New-York Historical Society NEH Fellowship Program

FAIN: RA-285440-22

New-York Historical (New York, NY 10024-5152)
Valerie Paley (Project Director: August 2021 to present)

10 months of stipend support (1 fellowship) per year for three years and a contribution to defray costs associated with the selection of fellows.

The New-York Historical Society's fellowship program provides promising scholars in American history a distinctive opportunity for intensive scholarly research and professional development: one that leverages our status as a Museum, Library, and premier national center for public history to offer fellows the chance to not only advance their academic research, but also to bring their work to the public and collaborate with public humanities professionals across a wide range of fields. Over the course of their term, fellows conduct interdisciplinary research in history, art history, and material culture. Scholar advisors who have worked extensively with our collections can guide new fellows in conducting effective research in our holdings. New-York Historical respectfully requests funding for one FPIRI fellowship in the 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2026 years.

Associated Products

Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding (Book)
Title: Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding
Author: Hannah Farber
Abstract: Unassuming but formidable, American maritime insurers used their position at the pinnacle of global trade to shape the new nation. The international information they gathered and the capital they generated enabled them to play central roles in state building and economic development. During the Revolution, they helped the U.S. negotiate foreign loans, sell state debts, and establish a single national bank. Afterward, they increased their influence by lending money to the federal government and to its citizens. Even as federal and state governments began to encroach on their domain, maritime insurers adapted, preserving their autonomy and authority through extensive involvement in the formation of commercial law. Leveraging their claims to unmatched expertise, they operated free from government interference while simultaneously embedding themselves into the nation's institutional fabric. By the early nineteenth century, insurers were no longer just risk assessors. They were nation builders and market makers. Deeply and imaginatively researched, Underwriters of the United States uses marine insurers to reveal a startlingly original story of risk, money, and power in the founding era.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://worldcat.org/title/1281649806http://
Primary URL Description: WorldCat URL
Access Model: book and ebook
Publisher: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9781469663630
Copy sent to NEH?: No

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