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MLA Bibliography FellowshipsIn 2003, the Executive Council approved a request by the Advisory Committee on the MLA International Bibliography for the creation of MLA Bibliography fellowships. These fellowships recognize the efforts of scholars who index materials on behalf of the MLA International Bibliography.We are pleased to announce the first MLA Bibliography fellowships award recipients who have served for three years, 2004-07. During the Presidential Address at the 2007 MLA Annual Convention, the following four scholars received certificates of accomplishment and checks for $500. Neal Baker, information technologies and reference librarian, Earlham College
Ksenya Kiebuzinski, Slavic resources coordinator and head, Petro Jacyk Central and East European Resource Center, University of Toronto
Jeanne-Sarah de Larquier, assistant professor, Central Michigan University
Nathan E. Richardson, associate professor, Bowling Green State University
We are also pleased to announce the recipients of the 2007 awards. Congratulations to Jacob D. Blakesley, PhD candidate, University of Chicago (20th-century Italian literature)
Lisbeth Chapin, assistant professor of English, Gwynedd-Mercy College (British Romantic studies)
Natalie E. Dear, PhD candidate, University of Alberta (medieval, early modern women writers)
Erik Grayson, PhD candidate, Binghamton University (English literature)
Diane Louise Johnson, assistant professor, Western Washington University (modern Greek)
David D. Kim, PhD candidate, Harvard University (Germanic studies)
Sarah Ponichtera, PhD candidate, Columbia University (Yiddish studies)
Sathyaraj Venkatesan, PhD candidate, Indian Institute of Technology (African American literature in India)
Kostas Yiavis, lecturer, Cornell University (classics, Renaissance studies, modern Greek)
2008 FellowshipsFellowships are for a three-year period, beginning 1 July 2008 and ending 30 June 2011. The MLA seeks scholars of any level of seniority interested in training as field bibliography fellows and able to deliver at least one hundred citations each year. This opportunity is open to potential as well as existing field bibliographers. The MLA will provide materials and training meetings at the annual convention. Fellows attending training sessions will have their conference registration fees waived. On completion of the fellowship, they will receive a stipend of $500 and a certificate at the awards ceremony during the Presidential Address at the MLA convention. It is hoped that recipients of these fellowships will continue submitting citations throughout their careers.Applications for the 2008 field bibliography fellowships are due 1 April 2008. The basic criteria for application are
Please submit a letter of request, including qualifications and reasons for applying for the fellowship, and a current résumé or CV. Materials may be sent to Helen Slavin, MLA International Bibliography, 26 Broadway, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10004-1789 (hslavin@mla.org).
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