Scholar in Residence Program 2009-2010

2009-2010 Scholar in Residence
Maria Bashshur Abunnasr

Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections, a department in Library and Information Technology Services (LITS), hosts a scholar working for a period of up to nine months utilizing Archives and Special Collections extensive resources on women’s history. The scholar is accorded access to LITS resources including library collections, a Mount Holyoke guest computing account, office space, computer and printer and research assistance. In return, the scholar presents a talk on the work in progress at a public event toward the end of the residency.

1. Encourage research and writing on women’s history, literature, and culture.
2. Encourage scholars to conduct original scholarship that draws on the resources in Archives and Special Collections and LITS.
3. Facilitate the dissemination of the researchers' findings through lectures, publications, and the ongoing LITS Cultural Programming series.
4. Foster productive working relationships between humanities scholars and the Mount Holyoke College Library and Information Technology Services.

The residency does not provide housing nor a stipend or salary of any kind. Once awarded, the residency will expire nine months from the date of award.

Former Scholars in Residence

2008 Scholar in Residence:
Ann Meeropol. A Cold Wind: Mary Emma Woolley and the Defeat of Female Leadership at Mount Holyoke College, 1934-1937.

2006-2007 Scholar in Residence:
Mary Elizabeth Strunk. Secretions and Lives: Hormones, Body Languages and Biopolitics (Dr. A. Elizabeth Adams papers).