The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition (GLC) at Yale University invites applications for residential research fellowships for academic year 2025-2026.

The Gilder Lehrman Center seeks to promote a better understanding of all aspects of the institution of slavery from the earliest times to the present. They welcome proposals that will utilize the special collections of the Yale University Libraries or other research collections of the New England area, and explicitly engage issues of historical slavery, contemporary forced labor, resistance, abolition, and their legacies. Scholars from all disciplines, both established and younger scholars, are encouraged to apply.

Applicants MUST have received the Ph.D. prior to the beginning of their appointment. This is a residential fellowship and fellows are expected to spend the majority of their time in residence at Yale. Fellows will be expected to participate in the intellectual life of the GLC and the larger Yale community, and to acknowledge the support of the GLC and the MacMillan Center in publications and lectures that stem from research conducted during the fellowship term. All fellows will be expected to offer one public presentation during their tenure at Yale.

For academic year 2025-2026, they are offering two categories of fellowships:

One-semester (4 months) research fellowships; and

One-month research fellowships (be advised they cannot sponsor visas for the one-month appointments)

Highest priority is given to applications that are fully complete by March 12, 2025. 

Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and underrepresented minorities.

 

For further information and instructions how to apply, visit:

https://macmillan.yale.edu/glc/fellowships-0\

 

For additional information, contact:

Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition

The MacMillan Center at Yale University, New Haven, CT

Email: gilder.lehrman.center@yale.edu