RESOURCES
FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS BACK TO HOME
GRANTS
& FELLOWSHIPS
The Art of Writing Proposals, SSRC
Excellent
introduction to the peculiar genre of the grant proposal.
Funding Resources for Graduate Students, UI
International Programs
Details,
application information, deadlines for grants administered by International
Programs.
Guide to
Grants, Northwestern University French Interdisciplinary Group
See the
ÒOutside GrantsÓ section.
Grants
and Scholarships for Study in France, Embassy of France in the United
States
Guide to
a wide variety of funding sources for study in France.
Pre-Dissertation Fellowships,
Council for European Studies at Columbia University
Grants to
allow students to travel to Europe to test the feasibility of a proposed
dissertation project.
Dissertation Proposal Development
Fellowships, SSRC
Summer
fellowships for Ph.D. students to support preliminary dissertation research and
attend workshops to develop workable, fundable dissertation proposals.
Fulbright
deadlines are usually in mid- to late-October, but there is a CAMPUS DEADLINE
for University endorsement about a month earlier (late-September).
Chateaubriand
Fellowships for Research in France
Dissertation
fellowships sponsored by the French Embassy in the United States.
Mellon Fellowships
for Dissertation Research in Original Sources, Council on Library and
Information Resources
Supports
dissertation research in the humanities using original sources.
PROFESSIONAL
LIFE
¥
Conferences
ÒTHE RULESÓ for PRESENTING,
CHAIRING,
COMMENTING
AND LISTENING at conferences.
A
comprehensive, three-part guide to some of the most anxiety-provoking tasks
academics face, by our own Prof. Linda Kerber: This excellent advice does not
apply just to conferences, but to any public speaking you may do. As Prof.
Kerber says, follow the RULES and you will succeed!
THE
JOB MARKET
¥ Job
Listings
The
resources below are intended for Ph.D. students seeking academic positions, but
most of these sites also include administrative and public history positions.
Not all jobs are listed in all forums, so check all of the below on a regular
basis.
American Historical Association Jobs
& Careers
You must be
a member to access the job listings, which are updated weekly on Fridays.
Chronicle of Higher Education Job Listings
ItÕs a
pain to search the chronological postings with inconsistent categorizations.
Historians are best off scrolling through all listings in Humanities and Social
Sciences. Also lists many non-academic jobs for which historians might be
suited.
¥
Advice & Perspective
Prof.
Anne Donadey, San Diego State University
ÒHow to
Prepare for Academic Job InterviewsÓ
Mary
Corbin Sies, American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park
ÒQuestions One Should Be
Prepared to Answer for Job InterviewsÓ
ÒAcademic Job Interview
AdviceÓ
ChronicleCareers, ÒNews & AdviceÓ
Timely advice columns,
especially ÒCareer
TalkÓ by Julie Vick and Jenny Furlong, the very wise graduate career
counselors at the University of Pennsylvania, and ÒMs. Mentor.Ó
A series
of short films designed to inject some humor into the job market process. Mixed
results, humor-wise, but the ÒJob LinksÓ are very helpful.
ÒFrom ABD to the Job
Market: Advice for the Grad School Endgame,Ó Tim Burke (Swarthmore College)
BurkeÕs Easily
Distracted is one
of the most active, interesting academic contributions to the blogosphere. In
addition to his regular postings, he maintains some permanent entries,
including this typically blunt take on leaving the grad school nest. Burke is
nothing if not strongly opinionated, so read with reflection and a grain of
salt.
¥
Useful Books
[All
links to Iowa CityÕs Prairie Lights Bookstore]
The
academic job candidateÕs Bible.
From the
people who brought you the Chicago Manual of Style. ÔNuf said.
Check out
Ms. MentorÕs column
in the Chronicle of Higher Education, too.