Around 1948 Sawyer Seminar Dissertation Fellowship

The Sawyer Seminar on "Around 1948: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Transformation" at the University of Chicago invites applications for two Dissertation Fellowship awards for either the academic year 2011-12 or the subsequent academic year 2012-13. The seminar looks at the remarkable historical moment 'around 1948' across a range of international locations and from the point of view of several disciplines. 

The Dissertation Fellows will be expected to pursue research and write-up in residence at the University of Chicago in 2011-12 or 2012-13. They will be expected to participate in the Mellon Project community by attending the workshop, lectures and conference events. The fellowship provides tuition, the Student Life Fee, University student health insurance on the Basic Plan (if the fellow elects to take it), and a stipend of $23,000.

To be eligible for this grant, students must have exhausted their existing aid commitments beginning in the academic year in which they hold the award (2011-12 or 2012-13).  They cannot have held or currently hold any University of Chicago (i.e., divisional, departmental, center) dissertation write-up fellowship.  The Sawyer awards may not be held by students who are beyond the tenth year in their program in 2011-12; beyond the ninth year in 2012-13.  Students applying to hold the award in 2011-12 must be admitted to candidacy by March 31, 2011; to hold the award in 2012-13, they must demonstrate admission to candidacy by March 31, 2012.