The Historic New Orleans Collection is now accepting applications for the 2016/17 Woest Fellowship. The fellowship supports scholarly research on the history and culture of Louisiana and the Gulf South. While THNOC resources should play a central role in the proposed research agenda, fellows are also encouraged to explore other research facilities in the Greater New Orleans area.
The Woest Fellowship is open to doctoral candidates, academic and museum professionals, and independent scholars. U.S. citizenship is not required, but applicants should be fluent in English.  Fellows will be expected to acknowledge The Collection in any published work drawing on fellowship research. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status.
Stipend: The fellowship includes a stipend of $4,000. Fellows may select their period(s) of residence, but all research must commence and conclude during the specified fellowship term (April 1, 2017–March 31, 2018).
Deadline: Applications for the 2017/18 Woest Fellowship are due November 1, 2016. Recipients will be announced February 1, 2017.
To Apply: Applicants are encouraged to familiarize themselves with The Collection’s resources by visiting the Williams Research Center page and browsing our holdings via our online public access catalog. Fellowship applications may be downloaded from the website. For more information, consult our FAQ, or email Jason Wiese.
The Historic New Orleans Collection gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Dianne Audrey Woest (1935–2003), a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University, former president of the New Orleans Council for International Visitors, and true friend of the arts. Through a planned giving arrangement, Woest designated The Collection as a beneficiary of her estate.
CURRENT FELLOWS
THNOC congratulates the 2016/17 class of Woest Fellows, whose projects reflect the breadth of our institutional holdings and sustain the tradition of scholarly merit established by previous fellowship recipients.
• Dr. Andreas Hübner, Dept. of History, University of Kassel: “‘German Services will be Held’: Revisiting the German-American community of New Orleans during World War I”
• Ms. Alicia C. Maggard, PhD candidate, Dept. of History, Brown University: “Technology, Society, and the State in the Steamboat Era”
• Dr. Brian Craig Miller, Dept. of Social Sciences, Emporia State University: “The United Confederate Veterans in History and Memory”