New Programme: "Digital Humanities": Doctoral and Post-doctoral Fellowships for the academic year 2012-2013

Within its own research and projects and digital editions the Herzog August Bibliothek has created innovative research infrastructures for the humanities in the fields of medieval and early modern studies. The library is now part of a large joint-venture project "Digital Humanities" funded by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Research and Culture and co-ordinated by the Göttingen Centre for Digital Humanities. Within this project the HAB can fund several fellowships in the academic year 2012-2013. The programme is open to all disciplines and is directed towards doctoral and advanced researchers from Germany and abroad. Applicants must be conducting a research project which relies on methods and techniques from the digital humanities (datbase-oriented studies, digital edition etc.) and is linked to the book or manuscript holdings of the Wolfenbüttel library. Applicants must be able to provide proof of experience in using computer technology in their research.The library will support fellows' projects with its own expertise.

Fellowships of between 2 and 9 months for doctoral students are € 1000 per month, for scholars who have already received their PhD the rate is either € 1250 (if fellows continue to receive full pay during their fellowship tenure) or € 1800 per month, plus a travel allowance to and from Wolfenbüttel. Fellowships carry a residence requirement and the library has its own housing facilities. Fellows are expected to contribute to the academic life of the library and participate in scholarly exchange. Complete applications for fellowships which can begin October 1st 2012 (or thereafter) must reach us by March 15th.

Please request an application form.

Enquires and forms: Herzog August Bibliothek, Postfach 1364, D-38299 Wolfenbüttel; Tel. 05331-808-208; E-Mail: forschung@hab.de

Main programme

The Herzog August Bibliothek is an independent research centre of the State of Lower Saxony and it awards fellowships to post-doctoral researchers in order to promote research in the areas of medieval and early modern cultural history. The international programme is open to all historically oriented disciplines. Projects should be centered on the historic book and manuscript holdings of the Wolfenbüttel library. Fellows are required to be be in residence in Wolfenbüttel for the duration of their fellowship.

Fellowships of between 2 and 12 months are either € 1250 (if fellows continue to receive full pay during their fellowship tenure) or € 1800 per month, plus a travel allowance to and from Wolfenbüttel. Fellowships carry a residence requirement and the library has its own housing facilities. Fellows are expected to contribute to the academic life of the library and participate in scholarly exchange. Complete applications for fellowships in the following calendar year must reach us by January 31st. Please request an application form. Applications now being received are for fellowships in 2013.

Regulations for the Award of Fellowships at the Herzog August Bibliothek.

Requests for information and application forms:
Herzog August Bibliothek
Frau Dr. Gillian Bepler
Postfach 13 64
D - 38299 Wolfenbüttel
Tel.: 05331/808-208
Fax: 05331/808-266
e-mail: forschung@hab.de

HAB-Newberry Library Chicago

The Herzog August Bibliothek annually awards a two-month fellowship which is combined with a fellowship at the Newberry Library Chicago. The aim is to support research projects which link the holdings of both libraries. Enquiries and applications should be addressed to the Newberry Library

IEG Mainz - HAB

The library also awards a joint fellowship with the Institut für Europäische Geschichte in Mainz (6 months Wolfenbüttel/ 6 months Mainz). Applicants should state that they wish to be considered for this stipend. Applications for this fellowship will not be accepted for the 2013 cycle. The next application deadline will be January 31st 2013 for fellowships in 2014.

New Programme funded by Volkswagen-Foundation/Mellon Foundation:
Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities at Universities and Research Institutes in Germany

The Post-doctoral Fellowships at German Universities and Research Institutes are provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Volkswagen Foundation in close cooperation with the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, the Berliner Zentrum Moderner Orient, the National Museums in Berlin, the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, the Lichtenberg-Kolleg in Göttingen, the German National Library in Frankfurt, the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel, the German Archive of Literature in Marbach, and the Center of Excellence in Konstanz. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will fund up to 12 American post-docs in the humanities spending a year at academic institutions in Germany.

Application deadline: 31. Januar 2012.
Information and forms are available on the website of the Volkswage Foundation

Wiedemann Fellowships for Research on the Enlightenment at the Herzog August Bibliothek

From 2010 onwards, the Herzog August Bibliothek will grant fellowships for research (post-doctoral or later) focussed on the Enlightenment era supported by a special programme of the Dr. phil. Fritz Wiedemann-Stiftung within the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft. Projects concerning the Enlightenment in northern Germany and its print media, the connection between politics and publishing or journalism in the Enlightenment, on Franco-German cultural relations and on communications networks in Northern Europe would be particularly welcome.

Fellowships for research stays in Wolfenbüttel of 2 or 3 months can be allocated. The monthly fellowship is € 1.800. A travel subsidy is available for the cost of travelling to and from Wolfenbüttel. The fellowship has a residence requirement and fellows are expected to participate in the scholarly exchange which the library facilitates.

Applications with a short project description, curriculum vitae and publications list should be submitted to: forschung@hab.de. The deadline for applications is December 15th 2011.

Lower Saxony Senior Fellows Programme
2011-2013 at the Herzog August Bibliothek
Selection for first cycle 2011-2013 completed

The State of Lower Saxony is funding a new international and interdisciplinary Senior Fellows Programme linked to the research profiles which the library has established in its own projects over the past few years. These include European cultures of knowledge in the medieval and early modern period and the history of institutions, politics and media and their continuities and discontinuities. Attention is focused on the relationship between power and authority and structures of knowledge in the context of the court, the church and the university and on cultural transfer and Europe in its global networks.

This new fellowship programme is addressed to experienced senior scholars both from Germany and abroad whose publications have made a significant contribution to current research and methodology in the above areas. Fellowships for the first cycle 2011-2013 were awarded in July 2011 by the library's advisory board. A list of the fellows selected can be found here.

Prof. Niekus Moore and Prof. Medick are the first two senior scholars who arrived in Wolfenbüttel.

Dorothee Wilms Fellowship for Czech Researchers.
Call closed; selection in progress

Over the past years the Dorothee Wilms-Stiftung has supported the Herzog August Bibliothek in establishing relationships with the University of Budweis and with book researchers in the Czech Republic. To further deepen this cooperation with the Czech Republic, the Herzog August Bibliothek can award a two month-fellowship to a scholar from a Czech university with a research focus on the early modern period.

The monthly stipend is € 1.800. A travel subsidy will also be paid. The fellowship has a residence requirement and fellows are expected to participate in the scholarly exchange which the library facilitates.

Applications should contain a short project description outlining the relevance of the library's holdings, curriculum vitae and publications list. They should be addressed to: Direktorat, Herzog August Bibliothek, Postfach 1364, D-38299 Wolfenbüttel or submitted by email to forschung@hab.de.