HOMEPAAH FELLOWSHIPS
Detail from Thomas Nast, The Past and the Future (Philadelphia: King & Baird, [1864]). Color wood engraving. The Program in African American History offers short-term, dissertation, and post-doctoral fellowships that carry generous stipends. Fellows share opportunities to participate in the Philadelphia region’s vibrant intellectual life while conducting their research in the print, graphics, and manuscript collections of the Library Company and other local institutions. Fellows have an opportunity to present their research publicly through conferences, seminars, and colloquia. Recent resident fellows have conducted research on topics including the Haitian Revolution; African American Performers and the Development of Global Mass Culture; Antebellum African American Nationalism; the Boston Antislavery Fair, 1834-1858; and the development and evolution of abolitionist discourse. Past fellows include the nation’s most prominent scholars of African American literature, history, and social life of the period before 1900, and their work in the collections of the Library Company has produced scores of acclaimed books and articles.
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