EH.N: ANN: Harvard Business School fellowship opportunities, 2008-2009

[Walter A. Friedman]

Harvard Business School is pleased to announce the following 
Fellowships and Grant Opportunities in Business History for 2008-2009:

1. The Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., International Visiting Scholar in 
Business History Program (spring and fall 2008). Harvard Business 
School announces the fourth year of the Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., 
International Visiting Scholar in Business History Program which 
enables established scholars in business history based outside the 
United States to spend a period of time in residence at Harvard 
Business School. The primary activities of Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., 
International Visiting Scholars are to interact with faculty and 
researchers, present work at research seminars, and conduct business 
history research. The program encourages research concerned to relate 
historical reality to underlying economic theories of business 
development. Each year, $14,000 will be available to support two 
visiting scholars (at $7,000 each). Scholars will get office space, 
an email account, phone, computer, ID card, and access to the 
University's libraries and the HBS Intranet. The program requires a 
two month minimum length of stay. Scholars may stay up to a maximum 
of six months. It is expected that the recipients will be in 
residence at HBS for the duration of their appointment and that they 
will be actively engaged in the intellectual life of the business 
history group. Applications for the spring and fall 2008 fellowships 
should arrive no later than September 1, 2007. Please send (by post 
or by email) a cover letter, CV, and a description of the research 
you would like to undertake to the address below. Two letters of 
reference should be sent separately. Grants will be announced by the 
end of October 2007.

Geoffrey Jones
Baker Library 175
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
United States

Email: gjones at hbs.edu


2. The Harvard-Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellowship in Business History 
for July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009. The fellowship is open to scholars 
who, within the last ten years, have received a Ph.D. in history, 
economics, or a related discipline. The fellowship has two purposes: 
The first is to enable scholars to engage in research that will 
benefit from the resources of Harvard Business School and the larger 
Boston scholarly community. About two-thirds of the fellow's time 
will be available for research of his or her own choosing. A travel 
fund, a book fund, and administrative support will be provided. The 
second purpose is to provide an opportunity for the fellow to 
participate in the activities of Harvard Business School. 
Approximately one-third of the fellow's time will be devoted to 
school activities, including attendance of the Business History 
Seminar and other business history courses offered in the MBA and 
doctoral curriculum. He or she may have the opportunity to 
participate in some aspect of the teaching of these courses, and will 
normally be expected to write a case to be taught in one of the 
courses. The fellow will also be encouraged to participate in the 
activities of Business History Review. Applicants should state the 
topics, objectives, and design for the specific research to be 
undertaken. Applications should be sent to the address listed below 
and should be accompanied by a CV, undergraduate transcripts and 
graduate-school records, thesis abstract, a writing sample (such as 
an article or a book chapter), and the names of three persons 
supporting the application. The current stipend for the fellowship is 
$60,000. The three letters of recommendation are to be sent by the 
writers directly to the same address by October 1, 2007. It is the 
responsibility of the applicant to solicit these letters. 
Short-listed candidates will be invited to interviews during 
December. The outcome will be announced by mid-January 2008. 
Materials submitted with applications will be returned only if 
accompanied by postage and a self-addressed return envelope. For 
application, see: 
http://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/fellowships.html. Completed 
applications should be postmarked no later than October 1, 2007 and 
submitted to:

Walter A. Friedman
Rock Center 104
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
United States

Email: wfriedman at hbs.edu


3. The 2008 Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Travel Fellowships in Business 
History and Institutional Economic History. These grants will range 
from $1,000 to $3,000 each and are considered taxable income. The 
total funds awarded in a given year will be approximately $15,000. 
The purpose of the fellowships is to facilitate library and archival 
research in business history or institutional economic history, 
broadly defined. The program will encourage research concerned to 
relate historical reality to underlying economic theories of business 
development. Three categories of applicants are eligible for the 
grants: 1. Harvard University graduate students in history, 
economics, business administration, or a related discipline, such as 
sociology, government, or law, whose research requires travel to 
distant archives or repositories; 2. Graduate students or nontenured 
faculty in those fields from other universities, in the United States 
and abroad, whose research requires travel to the Boston-Cambridge 
area (to study, for example, in the collections of the Baker, 
Widener, McKay, Langdell, Kress, or Houghton libraries); 3. Harvard 
College undergraduates writing senior theses in these fields, whose 
research requires travel away from Cambridge.

Fellowship recipients will be selected by a committee of three 
faculty members from Harvard University. Applications should be 
post-marked no later than November 1, 2007. Grants will be announced 
by the end of December 2007, and recipients may use their awards at 
any time during the calendar year 2008. For application, see: 
http://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/fellowships.html. Applications 
should be sent to:

Walter A. Friedman
Rock Center 104
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
United States

Email: wfriedman at hbs.edu


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