Suzuki / Lindemann / Cruz Archival and Library Research Award

The Suzuki/Lindemann/Cruz Award for Archival and Library Research, 2024-25

For many Humanities research projects, travel to libraries and archives is crucial. The Suzuki/Lindemann/Cruz Award (a single award of $750) is designed to help the graduate-student recipient fund research-related travel. It may be used for a brief research trip but may also be used to supplement other sources of funding for a longer research trip. The $750 award may be used any time between June 1, 2024 and May 31, 2025. Preference will be given to applications from doctoral candidates who intend to use the Award to expedite dissertation research (at or beyond the prospectus stage).

The award honors Professors Mihoko Suzuki, Mary Lindemann, and Anne Cruz. Mihoko Suzuki was the founding director of the Center for the Humanities in 2009 and headed it for its first ten years. Anne Cruz and Mary Lindemann were interim directors in 2011-12 and 2016, respectively. All three are pre-eminent scholars in Early Modern Studies and together they edited Early Modern Women for six years.

Application

Applications are due in spring of each year; the exact deadline and specifications are listed below. The awardee will be reimbursed for expenses based on the submission of acceptable receipts documenting legitimate research costs as specified in the original application.

Send one PDF with the following components to humanities@miami.edu: A succinct description (no more than 600 words) of the project for which travel is required, stating why the travel is crucial to the success of the project, which archives and/or libraries you intend to visit, and the sources you need to consult there.
    1. A succinct description (no more than 600 words) of the project for which travel is required, stating why the travel is crucial to the success of the project, which archives and/or libraries you intend to visit, and the sources you need to consult there.
    2. An unofficial UM Transcript (which should be obtainable through your Canelink account. Click HERE for details from UM Registrar)
    3. Curriculum vitae (including teaching and any conference presentations and/or publications)
    4. Letter of recommendation from your faculty advisor
    5. A tentative budget (airfare, lodging, etc.)
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  3. Complete applications are due by Monday, February 19, 2024. A faculty committee will select a recipient, who will be notified by the middle of April.

To download a PDF of the award announcement:

Information about the Professors Emerita: Suzuki / Lindemann / Cruz:

Mihoko Suzuki, Professor of English and Cooper Fellow in the Humanities, Emerita, served ten years as the Founding Director of the Center for the Humanities at the University of Miami. She earned her AB in an interdisciplinary major, History and Literature, in the College Scholar Program at Cornell University, and her PhD in Comparative Literature at Yale University. Her scholarship currently focuses on Renaissance and early modern literature and culture, English and European, with an emphasis on gender, politics, and authorship. She has also published on the classical tradition and the relationship between Japan and Western Europe during the early modern period. 

For an extended overview of Suzuki’s scholarship, please click HERE.

Mary Lindemann is Professor Emerita of History and former Chair of the Department of History at the University of Miami. She received her Ph.D. in History from the University of Cincinnati in 1980, taught at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington (1982-1982), at LeMoyne College (1983-1987), and at Carnegie Mellon University (1987-2004) before becoming a faculty member of the University of Miami in 2004. She is a leading expert on the history of early modern Europe, the history of Germany, and the history of medicine. 

For an extended overview of Lindemann’s scholarship, please click HERE.

Anne Cruz is Professor Emerita in Early Modern Spanish Literature and Culture as well as Gender Studies in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (MLL) at the University of Miami. She also served as Chair of MLL from 2003 until 2008. Prior to her appointment at the University of Miami in 2003, Cruz held positions at the University of Illinois, Chicago (1995-2003); and the University of California, Irvine (1982-1995). Cruz earned her PhD and AM from Stanford University in 1982; and her AB from Stanford in 1975. 

For an extended overview of Cruz’s scholarship, please click HERE.