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The Ph.D. Professional Development Conference will take place in February 2019 in New York City. Applications will be available in December 2018 through our Fellows Portal.
Eligible Fields of Study
• Anthropology and Archaeology
• Area/Cultural/Ethnic/Gender Studies
• Art History
• Classics
• Computer Science *
• Geography and Population Studies
• Earth/Environmental/Geological Science and Ecology *
• English
• Film, Cinema and Media Studies (theoretical focus)
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• History
• Linguistics
• Literature
• Mathematics *
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology
• Oceanographic/Marine/Atmospheric/Planetary Science *
• Performance Studies (theoretical focus)
• Philosophy and Political Theory
• Physics and Astronomy *
• Religion and Theology
• Sociology
• Theater (non-performance focus)
• Interdisciplinary Studies
* No longer applicable for new undergraduate fellows
Fellows who enter Ph.D. programs in a field not listed above must formally petition for recognition of the graduate program. For more information on SSRC-Mellon Mays benefits, please contact mellonmays@ssrc.org.