ANNOUNCEMENTS

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NCIS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• NCIS announces research grants
• NCIS announces Eisenstein article prize
• NCIS announces Eisenstein article prize competition 
• H-Scholar listserv information
• NCIS website at http://www.ncis.org/
• ACLS affiliation

 

LOCAL EVENTS OF INTEREST TO SCHOLARS:

• Mountain Writers offers bi-monthly readings at Sunday at the Center
• Oregon Library Association offers bibliography, newsletter of Oregon authors
• Oregon State University Library announces website on Linus Pauling and the Race for DNA
• City of Portland celebrates 150th. birthday with timeline
• History Link provides tour of Seattle
• Upcoming Oregon Originals and Salon Programs from Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission

 

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Oregon Council for the Humanities offers grants
• RACC Grantsearch webpage offers grants resources for local artists and writers
• Center for Columbia River History offers James B. Castles Fellowship
• Oregon Library Association/Oregon Authors Committee offers announcements for Oregon authors
• Mountain Writers offers reading opportunities
• Oregon Historical Society announces literary prize
• Center for Excellence in Writing, P.S.U.
• Multnomah County Library Sterling Room for Writers
• Announcements from the National Endowment for the Humanities
• Woodrow Wilson Center announces fellowships in the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2004-2005
• IREX fellowships for research abroad
• Western Association of Women Historians announces book, article prizes
• Research Fellowships at the American Antiquarian Society
• Modern Language Association offers book prize for independent scholars.
• American Council of Learned Societies fellowships

 

NCIS ANNOUNCEMENTS

NCIS ANNOUNCES RESEARCH GRANTS FOR 2006

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GRANTS COMPETITION

The Board of the National Coalition of Independent Scholars is pleased to announce its grants competition for 2006

 

Thanks to the continuing generosity of Yosef Wosk of the Vancouver Academy of Independent Scholars, a Yosef  Wosk grant of $1000 dollars will be available.  In addition, every other year (starting in 06), Yosef Wosk is offering 2 travel bursaries, each of $250, and 1 of $175. These funds are designed to cover travel expenses to the NCIS conference for the 3 runner ups in the grants competition. The 2006 conference will take place in Princeton,  New Jersey A second grant of $500 is also being offered by NCIS.

 

We particularly welcome proposals that explain how they fit in, and advance, the current scholarship in the field. Funds may also be requested for the completion of annotated translations and to promote the launching of a book.

 

Because these grants are aimed at fostering the scholarship of the members of the National Coalition of Independent Scholars, certain restrictions apply. Only members of NCIS are eligible to enter the competition. The recipients of the grants will be asked to write a piece for The Independent Scholar newsletter, and expected to present their work at the NCIS conference.  While not a formal prerequisite, the grant recipients are expected subsequently to remain members of the organization, and perform

such duties as serving on The Awards Committee, thus continuing to demonstrate commitment to the cause of the organization.

 

The competition will be administered by the Awards Committee of NCIS. The Committee reserves the right to appeal to outside experts when submissions fall outside its areas of concentration.

 

To apply for the grants, members must submit the following:

 

*  a statement of no more than 600 words (approximately two pages)describing the project, including its current state of development and an estimate of overall cost;

 

* a schedule for the completion of the project;

 

* a description of how the funds will be used; and

 

* a curriculum vitae or resume, including publications

 

Send one e-mail or six copies of your submission to Laura Garcés, Chair of the Awards Committee, 4830 Albemarle St., N.W., Washington, DC, 20016

 

The deadline for submissions is February 15, 2006. Questions can be addressed to Laura Garcés at the above postal mail address or by email

 

 

 

 

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NCIS ANNOUNCES EISENSTEIN ARTICLE PRIZE FOR 2006

            

 

The Eisenstein Prize was established in 1993 and is named for Elizabeth Lewisohn Eisenstein, Professor of History at American University (1959-1979) and the University of Michigan (1975-1985), in recognition of her long-standing support of NCIS. Awarded biannually, the prize recognizes the best published article submitted by an NCIS member. The Committee welcomes

especially articles written with an inter-disciplinary focus.   The article must have been published within the last two years. The prize consists of an award certificate and a $200 honorarium.

