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Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection
Library Research Fellowship Program 2021-2022
Call for Applications
**Contingent on resumption of on-campus operations beginning fall 2021**
Thanks to generous ongoing funding from the Elios Charitable Foundation and the
Tsakopoulos Hellenic Foundation, and new funding from the Tarbell Family Foundation, the
University Library is pleased to offer the continuation of the Library Research Fellowship
Program (LRFP) to support the use of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection by fellows for
scholarly research in Hellenic studies while in residence in Sacramento, CA.
The LRFP provides a limited number of fellowships (5-8 this year) ranging from $1,500 to
$5,000 in the form of reimbursement to help offset transportation and living expenses
incurred in connection with the awards. Since the Program’s inception in 2012, twenty-four
fellows in Hellenic studies from nine countries, including seven independent scholars and
13 women, have benefitted from sustained access to the collection in support of original
scholarly research. Thus far these research stays have directly contributed to the
fruition of at least 10 conference papers, five journal articles, four book chapters, two
completed doctoral dissertations, and one monograph.
The Program is open to external researchers anywhere in the world at the graduate through
senior scholar levels (including independent scholars) working in fields encompassed by
the Collection's strengths who reside outside a 75-mile radius of Sacramento. The
term of fellowships can vary between two weeks and three months, depending on the nature
of the research, and for the current cycle will be tenable from September 1, 2021-August
31, 2022. Please note that the 2021-2022 LRFP is contingent on the resumption of on-campus
operations beginning fall 2021. Should this not be possible due to the pandemic,
fellowship offers will be deferred until such time as awardees can opt to accept or
decline them.
The fellowship application deadline is April 2, 2021. No late applications will be
considered.
Consisting of the holdings of the former Speros Basil Vryonis Center for the Study of
Hellenism, the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection is the premier Hellenic collection in the
western United States and one of the largest of its kind in the country, currently
numbering approximately 75,000 volumes and over 430 linear feet of archives. It comprises
a large circulating book collection, journal holdings, electronic resources, non-print
media materials, rare books, archival materials, art and artifacts. With its focus on the
Hellenic world, the Collection contains early through contemporary materials across the
social sciences and humanities relating to Greece, the Balkans, the Ottoman Empire and
modern Turkey, and the surrounding region, with particular strengths in Byzantine,
post-Byzantine, and Modern Greek studies, including the Greek diaspora worldwide. There is
a broad representation of over 20 languages in the Collection, with a rich assortment of
primary source materials. For further information about the Tsakopoulos Hellenic
Collection, visit
http://library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos-hellenic-collection.
For the full Library Research Fellowship Program description and application instructions,
see:
http://library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos-hellenic-collection/lrfp. Questions about the
Program can be directed to George I. Paganelis, Curator, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection
(paganelis@csus.edu<mailto:paganelis@csus.edu>).
Best,
George I. Paganelis
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George I. Paganelis
Curator, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection
University Library
California State University, Sacramento
2000 State University Drive
Sacramento, CA 95819-6039
Ph: (916) 278-4361 * (916) 278-6877
Fax: (916) 278-5917
paganelis@csus.edu<mailto:paganelis@csus.edu>
http://www.library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos
Schedule a research appointment:
https://csus.libcal.com/appointments/paganelis