursdays, 3:30-5:30, Chicago, IL)

• Boston Area Seminar in Early American History

• Boston Environmental History Seminar
  
• Boston Seminar on the History of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
• New England Biography Seminar
  
• Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife
  

• Columbia University Seminar in Early American History and Culture (Tuesdays, 5-7 p.m., New York City)

• The Champlain-St. Lawrence Seminar in Early American History and Culture (Mondays and Fridays, 3-5 p.m., Montreal and Valcour, NY)

• The Ohio Seminar in Early American History and Culture

• Bay Area Seminar in Early American History and Culture (Sundays)

• International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World, Harvard Univ.  Next seminar: Atlantic Legalities, 1500-1825.  April 16, 2005.

• NYU Atlantic History Workshops (usually Tuesdays, New York City)

• The Triangle Early American History Conference (Fridays, 4 p.m., North Carolina)

• Rocky Mountain Seminar in Early American History (Salt Lake City)

Fellowships

(Fellowships are organized by deadline.  Highlighted fellowship names link to organization websites. Highlighted deadlines link to most recent announcements--if the posted announcement is for a past year, contact the organization for the most recent information.  Always double-check deadline with granting organization since deadlines may shift from year to year.)

August

• Fulbright Scholar Program.  Deadline: August 1 (this is the deadline for the traditional Fulbright Scholars Program.  See website for additional programs and deadlines)

September

• Friends of the Longfellow House Research Fellowships.  Deadline: September 30.

• Bibliographical Society of America New Scholars Program.  Deadline: September 30.

October

• The CCWH/Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Graduate Student Awards.  Deadline: October 1.

• ACLS Frederick Burkhardt Fellowships.  Deadline: October 1.

• American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grants.  Deadline: October 1.

• American Antiquarian Society Mellon Post-Dissertation Fellowship.  Deadline:  October 15.

• Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities - Penn Humanities Forum.  Deadline: October 15.

• The American Geographical Society Library Helen and John S. Best Research Fellowships.  Deadline: October 17.

• The Filson Fellowships and Internships.  Deadline: October 15.

• Omohundro Institute/NEH Postdoctoral Fellowships. Deadline: October 30.

November

• The Library Company of Philadelphia's Long-term and NEH Post-Doctoral Fellowships.  Deadline:  November 1. 

• Program in Early American Economy and Society Postdoctoral Fellowships.  Deadline: November 1.

• Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship.  Deadline: November 1.

• The Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies Long-Term Visiting Scholars Program.  Deadline: November 1.

• American Philosophical Society Sabbatical Fellowships.  Deadline: November 1.

• Thomas Jefferson Foundation Fellowships and Travel Grants. Deadline: November 1.

•     Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography.  Deadline: November 1.
•     Folger Library Long-Term Fellowships.  Deadline: November 1.
  
•     The Society of the Cincinnati Tyree-Lamb Research Fellowships.  Deadline: November 9.

•     Colonial Williamsburg-Omohundro Institute Short-Term Visiting Fellowships.  Deadline: November 13.
  

• Council on Library and Information Resources Mellon Dissertation Fellowships for research in the humanities in original sources.  Deadline:  November 14.

•     The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon fellowships.  Deadline: November 15.
•     Florida Atlantic University Libraries and Huntington Library short-term graduate student fellowships. Deadline: November 30.
  

December

• Gilder Lehrman Fellowships. Deadline: December 1.  

• Gilder Lehrman Junior Research Fellowship at the Jefferson Library.  Deadline: December 1.

•     Newberry Library Long-term Fellowships.  Deadline: December 1.
  

• Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies Residential Research Fellowships.  Deadline: December 1.  

• American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grants.  Deadline: December 1.

• APS/British Academy Fellowship for Research in London.  Deadline: December 1.

• The Bibliographical Society of America Short-term Fellowships.  Deadline: December 1.

• John Carter Brown Library Fellowships.  Deadline:  December 1.

