JHP Announcements

Journal of the History of Philosophy, Volume 59, Number 4, October 2021,

pp. 705-706 (Article)

Published by Johns Hopkins University Press

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/hph.2021.0072

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 JHP ANNOUNCEMENTS

JHP Summer seminar

Mindful of the challenges facing young scholars working in the history of
philosophy, the Board of Directors of the Journal of the History of Philosophy has
established a program of Summer Seminars in the History of Philosophy. The
central idea of the program is that a senior scholar who works primarily in some
area of the history of philosophy undertakes to direct an intensive week of classes
for the benefit of a small group of recent PhDs whose main research and teaching
are in the relevant area. Normally, the classes will focus on one or more texts
that are typically not part of material that the participants would have studied as
graduate students. The goal of the program is the enhancement of the expertise
and understanding of the young scholars in their area of specialization.
The seminar topic for Summer 2022 will be announced later this fall along
with the due date for applications.
The JHP will select up to six individuals from among those who apply to
participate in five days of intense classes on the announced subject. All travel and
housing and food for the duration of the classes will be paid by the JHP up to
$1,750. Applicants should submit a letter of interest along with a CV.
Qualifications: PhD in the topic area of the seminar received no earlier than
January 1, 2017 and no later than January 1, 2022. AOS in the area relevant to the
seminar and a good reading knowledge of the necessary language(s) is required.

T H E K R I S T E L L E R - P O P K I N T R AV E L F E L L O W S H I P S

The Board of Directors of the Journal of the History of Philosophy is pleased to

announce the Kristeller-Popkin Travel Fellowships program for 2021.
The fellowships are in recognition of the scholarship and generous support
that two of the founding members of the Board have given to the Journal: Paul
Oskar Kristeller, the renowned Renaissance scholar, and Richard H. Popkin, the
first editor of this journal and noted historian of skepticism.
Two awards of up to $4,000 (depending upon the project budget) are offered
annually to young scholars in the history of philosophy to defray expenses while
traveling to do research. Applicants must have the PhD, but may not have received
it more than six years prior to applying. Applicants who do not receive awards in
one year’s competition are invited to apply in successive years.

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Application forms can be obtained from the JHP website (https://jhp.wisc.edu/
fellowships.html). All queries regarding the Kristeller-Popkin Travel Fellowships
should be sent to Professor Eric Watkins at ewatkins@ucsd.edu.
The deadline for applications is December 1, 2021. Awards will be announced
in the Spring of 2022.

JAN WOJCIK MEMORIAL PRIZE

The Journal of the History of Philosophy is pleased to announce the Jan Wojcik
Memorial Prize for graduate students in the history of philosophy. Made possible
by the generosity of Jan’s children and their families, this annual $4,000 award is
intended to further the research of a graduate student enrolled and resident in
a North American PhD program and working on a dissertation in the history of
philosophy (all periods). The prize will be given to fund either:
(a) Travel to archives or libraries outside North America to pursue research for a
dissertation in the history of philosophy

or
(b) Travel to present a paper in the history of philosophy accepted at a conference
or seminar outside North America.

An application should include a one-page description of the applicant’s dissertation

topic and two letters of support. In the case of (a) (travel abroad for research
purposes), the application should also include a description (not to exceed two
pages) indicating what research the applicant will be carrying out abroad and
how the proposed travel will further that work. In the case of (b) (travel abroad
to present at a conference or seminar), the application should include a summary
of the paper to be presented and a copy of the notice indicating that the paper
has been accepted. Application forms can be obtained from the JHP website:
(https://jhp.wisc.edu/wojcik.html).
In either case, the prize is awarded for travel in 2022. The winner will be
announced in the Spring of 2022. The successful candidate is expected to submit a
brief report (maximum one page) to the chair of the Wojcik prize panel, Professor
Eric Watkins.
Electronic applications only. Application documents should be combined into
a single pdf document and sent by email to Professor Eric Watkins (ewatkins@
ucsd.edu), to whom letters of support should be sent separately.
The deadline for applications is December 1, 2021.

Ja n Wo j c i k
Jan Wojcik served as Book Review Editor for the Journal of the History of Philosophy
from 2001 to 2005. As a graduate student, she had the chance to travel overseas
to consult archives in Europe, an experience from which she considered she had
benefited greatly. She would have wished other graduate students to have a similar
opportunity for travel abroad.