The Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship offers splendid opportunities for collegiality with and mentoring from the staff, other visiting fellows, and the academic community in and near Worcester, Massachusetts. The Fellowship includes a manuscript review of the fellow's work in progress. On behalf of the Hench fellow, the Society convenes a group of leading scholars to read the manuscript and provide feedback on areas where additional research is needed, as well as advice on how to reshape the dissertation for publication. Applicants must be scholars who are no more than three years beyond receipt of their doctorate. Any topic relevant to the Society's library collections and programmatic scope, that is, American history and culture through 1900, is eligible. Applicants may come from such fields as history, literature, American studies, political science, art history, music history, and others relating to America in the period of the Society's coverage. The Society also welcomes applications from those who have advance book contracts, as well as those who have not yet made contact with a publisher. The Fellow will be selected on the basis of the applicant's scholarly qualifications, the appropriateness of the project to the Society's collections and interests, and, above all, the likelihood that the revised dissertation will make a highly significant book. Two letters of recommendation are also required. Please visit the fellowship's website or contact the American Antiquarian Society for more information.