•     Phillips Library Research Fellowships.  Deadline:  December 15.
  

January

•      University of St. Andrews Library Research Fellowships.  Deadline: January 10.
  

• The Institute of Historical Research in London Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in the Humanities.  Deadline:  January 13.

•    Francis E. Malamy Fellowship at the Phillips Library.  Deadline: January 15.
  

• Winterthur Research Fellowships. Deadline: January 15.

• American Antiquarian Society NEH Fellowships. Deadline: January 15.

• American Antiquarian Society Short-term Visiting Research Fellowships.  Deadline: January 15.

•     Newberry Library Short-term Fellowships.  Deadline:  January 15.

•     Newberry Library-Jack Miller Center Fellowship.  Deadline: January 15.


•      The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Illnois Fellowhip at the Newberry Library.  Deadline:  January 15
  

• Fellowships at the Clements Library - University of Michigan. Deadline: January 15.

• Smithsonian Institute Fellowship Program. Deadline: January 15. 
  

•     Omohundro Institute Scholars' Workshop.  Deadline: January 15.


•     Lapidus-OIEAHC Fellowship.  Deadline: January 15.
  

• Massachusetts Historical Society-NEH Long-Term Research Fellowships.  Deadline: January 15.

• Princeton University Library Short-Term Research Grants.  Deadline: January 15.

• “Crossroads of Globalization: ‘Hot Spots’ in the Early Modern World" Fellows at The Ohio State University.  Deadline: January 15.

•     Henry Ransom Center Research Fellowships in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.  Deadline: January 15.


•      New York Public Library Short-Term Research Fellowships.  Deadline: January 16.
  

• UNC-CH Center for the Study of the American South Post-doctoral fellowship.  Deadline: January 18.

•     John Carter Brown Library Interdisciplinary Cluster Fellowships.  Deadline: January 15.


•    Mary Lily Research Grant for travel to Sallie Bingham Research Center for Women's History and Culture at Duke University.  Deadline: January 30.
•     Emily Dickinson International Society Scholar Award and Graduate Student Fellowship.  Deadline: January 30.
  

• Carl J. Ekberg Research Grant, Center for French Colonial Studies.  Deadline: January 31.

February

• The American Indian Studies Program at Michigan State University Pre-Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Award in American Indian Studies.  Deadline: February 1.

• New England Regional Fellowship Consortium.  Deadline:  February 1.

• Virginia Historical Society Research Fellowships.  Deadline: February 1.

• Gest Fellowship in Comparative Religion (Quaker Collection).  Deadline: February 1.

•     American Philosophical Society Long-Term Pre-doctoral Fellowships.  Deadline: February 1.
•     Schlesinger Library Grants.  Deadline: February 5.
  

• The Filson Fellowships and Internships.  Deadline: February 15.

• Suzanne and Caleb Loring Fellowship.  Deadline: February 15.
  

• Historic Deerfield Summer Fellowship Program in Early American History and Material Culture. Deadline: February 20.

• Kislak Fellowship in American Studies at the Library of Congress.  Deadline: February 28.

March

•      Forum on European Expansion and Global Interaction (FEEGI) Research Travel Award.  Deadline: March 2.
  

• David Library of the American Revolution Fellowships.  Deadline:  March 6.

• The Library Company of Philadelphia and Historical Society of Pennsylvania Fellowships in Colonial and U.S. History and Culture.  Deadline:  March 1.

•     The Library Company of Philadelphia's Program in African American History Fellowships. Deadline: March 1.
  

• The MCEAS Dissertation Fellowship Program.  Deadline: March 1. 

• The Program for Early American Economy and Society at the Library Company Fellowships.  Deadline: March 1.

• Massachusetts Historical Society Short-Term Research Fellowships.  Deadline: March 1.

• American Philosophical Society Short-Term Residential Fellowships. Deadline: March 1.

• Phillips Fund Grants for Native American Research.  Deadline: March 1.

