Library of Congress Postdoc-Fellowships in International Studies

The Library of Congress Fellowships in International Studies are sponsored by the Library of Congress with the Association of American Universities and the American Council of Learned Societies.

These fellowships provide postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences with support for four to nine months of residence in Washington, D.C. to use the foreign language collections of the Library of Congress.

Fellows occupy research space in the Library's John W. Kluge Center (www.loc.gov/kluge), and are part of the Center's regular programming.

Generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Association of American Universities, and the Library of Congress, with additional funds from the Henry Luce Foundation for research concerning Asia or Southeast Asia, the Library of Congress Fellowships in International Studies increase the use and visibility of the Library's outstanding international and foreign language collections in formats that include books, periodicals, maps, music, motion pictures, recorded sound, video, prints, photographs, microform, and electronic media.

The program is designed for postdoctoral scholars who are at an early stage of their career (within seven years of their degree). Research projects in the history, language, culture, politics, economics, and other disciplines of the humanities and social sciences that further understanding of the global partners of the United States will be welcome, as will multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary proposals, and proposals focused on single or multiple geographical areas.

For more information and to apply for a Library of Congress Fellowship in International Studies, visit the web at www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/int-fellow.html or call the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, 202-707-3302.