The Institute for Humane Studies, based at George Mason University, is currently soliciting applications for the 2009-10 Humane Studies Fellowship. The post Grant of the Week: Humane Studies Fellowship from GMU appeared first on American Historical Association.

The Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Technology, awarded by the Society for the History of Technology, is for $10,000 and may be used for any purpose connected with research or writing in the history of technology for a period of not less than four months during the year following the award. The post Grant of the Week: Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Technology...

The ups and downs of the current economy are all over the news these days, so we start off this What We’re Reading by looking back at financial times of yesteryear. Then, check out an impressive personal library, learn what the Britannica blog says Americans look for in a president, and find out where historians fit in the climate crisis. Finally, we point to a...

One year ago today, 32 Virginia Tech students and faculty lost their lives in the worst school shooting in our nation’s history. Tech will be honoring the victims of this tragedy today with special events and webcasts. Shortly after the events of a year ago, the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture at Virginia Tech along with the Center for History and New Media at George...

The Library of Congress is offering 10-week Junior Fellows Summer Internships to college students this summer... The post Grant of the Week: Junior Fellows Summer Internships at the Library of Congress appeared first on American Historical Association.

The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) is offering grants up to $25,000 for “projects that advance the application of science and technology to historic preservation.” The post Grant of the Week: History Preservation Technology Grants appeared first on American Historical Association.

This week’s post contains links to articles, interactive web features, and news from a museum and a historic home. Read about political scientists’ claims that those in the social sciences get more grants, and consider Lisa Spiro’s question of Wikipedia’s academic merits. On the digital history front, “Making the History of 1989” has officially launched; an interactive map shows Washington, D.C. in 1791; and a...

The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College is accepting applications for its Patrick Henry Fellowship. This full-time residential fellowship program supports outstanding writing on American history and culture by scholars and nonacademic writers alike. The post Grant of the Week: Patrick Henry Fellowship from the C.V. Starr Center appeared first on American Historical Association.

The Academic Careers Wiki, a web site dedicated to providing the latest news and gossip about job openings and the status of searches in all academic disciplines, was hacked by a malicious user sometime late last week. The user, sporting an IP address from the Midwestern United States, started deleting whole fields in the wiki database, almost as fast as users could restore them. The post...

With the highly anticipated 2008 presidential election less than a month away, all eyes seem fixed on recent debates. In fact, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD)—a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization established in 1987 to organize all presidential and vice presidential debates—called these recent debates “a breakthrough in the history of televised debates." The CPD, who has sponsored presidential and vice presidential debates since 1988, makes...