Miriam U. Chrisman Travel Fellowship

The Society for Reformation research offers the Miriam U. Chrisman Travel Fellowship of $1500 every other year in odd numbered years (2003, 2005, etc.) to graduate students who need to travel abroad to do research on their doctoral dissertations. The award competition is open to all students of European history, 1450-1650, whose topics deal with religious history in some way. Students working on southern Europe are eligible as are those working on northern Europe; topics dealing with Catholicism or minority religions are as welcome as topics in Reformation studies. The purpose of the award is to help defray the expenses of working abroad.

Applicants should provide a 2 to 5 page description of their research project together with a paragraph about where and why they want to work abroad, their curriculum vitae, and a letter of recommendation from their dissertation director or major professor. The letter of recommendation should be sent separately to preserve confidentiality. A single copy of these should be sent to:

‘Chrisman Fellowship’
c/o Society for Reformation Research
Attention Profs. Janis Gibbs/ Jeff Tyler
Dept. of History
Hope College
Holland, MI 49422-9000

The application information will be forwarded from the SRR’s business office to the current SRR president. The deadline for submission is 1 February of the year in which the award is to be made (2003, 2005, etc.).

Chrisman Fellows:

2001 -- Andrew H. Weaver. "Piety, Politics, and Patronage: Motets at the Habsburg Court in Vienna During the Reign of Ferdinand III (1637-1657)." Dr. Weaver graduated a year after the fellowship from Yale University, where he studied under Professor Ellen Rosand. In 2005, he accepted an appointment as Assistant Professor of Music at the Catholic University of America.

2003 -- Thomas Ridenhour, Jr. "Reformed Method, Law, and Politics: The Legal and Political Works of Johannes Althusius in their Intellectual and Cultural Context." Mr. Ridenhour is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Virginia working under the direction of Professor Erik Midelfort.

2007 -- Anne Throckmorton,  "Saints, Sacred Landmarks, and the Fluid Boundaries of Faith in Post-Reformation England." Ms. Throckmorton is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Virginia working under the direction of Professor Paul Halliday.