Research Fellowships in Social History

The International Institute of Social History (IISH) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), located in Amsterdam, is launching a fellowship programme for researchers who wish to use its collections for the study of social history, preferably labour history, whether from a regional, national, or comparative and transnational perspective.

Fellows receive a monthly stipend of €1,500. The fellowship also includes an economy return flight to the Netherlands, visa support, as well as arrangements for accommodation and health insurance in Amsterdam.

Fellowships are awarded for five months. Each year there are two rounds. This is a call for applications for fellowships for the periods February 1 - June 30 2012 and September 1 2012 - January 31 2013. The call for applications for both of these rounds is open from September 1 until October 15 2011. Candidates should clearly indicate on their applications which of these two rounds they are applying for. After award the fellowships cannot be transferred to a period of stay different from the one indicated in the original application. A call for fellowships to start in 2013 will follow in due course.

For the current two rounds applications are invited from Africa and Latin America, next to South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Caucasus.

Minimum requirements: a Ph.D. degree or equivalent academic track record, a research plan with a demonstrable use of the Institute's library and/or archival collections, and a close link to the "Global Labour History" programme is strongly recommended. Fellows are expected to write a report on their research activities at the end of the fellowship period, to take part in the activities of the Institute's Research Department, and to give at least one public lecture.