• Summer NEH Seminars and Institutes for College and University Teachers. Deadline: March 1.

• Latin American Studies Center - Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Deadline: March 1.

• Smithsonian Institution Libraries Resident Scholar Programs. Deadline: March 1.

•     Folger Library Short-Term Fellowships.  Deadline: March 1.
  

• Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Program for Juniors and Seniors.  Deadline: March 3.

• Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship.  Deadline: March 15.

• William Randolph Heart Fellowship at the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden.  Deadline: March 18.

• Slavery, Abolition, and Resistance Fellowship Program (Yale).  Deadline: March 31.

• Fothergill Research Award for studies related to William Bartram.  Deadline: March 31.

April

• Thomas Jefferson Foundation Fellowships and Travel Grants. Deadline: April 1.

•     Penn State University Libraries Summer Research Travel Grants. Deadline: April 1.
  

May

•      James P. Dankey Fellowship at the Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture, Wisconsin Historical Society.  Deadline: May 1.
  

• Gilder Lehrman Fellowships. Deadline: May 6.  

• Helen Wallis Fellowship at the British Library (Cartography).  Deadline: May 1.

• Ferenc Gyorgyey Research Travel Grant, the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.  Deadline May 4.

•     Colonial Williamsburg-Omohundro Institute Short-Term Visiting Fellowships.  Deadline: May 13.
•     Hagiography Society Book Prize.  Deadline: May 30.
  

June

• The Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies Long-Term Visiting Scholars Program.  Deadline: June 15.

July

Ongoing consideration

• The Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies Short-Term Visiting Scholars Program.

• The Center for Inter-American Studies and Programs (CEPI - Centro de Estudios y Programas Interamericanos).

Prizes

(Highlighted prize names link to organization websites. Highlighted deadlines link to most recent announcements.)

• ASECS Prizes.  Variable deadlines.
• American Studies Association prizes.  Variable deadlines.
• Srinivas Aravamudan and Clifford Prizes (ASECS).  Deadline: January 1.
  
• Berkshire Conference First Book and Conference Article Prizes. Deadline: January 15. 
• Jacques Barzun Prize in American or European Cultural History.  Deadline: January 31.
• The Zuckerman Prize in American Studies.  Deadline: March 1.
• Catharine Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship.  Deadline: March 1. 
• Program in Early American Economy and Society at The Library Company of Philadelphia 2004 Article Prizes.  Deadline: March 15. 
  
• Lydia Maria Child Social Justice Award.  Nominations due: April 15.
  
• Early American Literature Book Prize.
  
• SHEAR Book Prize.
• The Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association (NEPCA) Book Prize.  Deadline: July 1.
• New England Historical Association Book Prize.
  
• 1921 Prize in American Literature.  Deadline: September 1.
  
• Society of Early Americanists Essay Prize.  Deadline: October
  
• American Studies Association Religion and American Culture Caucus Best-Paper Prize.  Deadline: October 15.
• Louis Gottschalk Prize (ASECS). Deadline: November 15.
  
• George Washington Book Prize, C.V. Starr Center, Washington College.  Deadline: December 1.
• Florence Howe and Annette Kolodny Awards.  Deadline: December 11 (date changes year to year).
• Popular Culture Association awards.  Deadline: December 15.
  
• Walter Muir Whitehill Prize in Early American History.  Deadline: December 31.

Open-ended Calls for Submissions and Reviewers

Perspectives on Early America -- Pickering & Chatto book series.

The Early America Review -- internet journal. 

Studies in American Humor.

Studies in Performance in the Long Eighteenth Century: Theatre, Music, Dance -- book series.

Women and Gender in the Early Modern World -- book series.

Pennsylvania-German History and Culture -- book series.

Early Encounters in North America -- biographical database.

Book Manuscript and Article Submission Information

Links to Press Guidelines for Book Proposals

Links to Journal Submissions Guidelines

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