Houghton Library Visiting Fellowships

The Visiting Fellowship program offers scholars at all stages of their careers funding to pursue projects that require in-depth research on Houghton Library's holdings at Harvard University. Fellows receive $4,500 stipends and must be in residence at Houghton for four weeks within their fellowship year. Fifteen endowed fellowships support research in various fields including visual arts of the theatre, eighteenth-century studies, American history, manuscripts, dance, music, publishing history, and early modern Black lives. The program provides fellows with access to other libraries at Harvard and opportunities to exchange knowledge and promote their research through publications and scholarly programs. The library particularly welcomes proposals that reexamine its collections through a global lens and demonstrate how rare book and manuscript library holdings can contribute to discourse around contemporary social, political, and cultural issues.