For more information about the collections please see the Special and Area Studies Collections Homepage.
Whether you’re far along in your research or you’re just hearing about the library, your thought is what animates the collections. Our project offers fellowships on a yearly basis to introduce new and seasoned researchers to the materials we have here.
Click below to learn how to join our team.
University Scholarships in Special Collections
Discovery Fellowships in Special Collections
Other opportunities are available, please contact us for more information.
This post comes to us from Discovery Fellow Allyson Maldonado The Madame Butterfly Trap has effects on stage and film for Asian/Asian-American women for decades. As a brief reminder the Madame Butterfly Trap is the notion that Asian women are not sufficient on their own and in fact are only used to exemplify the actions …
This post comes to us from Discovery Fellow Meir Schochet The place of Jews in relation to definitions such as “the white person” has long been a topic of discussion. It became so for me in my senior Jewish history seminar in high school, when my professor presented us this very same question: are Jews …
This post comes to us from Discovery Fellow Chrishann Walcott Entering the Discovery Fellowship, I definitely knew that I was inclined towards exploring the diversity of religion and religious communities in the landscape of American culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. Having access to Special Collections gifted me with the opportunity to navigate the …
Continue reading “Koreshanity: A Look into Florida’s Utopian Communities”
Storied Books is a one-man band at the moment.
Neil Weijer, Curator of the Rare Book collection, directs the project, supervises the research fellows, makes the coffee, and when he has time, even looks at a book or two.
