Graduate students conducting dissertation or pre-dissertation research in premodern studies are encouraged to apply for a Union Pacific Research Grant. Grant resources are distributed in summer 2021 and can be used to support work between 15 May 2021 and 15 April 2022.
The Center for Early Modern History invites you to join us for our fall virtual lecture series, Panic and Plague in 1720 & 2020: The View from Minnesota. The series begins at noon on Friday, September 18, 2020.
Professor Sarah Chambers discusses the epidemics that swept the Americas for centuries due to the arrival of Europeans as part of a series that offers a historical perspective on epidemics.
Because of the generous support from the Union Pacific Corporation, the Center is able to offer several research and copying grants to early modern studies minors each year to support a wide variety of research projects. Applications due March 20.
CLA's collaborative explorations of the premodern era are so impressive that the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced a grant of more than $600,000 to create the initial structures for a newly integrated Consortium for the Study of the Premodern World (CSPW) at the University of Minnesota.