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The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture invites applications for a one year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in any area of early American studies, to being July 1st, 2012. the award carries  a year’s support to revise the applicant’s first book manuscript and the Institute’s commitment to publish the resulting study. The institute’s scope encompasses the history and cultures of North America’s indigenous and immigrant peoples during the colonial, Revolutionary, and early national periods of the United States and the related histories of Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, the British Isles, Europe, and Africa, for the sixteenth century to approximately 1820.

Further information may be obtained by contacting: Omoundro Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, OIEAHC, P.O. Box 8781, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8781. Email: ieahc1@wm.edu

The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture offers a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in any area of early American Studies to begin July 1, 2012. A principal criterion for selection is that the candidate’s dissertation or other manuscripts have significant potential as a distinguished, book-length contribution to scholarship. A substantial portion of the work must be submitted with the application. Applicants may not have previous published or have under contract a scholarly monograph,and they must have met all requirements for the doctorate before commencing the fellowship. Those who have earned the Ph.D. and begun careers are also encouraged to apply. The Institute holds first claim on publishing the appointed fellow’s completed manuscript. The Institute’s scope encompasses the history and the cultures of North America’s indigenous and immigrant peoples during the colonial, Revolutionary,and early national periods of the United States and related histories of Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, the British Isles, Europe, and Africa, from the sixteenth century to approximately 1815.

Further information may be obtained by contacting: Institute-NEH Fellowship, OIEAHC, Post Office Box 8781, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8781. Email: ieahc1@wm.edu