01. March 2022

Call for Applications: The Bonn-Yale-Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Fellowship 2022-2023 Call for Applications: The Bonn-Yale-Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Fellowship 2022-2023

The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition (GLC), part of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University, and the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS), proudly announce their Second Bonn-Yale-Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Fellowship.

 

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The Bonn-Yale-Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Fellow will join the Heinz Heinen Kolleg – Center for Advanced Study at the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS) for the academic year 2022/2023. The BCDSS hosts the Cluster of Excellence "Beyond Slavery and Freedom. Asymmetric Dependencies in Pre-modern Societies," funded by the German Excellence Strategy. It brings together excellent international scholars whose research focuses on various forms of strong asymmetrical dependency and slavery in all historical periods before the 20th century, and all cultural contexts.


Named after the African scholar Anton Wilhelm Amo, this residential fellowship is based in Germany and is open to all scholars with expertise in racial slavery in the southern United States from the colonial period through the American Civil War. Applicants MUST have received the Ph.D. prior to the beginning of their appointment. Both established and younger scholars are encouraged to apply. Fellows are expected to spend the majority of their time in residence at Bonn, Germany, from October 2022 through September 2023. Deadline to apply is April 15, 2022. The fellowship is administered through the BCDSS and application materials must be sent to Bonn; details are below.


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The fellowship comprises:

  • a monthly stipend of € 2,400 for postdocs (up to four years after the dissertation), a monthly stipend of € 3,000 for postdocs (more than four years after the dissertation, assistant/associate professors), a monthly stipend of € 3,600 for full professors;
  • travel allowance (outward and return journey);
  • basic accommodation;
  • a working space including a desktop computer at the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies;
  • the opportunity to organize a workshop in Bonn and apply for its funding;
  • support in organizational matters upon arrival;
  • support in finding day care for children.


How to apply

The application consists of the following documents:

For Postdoctoral Fellows
1. a statement (max. 4 pages) outlining the candidate's academic interest in the field of dependency and slavery studies; a project description; the relevance for the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies; the preferred time period to be spent in Bonn
2. the candidate's concise Curriculum Vitae (max. 2 pages)
3. a list of principal publications
4. two letters of recommendation (sent separately to application[at]dependency.uni-bonn.de)

For Senior Fellows
1. a statement (max. 4 pages) outlining the candidate's academic interest in the field of dependency and slavery studies; a project description; the relevance for the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies the preferred time period to be spent in Bonn
2. the candidate's concise Curriculum Vitae (max. 2 pages)
3. a list of principal publications