Biruté Ciplijauskaité Postdoctoral Fellowships in Peninsular Spanish Literature and Culture at Wisconsin-Madison University
The Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is pleased to announce that it will offer one Biruté Ciplijauskaité Fellowship for the 2026-2027 academic year, to be awarded to a scholar from outside the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Thanks to a generous bequest by the late Biruté Ciplijauskaité, John Bascom Professor Emerita in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese and a Senior Fellow of IRH, the fellowship is available to a scholar with a Ph.D. (at any stage of career), working in Spanish literary and cultural studies of the Iberian Peninsula. We are especially interested in scholars working on peninsular Spanish poetry. The Ciplijauskaité Fellowship does not typically support editions, anthologies, or translations.
The award provides a stipend of $60,000, plus health benefits (if accepting the award through UW-Madison payroll), office space, limited support services, and access to university facilities (libraries). All IRH fellowships are residential. Ciplijauskaité Fellows are required to live in Madison, Wisconsin throughout the academic year to ensure their active participation in the intellectual and social life at IRH. Fellows are also expected to participate in the intellectual life of IRH by attending the required weekly Monday afternoon seminar, utilizing their IRH office regularly, and giving a seminar presentation. Fellows are also encouraged to join the weekly afternoon teas and other IRH events as time and interest permit. Fellows may extend their residency through the summer on a non-stipendiary basis. However, the fellowship may not be deferred for any reason.
The application for 2026-2027 fellowships is now open. Applications are due on Thursday, October 23, 2025. The final notification of awards will be sent in late February or early March 2026.
- 2026–2027 Ciplijauskaité Fellowship call for applications
- 2026–2027 Ciplijauskaité Fellowship application form
Applications must be submitted through the “application form” link to Interfolio above. For help using Interfolio, or with issues with letters of recommendation or other files, please refer to the documents below.
