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Science Fiction Studies announces the third annual R.D. Mullen
Fellowship supporting research in the J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Utopian Literature at the
University of California, Riverside. Awards of up to $1500 are available
to fund research in the archive during the 2011-12 academic year.
Students in good standing in graduate degree-granting programs are
eligible to apply. We welcome applications from international students.



The Mullen Fellowship, named in honor of SFS's founding editor, promotes
archival work in the Eaton's extensive holdings, which include over
100,000 hardcover and paperback books, over 250,000 fanzines, full runs
of all major pulp and digest magazines, and the manuscripts of prominent
sf writers such as Gregory Benford, David Brin, and Anne McCaffrey.
Other noteworthy parts of the Collection are: 500 shooting scripts of
science fiction films; 3500 volumes of proto-sf "boy's books" of the Tom
Swift variety; works of sf in numerous foreign languages, including
Chinese, Czech, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese,
Romanian, Russian, and Spanish; a large collection of taped fan
conventions and taped interviews with American, British, and French
writers; reference materials on topics such as applied science, magic,
witchcraft, UFOs, and Star Trek; an extensive collection of anime and
manga; and the largest holdings of critical materials on science fiction
and fantasy in the United States. Further information about the Eaton
Collection can be found online at: <http://eaton-collection.ucr.edu/>.



Applications should include a cover letter explaining the candidate's
academic experience and preparation, a CV, a 2-3 page proposal outlining
a specific and well-developed agenda for research in the Eaton archive,
a prospective budget detailing expenses, and two letters of
recommendation from individuals familiar with the candidate's academic
work.

Applications should be sent to: Professor Rob Latham, Department of
English, UC-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0323. Electronic submission
(as RTF or PDF files) to <rob.l...@ucr.edu> is preferred.

The deadline for submission is April 8, 2011. Applications will be
reviewed by a committee of sf scholars, and successful applicants will
be notified in early May. Any questions should be addressed to Rob
Latham at: <rob.l...@ucr.edu>.