2022-23 Tomash Fellowship in the History of Information Technology Announcement (Application Deadline is Jan. 15, 2022)
Dear Colleagues, FYI--The Charles Babbage Institute for Computing, Information, and Culture is delighted to announce this coming year's Tomash Fellowship competition. Best, Jeff2022-23 CBI Tomash Fellowship in the History of Information TechnologyEach year the Tomash Doctoral Fellowship is awarded to and provides a $14,000 stipend to a standout (ABD) graduate student for doctoral dissertation research in the history of computing and culture. Past Fellows <https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/past-tomash-fellows> are among the leading scholars in computing history/studies. The Tomash Doctoral Fellowship is named for and funded by an endowment created by Adelle and Erwin Tomash, the founders of the Charles Babbage Institute.Application Requirements (Deadline is January 15, 2022)Please provide a curriculum vitae and a five-page (single-spaced) statement and justification of the research project including a discussion of methods, research materials, and bibliography (bibliography does not count toward page count). Applicants should also arrange for three letters of reference and certified copies of graduate school transcripts to be sent directly to CBI. Application materials should be sent to cbi@umn.edu. Please direct questions about the Tomash Fellowship to Jeffrey Yost, CBI Director, yostx003@umn.edu Additional information is on the Tomash Fellowship page of the CBI Website Tomash Fellowship <https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/adelle-and-erwin-tomash-fellowship-history-information-technology> *"Injustice wears the same harsh face wherever it shows itself."*-Ralph Ellison Jeffrey R. Yost, Ph.D. Director, Charles Babbage Institute Research Professor, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Co-Editor (w/ Gerardo Con Diaz) *Studies in Computing and Culture book series, Johns Hopkins University Press* *Committee Member, **National Academies, NAE Extraordinary Engineering Impacts on Society * Founder and Co-Editor (w/ Amanda Wick), *Interfaces: Essays and Reviews in Computing and Culture* *Making IT Work: A History of the Computer Services Industry (MIT Press 2017)* <https://www.amazon.com/Making-Work-Computer-Services-Computing/dp/026203672X> 222 21st Avenue South University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455 612 624 5050 Phone 612 625 8054 Fax
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Jeffrey Yost