<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.5px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b><i>CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: S</i></b><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 9px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b><i>O</i></b></span><b><i>FCB JUNIOR FELLOWS </i></b><b><i>PROGRAM</i></b></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.5px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b><i><br></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.5px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b><i>Rare Book School’s Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical </i></b><b><i>Bibliography (SoFCB) invites applications for its 2025–27 cohort of </i></b><b><i>Junior Fellows. The deadline is Friday, November 1, 2024. </i></b><b><i>This scholarly society works to advance the study of texts, images, and </i></b><b><i>artifacts as material objects through capacious, interdisciplinary </i></b><b><i>scholarship—and to enrich humanistic inquiry and education by</i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.5px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b><i>identifying, mentoring, and training promising early-career scholars. </i></b><b><i>Junior Fellows will be encouraged and supported in integrating the </i></b><b><i>methods of critical bibliography into their teaching and research, </i></b><b><i>fostering collegial conversations about historical and emerging media </i></b><b><i>across disciplines and institutions, and sharing their knowledge with </i></b><b><i>broader publics.</i></b></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.5px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b><i><br></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.5px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b><i>The fellowship includes tuition waivers for two Rare Book School </i></b><b><i>courses, as well as funding for Junior Fellows to participate in the </i></b><b><i>Society’s annual meeting and orientation. Additional funds are </i></b><b><i>available for fellows to organize symposia at their home institutions, </i></b><b><i>and fellows will have the option of attending a bibliographical field </i></b><b><i>school to visit libraries, archives, and collections in a major </i></b><b><i>metropolitan area. After completing two years in good standing as </i></b><b><i>Junior Fellows, program participants will have the option to become </i></b><b><i>Senior Fellows in the Society.</i></b></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.5px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b><i><br></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.5px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b><i>The Society is committed to supporting diversity and to advancing the </i></b><b><i>scholarship of outstanding persons of every race, gender, sexual </i></b><b><i>orientation, creed, and socioeconomic background, and to enhancing </i></b><b><i>the diversity of the professions and academic disciplines it represents, </i></b><b><i>including those of the professoriate, museums, libraries, archives, </i></b><b><i>public humanities, and digital humanities. We warmly encourage </i></b><b><i>prospective applicants from a wide range of disciplines, institutions, </i></b><b><i>and areas of expertise.</i></b></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.5px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b><i><br></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.5px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b><i>For more information about diversity and the SoFCB, please read the </i></b><b><i>SoFCB Diversity & Outreach Committee’s Welcome Letter. </i></b></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.5px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b><i><br></i></b></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.5px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b><i>Inquiries about the SoFCB Junior Fellows Program can be directed to </i></b><b><i>SoFCB Administrative Director Kathryn Higinbotham at </i></b><b style="color: rgb(0, 112, 193);"><i>kathryn.higinbotham@virginia.edu</i></b><b><i>.</i></b></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11.5px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 112, 193);"><span style="color: #000000"><b><i><br></i></b></span></p>
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