<div dir="ltr">Please see fellowship opportunity below.<div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Jason Weems</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jweems@ucr.edu">jweems@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM<br>Subject: 2026-2027 Visual Culture Fellowship opportunity, Library Company of Philadelphia<br>To: Iselda Salgado <<a href="mailto:iselda.salgado@ucr.edu">iselda.salgado@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="line-break:after-white-space">Please forward to the grad students.<div>Thanks.<br id="m_693461805388655561lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><blockquote type="cite"><br><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The<span> </span><b><a href="https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/vcp/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Visual Culture Program</a></b><span> </span>invites applications for a 2026–27 short-term fellowship.<span> </span><a href="https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/vcp/fellowships/past/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Past fellows</a><span> </span>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.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Searchable catalogs to our collections are available online at<span> </span><a href="https://librarycompany.kohacatalog.com/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://librarycompany.kohacatalog.com/</a><span> </span>with a number of visual culture collections also searchable at<span> </span><a href="https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/islandora%3Aroot" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/islandora%3Aroot</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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<span> </span><a href="https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/fellowships-2-2/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/fellowships-2-2/</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></div><h3 style="margin:0in;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></h3><div style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></div><div style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in">The William H. Helfand Fellowship for American Visual Culture</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box"><i><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in"><u></u> <u></u></span></i></div><div style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><i><b><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in">The stipend is $3000 for a one-month fellowship, which may be fulfilled between June 1, 2026, and May 31, 2027.</span></b></i><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></b></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please share this announcement with those who might be interested. Application materials are due<span> </span><b>January 16, 2026</b>.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To apply, fill out the <a href="https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/fellowships-2/short-term-fellowship-application/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in">online application form</span></a> 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.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">           </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In addition, one letter of recommendation in PDF format should be uploaded <a href="https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/fellowships-2-2/short-term-fellowship-application/#/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in">here</span></a>; please ask your recommender to name files using this format: Lastname_Firstname_letter.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">For more information about fellowships offered by the Library Company’s Visual Culture Program, contact program director Erika Piola (</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:epiola@librarycompany.org" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in;background:white;text-decoration:none">epiola@librarycompany.org</span></a><span style="background:white">). </span><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div id="m_693461805388655561divtagdefaultwrapper"><div name="divtagdefaultwrapper"><div><div><div><div id="m_693461805388655561divtagdefaultwrapper"><div name="divtagdefaultwrapper"><div><div><div><div id="m_693461805388655561divtagdefaultwrapper"><div name="divtagdefaultwrapper"><div><div><div><div id="m_693461805388655561divtagdefaultwrapper"><div name="divtagdefaultwrapper"><div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Times,serif">Erika Piola</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Times,serif">Curator of Graphic Arts</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Times,serif">Director,<span> </span></span><a href="https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/vcp/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Times,serif;color:blue">Visual Culture Program</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Times,serif">She/Her</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:Times,serif;color:rgb(192,0,0)">Library Company of Philadelphia</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(192,0,0)"><u></u><u></u></span></i></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Times,serif">1314 Locust Street, Philadelphia PA 19107</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Times,serif">215-546-3181</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Times,serif">Department  Reading Room Hours: M-Th: 9AM-12:15PM; 1:30PM-4:45PM </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Times,serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></div>