 

NCIS members wishing to submit a published article for consideration must send three copies to Laura Garcés, Chair of the Awards Committee, 4830 Albemarle St., N.W., Washington, DC, 20016.

 

The deadline for submissions is February 15, 2006. Winners will be notified by May 15, 2006.

 

 

 

 

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NCIS has announced the winners of the 2005 NCIS Grants: 
 
William Ridgeway, is the winner of the Wosk Grant for his translation of Natsume Sôseki's Nowaki (1907), with a critical essay by the translator. 

Shana Penn, is the recipient of the NCIS award which she will use to promote her forthcoming book Solidarity's Secret: The Women Who Defeated Communism in Poland (University of Michigan Press, May 2005). 

 
We extend our congratulations to the two winners and wish them continued success in their endeavors. 
 
This competition was difficult to administer because of the high quality of submissions. We thank all of our members who participated.
  
For the Awards Committee Laura Garcés, Chair 2005

H-Net has approved H-Scholar, and the list is up and running. It is moderated by an all-star cast of NCIS editors. To subscribe, send the message "sub H-Scholar yourfirstname yourlastname" to "LISTSERV@H-NET.MSU.EDU" . Leave the subject line of your message blank, and remove any long signature files. To find out more about H-Net and the H-Net lists, look at their website: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/ . H-net sponsors more than 100 academic electronic conferences (listervs) and you can subscribe to any of them or search the logs of any list at this site.

Check out the NCIS website. It is updated frequently, and provides lots of useful reference links for scholars.

NCIS has become an affiliate member of the American Council of Learned Societies.

LOCAL EVENTS OF INTEREST TO SCHOLARS:

Mountain Writers Offers Sunday at the Center

Sunday at the Center is a bi-monthly reading series featuring a wide range of local, regional, and national writers in a very intimate setting.  It provides a venue for writers to meet their readers and fellow writers, try new material, promote new publications, celebrate awards and publication, hone their writing and pubic reading skills, and gain exposure.  

If you would like to be considered for the Sunday at the Center series, send samples of your work, a bio, phone number, and e-mail to mws_subs@hotmail.com.

Sunday readings begin at 7 p.m. at the Mountain Writers Center.  Admission is $3 general/free to MSW members. 

Bibliography of Oregon authors

The Oregon Authors Committee of the Oregon Library Association publishes an annual bibliography of works by Oregon Authors including revised editions.  The Committee is planning to create a searchable online database of bibliographic records.  The Committee also offers an e-mail newsletter of recently published books by Oregon authors..  Informaiton about the list can be found at http://www.olaweb.org/or-authors/orauthor-l.html

Oregon authors may submit information about their books directly to the Committee at http://www.olaweb.org/or-authors/bib_suggest.html

Oregon State University Library announces website on Linus Pauling and the Race for DNA

Utilizing over 800 scanned documents, photographs, audio clips and video excerpts, this website
narrates the breathless details of the pursuit of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.
Scattered throughout the project are images of a number of very important and extremely rare items,
all of which are held within The Valley Library's Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, and many of
which have not been previously displayed. Also featured are two original documents hitherto unknown
to scholars interested in this period. It is expected that this website will serve as a primary reference
point for individuals interested in the history of DNA -- both researchers and lay people alike. 

http://osulibrary.orst.edu/specialcollections/coll/pauling/dna/index.html

City of Portland celebrates 150th. birthday with timeline

The City of Portland, Oregon, is celebrated its 150th anniversary of incorporation (1851-2001) with a focus on history and archives. The 150th birthday web site http://www.portlandonline.com/auditor/index.cfm?c=27408&features a History Timeline, a chronicle of events and actions in the history of city government and the Portland community. It includes milestones of City programs; events that shaped the growth and development of the City; people and organizations which have served citizens; and events such as wars, fires, and floods that have affected life in Portland. Photographs and images of historical documents are included.

