[Ahs-grads] Fwd: 2026-2027 Visual Culture Fellowship opportunity, Library Company of Philadelphia

[Iselda Salgado]

Please see fellowship opportunity below.

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From: Jason Weems <jweems at ucr.edu>
Date: Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Subject: 2026-2027 Visual Culture Fellowship opportunity, Library Company
of Philadelphia
To: Iselda Salgado <iselda.salgado at ucr.edu>


Please forward to the grad students.
Thanks.


The *Visual Culture Program
<https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/vcp/>* invites applications
for a 2026–27 short-term fellowship. Past fellows
<https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/vcp/fellowships/past/> have
studied topics as varied as the relationship between text and images in
American primers for children, the graphic arts in Philadelphia from 1780
to 1880, and the intersection of science and art in the production of
daguerreotypes.

Searchable catalogs to our collections are available online at
https://librarycompany.kohacatalog.com/ with a number of visual culture
collections also searchable at
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/islandora%3Aroot.

See individual fellowship description below for more information and
instructions on how to apply. For a complete listing of all Library Company
fellowship opportunities, visit
https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/fellowships-2-2/.


*The William H. Helfand Fellowship for American Visual Culture*
The fellowship is designed to promote scholarship in visual culture through
the study of textual and graphic sources from the 16th through early 20th
centuries held in the Library Company’s collections. Possible research
topics include the production and consumerism of printed graphics; the
histories of printing and photographic processes; popular iconography;
ephemera; incunabula; the illustrated book trade; and historical depictions
of gender, race, and class. Fellows will have the opportunity to attend the
Library Company’s public programs and events, participate in the vibrant
scholarly community of Philadelphia, and present a lecture about their
research.

*The stipend is $3000 for a one-month fellowship, which may be fulfilled
between June 1, 2026, and May 31, 2027.*
Please share this announcement with those who might be interested.
Application materials are due *January 16, 2026*.
To apply, fill out the online application form
<https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/fellowships-2/short-term-fellowship-application/>
and
upload a single PDF file containing an optional cover letter, brief CV (not
to exceed four pages), a ca. 150-word project abstract, and a two- to
four-page description of your proposed research (single-spaced, not to
exceed 1,500 words). The proposal should make clear how Library Company
collections will support your research. Application files should be named
using this format: Lastname_Firstname_application.

In addition, one letter of recommendation in PDF format should be uploaded
here
<https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/fellowships-2-2/short-term-fellowship-application/#/>;
please ask your recommender to name files using this format:
Lastname_Firstname_letter.

For more information about fellowships offered by the Library Company’s
Visual Culture Program, contact program director Erika Piola (
epiola at librarycompany.org).


Erika Piola
Curator of Graphic Arts
Director, Visual Culture Program
<https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/vcp/>
She/Her

*Library Company of Philadelphia*
1314 Locust Street, Philadelphia PA 19107
215-546-3181
Department  Reading Room Hours: M-Th: 9AM-12:15PM; 1:30PM-4:45PM
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