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UH Public History Offers Three Fellowships for 2008-2009
Posted: December 3, 2007
The Public History Program of the University of Houston (administered by the Center for Public History in the Department of History) announces the availability of three fellowships for academic year 2008-2009. There also is a possibility of a fourth fellowship pending approval.
Application for the fellowships should accompany admissions applications (as outline on the department and university website) no later than January 15, 2008.
Houston History Fellowship:
This fellowship provides up to two years of support for a student in the masters program in public history at the Center for Public History of the University of Houston. The recipient will work approximately twenty hours per week for the Houston History Project, with the expectation that she or he will contribute as a student editor to the publication of Houston History (a magazine of popular history), and as an interviewer for the Oral History of Houston project.
The fellowship provides full funding of tuition and a monthly stipend for the academic year. Funding for summer work is also possible.
John O. King Fellowship in Energy/Environmental History:
The King Fellowship provides funding for a graduate student at the Center for Public History of the University of Houston. The recipient will work toward completion of a dissertation or a master's thesis on a topic related to the history of energy or environmental history. Topics on issues at the intersection of energy and environmental history are preferred. The recipient will be expected to work as a research assistant with a faculty member from the Center for Public history for approximately ten hours per week.
The CPH Fellowship: This fellowship provides one to two years of support in the MA or PHD program at the Center for Public History of the University of Houston. The recipient will work up to twenty hours per week for the director of CPH on projects related to the Center in general, the Tenneco Lecture Series, and the Public History Program.
The fellowship provides full funding of tuition and a monthly stipend. The award is renewable.
Other possible financial aid includes Department of history teacher assistantships, university scholarships, and several opportunities for funding through research projects administered by CPH.
The Public History Program and the Department of History offers courses in a wide array of areas. The Public history Program is particularly strong in public policy history, business and government history, oral history, community history, urban and environmental history, and archival management. The Center for Public History also has initiated a Ph.D. emphasis in environmental and energy history. See the history Department website for more details.
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