Many of the milestone events in the Timeline were identified by consulting the records and sources available at the City of Portland Stanley Parr Archives and Records Center (SPARC), under the responsibility of the Auditor's Office.  In addition to the City's birthday, the Archives and Records Management program celebrates two milestones of their own. Twenty-five years ago in 1976, Stanley Parr was hired by the City of Portland as the first records management officer. With the assistance of an NHPRC grant, the archives was established, leading to the publication of the City of Portland Archives Guide. The Archives and Records Center, later named for the late Stan Parr, opened in 1981 and celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2001.

  History Link provides a tour of Seattle History  

Discovering Oregon Originals  Spring 2008 Programs

Produced by the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission   in collaboration with

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

[Webmaster's note: some grant agencies have not yet sent updates for previous years' grant programs. The old announcements have been left up, because they provide general information and links, even though the site has been updated. Please contact the grantors or check their websites for current information]

Oregon Council for the Humanities offers Grants to Individuals and Non-profits

Research Grants

OCH annually awards two individual Research Grants of $5,000 each to support Oregon scholars for a sustained period of professional research. The grants are designed to encourage scholarly inquiry that contributes significantly to one or more disciplines of the humanities and to a broad public discourse in ideas.

Eligibility:

Applicants must be professional scholars, living and/or employed in Oregon, with training and expertise in one or more fields of the humanities, such as history, philosophy, literature, jurisprudence, archaeology, languages, linguistics, religious studies, arts theory, history or criticism, folklore, or those aspects of the social sciences that use historical and philosophical approaches, such as cultural anthropology, sociology and political theory. Grants are not made to finance work by graduate students or to further degree-related study.

Applicants may not have been awarded an OCH Research Grant in the previous year, nor have done research on the same topic under an earlier OCH award.

How to Apply
Download the 2006 Research Grant Guidelines after October 1, 2005. Postmark deadline is January 16, 2006.

For More Information
Please call or e-mail Carol E. Hickman if you have any questions or need additional information regarding the research grant process. You may contact her at (503) 241-0543, (800) 735-0543, or by e-mail.

http://www.oregonhum.org/

Regional Arts and Culture Council offers Grant Resources on GrantSearch

GrantSearch, compiled by The Regional Arts & Culture Council, offers over 330 listings for grants and funding support available for tri-county individual artists, educators and organizations working in the visual, performing and literary arts...and more! These are local, national and international art funders.

If you know of funding organizations not listed, let us know info@racc.org. Also, let us know of any errors or outdated information that you may find. We seek to develop a comprehensive listing of funding opportunities in art and culture for metropolitan Portland residents.

CENTER FOR COLUMBIA RIVER HISTORY OFFERS JAMES B. CASTLES FELLOWSHIP

 

The Center for Columbia River History is pleased to announce the James B.Castles Fellowship to encourage original scholarly research that contributes to public understanding of the history of the Columbia River Basin.  The $3,000 Fellowship is open to graduate students, professional historians and independent scholars.

 

CCRH encourages proposals from diverse historical  perspectives, including social, ethnic, political, cultural and environmental approaches. Fellows will be in residence at the Center for Columbia River History in Portland, Oregon/Vancouver, Washington for four weeks during the granting year (June 1, 2005 - August 31, 2006). They will deliver a public talk on their research topic and submit an article for possible publication in a regional journal. In addition, they will submit a written report on their research

for the CCRH archives.

 

Further information, contact Mary Wheeler at the Center for Columbia River History (info@ccrh.org or 360-258-3289).

 

Applications must be received by May 1, 2005.

