North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS)

NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE
ON BRITISH STUDIES

The official publication of the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS), the Journal of British Studies, has positioned itself as the critical resource for scholars of British culture from the Middle Ages through the present. Drawing on both established and emerging approaches, JBS presents scholarly articles and books reviews from renowned international authors who share their ideas on British society, politics, law, economics, and the arts. In 2005 (Vol. 44), the journal merged with the NACBS publication Albion, creating one journal for NACBS membership.

NACBS-Huntington Library Fellowship

The NACBS, in collaboration with the Huntington Library, offers
annually the NACBS-HUNTINGTON LIBRARY FELLOWSHIP to aid in dissertation research in British Studies using the collections of the library. The amount of the fellowship is $2000. A requirement for holding the fellowship is that the time of tenure be spent in residence at the Huntington Library. The time of residence varies, but may be as brief as one month. Applicants must be U. S. or Canadian citizens or permanent residents and enrolled in a Ph.D. program in a U. S. or Canadian institution.

Nominations and applications for the 2010 award are invited. Please
note that the timing of the competition has been moved forward to the fall,
with applications due on November 30, 2009. Applications should consist of
a curriculum vitae, two supporting letters (one from the applicant's
dissertation advisor), and a description of the dissertation research
project. The letter should include a description of the materials to be
consulted at the Huntington and the reason that these are essential sources
for the dissertation.

A copy of the application package should be sent to each member of the
Huntington Library Fellowship Committee listed below. Letters should be
placed in sealed envelopes, signed across the flap and given to the
applicant for inclusion in the application package. Applications must be
postmarked by November 30, 2009. Awards will be announced by January 30, 2010. Send materials to: Professor Gary De Krey, Department of History, St Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057 (email:
dekrey@stolaf.edu), Professor Johann Sommerville, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Department of History, 3211 Mosse Humanities Bldg, 455 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706 (email: jsommerv@wisc.edu), and Professor Melissa Harkrider, Department of History, Wheaton College, 501 College Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187 (email: Melissa.L.Harkrider@wheaton.edu).

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RECENT AWARD WINNERS

NACBS-Huntington Library Fellowship (2009)

Joseph Stubenrauch (Indiana University), "Faith in Goods: Evangelicalism, Materiality, and Consumer Culture in Nineteenth-century Britain"

Joseph Stubenrauch's project, "Faith in Goods: Evangelicalism, Materiality, and Consumer Culture in Nineteenth-century Britain," focuses on religious consumer practices in order to uncover the central role of materiality in evangelical religious experience. His work undercuts the secularization thesis from a novel angle, by delineating how religion and modernity were intertwined and how they reinforced one another. To demonstrate these interconnections, Joseph has already consulted a diverse array of sources: handbills, needlework, porcelain, wall decorations, prints and sheet music as well as memoirs and tract society papers. One key source would be the grangerized Kitto bible with its 30,000 religious prints and engravings, available only at the Huntington Library.

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