HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL BUSINESS HISTORY FELLOWSHIPS.
The Thomas K. McCraw Fellowship in US Business History. The fellowship enables established scholars from around the world whose primary interest is the business and economic history of the United States to spend time in residence at Harvard Business School. The main activities of the Thomas K. McCraw Fellow will be to conduct research in the archives of Baker Library or in other Boston-area libraries, present their work at a seminar, and interact with HBS faculty. Fellows receive a stipend of $7,000 to cover travel and living expenses. They are expected to be in residence for a minimum of two months. Application and related materials are due by November 1, 2023.
The Alfred D. Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar in Business History Program. The Alfred D. Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar in Business History Program invites established scholars in business history based outside the United States to spend a period of time in residence at Harvard Business School. Recipient receives a $7,000 stipend and is required to stay a minimum of two months (and not more than six months) at Harvard Business School. Fellows are expected to interact with faculty and researchers, present work at research seminars, and conduct business history research. Application and related materials are due by November 1, 2023.
The Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Travel Fellowships. The Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Travel Fellowships facilitate library and archival research in business or economic history. Grants range from $1,000 to $3,000. Applicants must be (1) Harvard University graduate students in history, economics, or business administration, whose research requires travel to distant archives or repositories; (2) graduate students or nontenured faculty in those fields from other universities, in the United States and abroad, whose research requires travel to Baker Library or other local archives; or (3) Harvard College undergraduates writing senior theses in these fields, whose research requires travel away from Cambridge. Application and related materials are due by November 15, 2023.
For more information and submission instructions, please visit the Business History Fellowships page: https://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/fellowships.
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HAGLEY MUSEUM AND LIBRARY GRANTS.
Hagley Exploratory Research Grants. These grants support one-week visits by scholars who believe that their project will benefit from Hagley research collections, but need the opportunity to explore them on-site to determine if a Henry Belin du Pont Research Grant application is warranted. Priority will be given to junior scholars with innovative projects that seek to expand on existing scholarship. Applicants should reside more than fifty miles from Hagley, and the stipend is $400. Application deadlines: March 31, June 30, and October 31. For more information, please visit Hagley Library's Exploratory Research Grants page: https://www.hagley.org/exploratory-research-grants.
Henry Belin du Pont Research Grants. These research grants enable scholars to pursue advanced research and study in the collections of the Hagley Library. They are awarded for the length of time needed to make use of Hagley collections for a specific project. The stipends are for a maximum of eight weeks and are prorated at $400/week for recipients who reside further than fifty miles from Hagley, and $200/week for those within fifty miles. Application deadlines: March 31, June 30, and October 31.
Applications for all grants should be submitted online. For the submission link and requirements, please visit Hagley Library's Grants & Fellowships page: http://www.hagley.org/research/grants-fellowships.
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BUSINESS HISTORY CONFERENCE MEETING
2023 Business History Conference Prize Recipients.
The Philip Scranton Best Article Prize was awarded to Phillip Thai (Northeastern University) for the article “A Risky Business: The Tai Ping Insurance Company and Fire Insurance in China, 1928–1937,” Enterprise & Society (September 2020).
The Hagley Prize in Business History was co-awarded to Alejandro Gomez-del-Moral (University of Helsinki) for the book Buying into Change: Mass Consumption, Dictatorship, and Democratization in Franco's Spain, 1939–1982 (University of Nebraska Press) and Hannah Farber (University of California, Berkeley) for the book Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding (University of North Carolina Press).
The Mira Wilkins Prize was awarded to David Baillargeon (University of Texas at Arlington) for his article “‘Imperium in Imperio’: The Corporation, Mining, and Governance in British Southeast Asia, 1900–1930,” Enterprise & Society (June 2022).
The Herman E. Krooss Prize for Best Dissertation in Business History was awarded to Adam Frost (Copenhagen Business School) for his dissertation, “Speculation and Profiteering: The Entrepreneurial Transformation of Socialist China” (Harvard University, 2020).
The K. Austin Kerr Prize was awarded to Jeremy Goodwin (Cornell University) for his paper “From Economic Literacy to Entrepreneurial Literacy: The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship and Business Conservatism in the United States, 1987–1999.”
The Ralph Gomory Prize was awarded to Edmond Smith (The University of Manchester) for the book Merchants: The Community That Shaped England's Trade and Empire, 1550–1650 (Yale University Press, 2021)
The Martha Moore Trescott Prize was awarded to Marina Moskowitz (University of Wisconsin) for the paper “Broadcasting Seeds on the American Landscape.”
The 2023 Harold F. Williamson Prize was awarded to Alexia Yates (University of Manchester).
2024 Business History Conference Meeting.
The 2024 BHC Conference will be held in Providence, Rhode Island, from March 14–16, 2024. The theme is “Doing Business in the Public Interest.” Please visit the BHC website for more information: https://thebhc.org/2024-bhc-meeting.