 

The Center for Columbia River History is a partnership of Portland State University, the Washington State Historical Society and Washington State University Vancouver. The mission of CCRH is to promote the study of the history of the Columbia River Basin. CCRH offices are located on the Vancouver National Historic Reserve at 1109 East 5th Street, Vancouver, WA

98661. Office space has been generously provided by the Vancouver National Historic  Reserve Trust. More information about CCRH is available at www.ccrh.org.

 

Oregon Historical Society announces Literary Prize

Stevens Prize 
Oregon Historical Society 
1200 SW Park Ave. 
Portland, OR 97205

 

Center For Excellence in Writing

The Center for Excellence in Writing at Portland State University offers a website with information about the program and a set of links to local resources in writing.

Multnomah County Sterling Room for Writers available

The Sterling Room for Writers is on the second floor of the Multnomah County Library. It provides workspace for up to four writers at a time at four large tables, and has connections for laptop computers.

Admission to the room is for three months with the option of additional time to complete a project if space is available. Chairs are reserved both for authors of published works or under contract to a viable publisher, and for those who identify themselves as working, practicing, or aspiring writers. Priority is given to writers whose work depends on access to the Central Library's reference collections and services.

Applications are available at any Central Library information desk; by mail from the Multnomah County LIbrary/Central Library, Central Director's Office, 801 S.W. Tenth Avenue, Portland, OR 97205; or by calling the Central Library director's office, (503)-248-5231.

Applications must be received by June 30 for the time period from Sept 15-December 14; by September 30 for the period December 15-March 14; by December 31 for the period March 15-June 14; and by March 30 for the period June 15-September 14. Individual applications are accepted through the year and are held until the next selection period unless space is immediately available.

The selection of writers for admission to the Sterling Room for Writers is the responsibility of employees of the Multnomah County Library. A panel of prominent writers and library staff reviews all applications.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

NEH announces deadlines for applications


The National Endowment for the Humanities now provides a deadline table for its grant and fellowship programs online

Guidelines and Application materials are also available as Adobe .pdf files which may be printed out for submission.

Information on NEH programs is also available at http://www.neh.gov

NEH Fellowships support a variety of activities. Projects may contribute to scholarly knowledge, to the advancement of teaching, or to the general public understanding of the humanities. Award recipients might eventually produce scholarly articles, a book-length treatment of a broad topic, an archaeological site report, a translation, an edition, a database, or
some other scholarly tool.

CITIZENSHIP: Applicants should be U.S.citizens, native residents of U.S. jurisdictions, or foreign nationals who have been legal residents in the U.S. or its jurisdictions for at least three years immediately preceding the application deadline. 

ELIGIBILITY: The NEH Fellowships program has two categories: University Teachers and College Teachers/Independent Scholars. Applicants select a category depending on the institution where they are employed or on their status as Independent Scholars. Applicants whose positions change near the application deadline should select the category that corresponds to their employment status during the academic year before the deadline. Applicants whose
professional training includes a degree program must have received the degree or completed all requirements for it by the application deadline. Persons seeking support for work leading to a degree are not eligible to apply, nor are active candidates for degrees. Further information is available in the printed guidelines and on the Endowment's web site: http://www.neh.gov

APPLICATION MATERIALS AND INFORMATION:

Web: http://www.neh.gov

Mail inquiries: Fellowships Division of Research Programs National Endowment for the Humanities 
1100 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Room 318 Washington, D.C. 20506 Telephone: 202-606-8200
E-mail: fellowships@neh.gov

National Endowment for the Humanities Announces NEH Fellowships,
2004-5

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.html

Deadline: May 1, 2003 

Fellowships 

The 2002 deadline for this program has passed. New guidelines for 2003 will be available later this year. The text below provides a basic overview of the grant program. 
Brief Program Description 

Fellowships provide opportunities for individuals to pursue advanced work in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. Applicants may be faculty or staff members of colleges or universities, or of primary or secondary schools, or independent scholars or writers. 
Fellowships support both projects that can be completed during the tenure of the award and work that is part of a long-term endeavor. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools. 

