State History

This article originally appeared on the Gotham Center for New York City History website.

The Gotham Center is pleased to announce the first winners of its new fellowship program, “Writing the History of Greater New York,”  established with generous support by the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation. The award provides a stipend of $40,000, plus office space and library access for one year at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. The program supports independent and early-career professional scholars with book manuscripts substantially underway, which explore 1) the history of the “outer boroughs” (Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the Bronx), 2) Long Island’s contributions to the development of the metropolitan region, or 3) work that integrates these histories somehow, approaching the fields of urban and suburban history with a metropolitan or regional lens. Read more...