David Jaffee Fellowship in Visual and Material Culture
David Jaffee Fellowship in Visual and Material Culture supports scholars’ research with AAS collections, using images and artifacts to study American history before 1900.
Funder: American Antiquarian Society
Due Dates: January 15, 2027 (General fellowship deadline) | January 25, 2027 (Jaffee-specific deadline)
Funding Amounts: $2,400 per month for one to two months
Summary: Supports research using visual and material culture to study American history before 1900.
Key Information: Fellows must reside in Worcester, Massachusetts, to use the AAS library’s resources.
Description
The David Jaffee Fellowship in Visual and Material Culture, administered by the American Antiquarian Society (AAS), supports the study and use of visual and material culture in research on all aspects of American history before 1900. It is open to postdoctoral scholars and graduate students working on doctoral dissertations and forms part of the Society’s one- to two-month residential research fellowship program.
The fellowship honors David Philip Jaffee (1954–2017), who helped develop AAS’s Center for Historic American Visual Culture (CHAViC). His work encouraged engagement with images, artifacts, books, and photographs as sources for studying the American past. The award provides time for research and writing using the Society’s library collections in Worcester, Massachusetts.
