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Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 11:46:49 -0500
From: WOODWARD David <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Arthur and Janet Holzheimer Fellowship, 2002-2003
Sender: WOODWARD David <[log in to unmask]>
Institute for Research in the Humanities
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Arthur and Janet Holzheimer Fellowship, 2002-2003
Applications are solicited for a two-month fellowship made possible
by the generosity of Arthur and Janet Holzheimer to attract a scholar
to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to research and write
on a subject related to the history of cartography. The fellow chosen
for the 2002-2003 academic year would focus on the period 1640-1800,
the European Enlightenment, and their research would be appropriate
for Volume 4 of the Madison-based History of Cartography Project.
The two-month residence, to be taken at any time between July 2002
and June 2003, will be at the Institute for Research in the
Humanities, which will provide office space and the other facilities
and support given to scholars at the Institute. Participation in the
scholarly community of the Institute is expected. The stipend is
$3,500 per month for two months. The selection of the fellow will be
made on the recommendation of the Institute for Research in the
Humanities Executive Committee.
The Institute for Research in the Humanities (1959), the first
institute in North America devoted solely to the support and
encouragement of humanistic scholarship, is housed in the historic
Washburn Observatory (1878), overlooking Lake Mendota on the
University of Wisconsin campus. The Institute supports research in
the traditional humanistic areas of literature, history, philosophy,
and culture; it also promotes interdisciplinary scholarship, while
cultivating methodological diversity and breadth.
The University of Wisconsin Libraries are particularly well suited to
humanistic and cartographic scholarship. Memorial Library (3 million
volumes) is the principal research facility on campus for the
humanities and social sciences and has an excellent collection of
historical monographs and reference books.It also houses an extensive
periodical collection. The Department of Special Collections contains
the Chester H.Thordarson Collection in the history of science and is
strong in the history of books and printing. The Geography Library
contains the University of Wisconsin--Madison's primary collection of
geography and cartography. This library is in Science Hall, the
location of the Geography Department and the Robinson Map Library.
For more information, consult http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/
The History of Cartography Project, also housed in Science Hall,
maintains an archive of articles and illustrations used in previous
volumes, and its staff is available for consultation. Its website
address is http://www.geography.wisc.edu/histcart/
Applicants for the Holzheimer Fellowship, who should hold a Ph.D or
equivalent, should submit an application form and a proposal not
exceeding four double spaced pages explaining what they intend to
study during the two-month residence and what the end product is
likely to be. A simple application form, current outline of the
topics for the volume, and further information about the Fellowship
and Institute are available on request from Loretta Freiling,
Institute for Research in the Humanities, 1401 Observatory Drive,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706. TEL: 608-262--3855. FAX:
608-265-4173.email: [log in to unmask] Web page:
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/huminst/
The deadline for completed applications is 1 March 2002.
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