Funds, tenure, and conditions for fellowships 

Tenure normally covers an uninterrupted period of from six to twelve whole months. A grant of $40,000 is for nine to twelve months. A grant of $24,000 is for six to eight months. 

Eligibility 

Applicants may be faculty or staff members of colleges or universities, or of primary or secondary schools, and scholars and writers. They must beU.S. citizens, native residents of U.S. jurisdictions, or foreign nationals who have resided in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least three years immediately preceding the application deadline. 

Deadline 

Fellowships applications must be received between March 1 and the deadline of May 1, 2003.

Contact information: Fellowships Division of Research Program National Endowment for the Humanities 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Room 318 Washington, D.C. 20506
Telephone: 202-606-820

Email: fellowships@neh.gov

Fellowship website: http://www.neh.gov/

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXCHANGES BOARD 

The International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) offers an extensive array of grants and fellowships for research abroad.  A list of fellowships can be found on the website at: http://www.irex.org/grants/index.htm

2001 Jensen-Miller Prize for the History of Women and Gender in theTrans-Mississippi West

Prize Deadline: 2001-05-01 [no update has been received to date]

The Coalition for Western Women's History is pleased to announce the 11th Annual Joan Jensen - Darlis Miller Prize for the best article published in 2000 in the field of History of Women and Gender in the Trans-Mississippi West.

To be eligible for consideration, submissions must be scholarly articles published in the calendar year of 2000 and may include previously unpublished articles appearing in anthologies. The work must deal with the history of women and gender in the North American West, including Mexico, Canada, Alaska, and Hawaii.

The winning article will be judged by:

* its significance to the understanding of gender and the experience of women in the North American West.

* the skill and imagination with which the author conducts research in original materials or has reinterpreted a major problem in the field.

* its gracefulness and style.

The award and cash prize of $250 will be presented at the 2001 meeting of the Western History Assocation in San Diego, California.

Please submit five offprints or copies of the article by May 1, 2001 to Theresa Salazar at the address below.

Inquiries may be directed to the address or e-mail address listed below.

Contact information:

Theresa Salazar, Curator

The Bancroft Collection: Western Americana

Chair, Jensen-Miller Prize Committee

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000

Email: tsalazar@library.berkeley.edu

 Fellowships at the American Antiquarian Society

The following are the three broad categories of visiting research fellowships at AAS. For details and application materials see http://www.americanantiquarian.org/fellowships.htm

Visiting Academic Research Fellowships 
Mellon Post-Dissertation Fellowship 
Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers
 

Modern Language Association offers book prize for independent scholars.

To recognize and further encourage the achievements and contributions of independent scholars, the Modern Language Association invites authors to compete for the seventeenth annual MLA Prize for Independent Scholars, to be awarded for a distinguished scholarly book published in 2000 in the field of English or another modern language or literature. Under the auspices of the MLA Committee on Honors and Awards, the prize will be presented to an author who, at the time of publication of the book, was not enrolled in a program leading to an academic degree and did not hold a tenured, tenure-accruing, or tenure-track position in a postsecondary educational institution. Tenure is understood to include any comparable provision for job security in a postsecondary educational institution. Normally, part-time instructors and adjunct faculty members are eligible to compete for the prize. Authors of submitted books need not be members of the association. The award, which consists of a check for $1,000, a certificate, and a one-year membership in the association, will be presented to the winning author at the association's annual convention in December, 2001.

To enter a book into competition, send six copies and a completed applicaiton form to the MLA Prize for Independent Scholars, Modern Language Association, 10 Astor Place, New York, NY 10003-6961.  Publishers may enter more than one title, but no book may compete for more than one MLA prize. For further information, or to obtain copies of the application form, write or call the Modern Language Association: 212-614-6324; http://www.mla.org/

2005 Fellowship and Grant Competitions Announced by the American Council of Learned Societies.

Information on ACLS fellowship and grant competitions is now available.

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