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Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection
Hellenic Research Fellowship Program 2023-2024
Thanks to generous ongoing funding from the Elios Charitable Foundation, the Tsakopoulos
Hellenic Foundation, and the Tarbell Family Foundation, the University Library is pleased
to offer the continuation of the Hellenic Research Fellowship Program (HRFP) for an 11th
year. The Program supports the use of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection by fellows for
scholarly research in Hellenic studies while in residence in Sacramento, CA.
The HRFP provides a limited number of fellowships 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, thirty-five fellows in
Hellenic studies from 12 countries, including seven independent scholars and 17 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 12 conference papers, six journal articles, five book chapters, two completed
doctoral dissertations, and two monographs.
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, 2023-August
31, 2024. Please note that the HRFP is contingent on continued on-campus operations
beginning fall 2023. Should this not be possible due to pandemic or other causes,
fellowship offers will be deferred until such time as awardees can opt to accept or
decline them.
The fellowship application deadline is May 23, 2023. 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 west of
the Mississippi and one of the largest of its kind in the country, currently numbering
approximately 80,000 volumes and over 450 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:
https://library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos-hellenic-collection/hrfp. 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, MS 6039
California State University, Sacramento
2000 State University Drive
Sacramento, CA 95819
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