The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute and the Sheridan Libraries are delighted to announce the creation of a new Graduate Student Summer Fellowship Program. Beginning in July 2026, AGHI and the Sheridan Libraries will offer two paid, six-week fellowships aimed at providing in-depth exposure to the libraries and their special collections.
Fellows will pursue one of two tracks:
Rotational Fellowships under the direction of Mack Zalin: Fellows will engage with the various aspects of scholar librarianship, including collection development, reference, instruction, cataloging, digital humanities, and service to the profession.
Special Collections Curatorial Fellowships under the direction of Earle Havens: Fellows will work with pre-1800 rare books and manuscripts at the Stern Center for the History of the Book on a project tailored to their academic and research interests. Each Fellow will prepare an overview description of a collection of rare materials around a specific theme as well as 10 brief public-facing essays, accompanied by digital images, which will be posted on the Stern Center website. Examples of such essays can be found at this link.
Eligibility is limited to PhD students in any humanities department below year five of their program, or who will be entering their sixth year during summer 2026; students who will be beyond their sixth year are ineligible. International PhD students will need to apply for CPT, information on and the application for which can be found at this link.
Stipend: $5,000
Deadline: Feb. 2, with decisions by Feb. 20.
Application materials and submission:
- Project proposal of no more than 1,000 words;
- Letter of recommendation from your academic advisor
- Informal transcript detailing your coursework at JHU
Potential applicants should contact Zalin at mzalin1@jhu.edu or Havens at earle.havens@jhu.edu before submitting an application in order to craft a specific project.
