Gale and ASECS Award Fellowships to Five Scholars to Support Emerging Research of Eighteenth-Century Studies
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. and FISHKILL, N.Y., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gale, part of Cengage Group, in partnership with the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), has awarded fellowships to five researchers, known as the Gale-ASECS Non-Residential Fellowships. Funded by Gale, each fellow receives $2,500 and access to Gale's Eighteenth Century Collections OnlineĀ (ECCO), as well as access to the Gale Digital Scholar Lab (The Lab). Using The Lab, the program provides fellows with invaluable text and data mining tools to explore ECCO and advance their work using digital humanities methods. The fellowships aim to help scholars expand the field of eighteenth-century studies for research or teaching.
- The fellowships aim to help scholars expand the field of eighteenth-century studies for research or teaching.
- Access to Gale Digital Scholar Lab lets these fellows explore the use of digital humanities methodologies in new ways.
- Gale Digital Scholar Lab was created to address common challenges researchers and scholars face when analyzing large sets of archives.
- In offering fellowships, to scholars in multiple-disciplines, Gale is increasing access to text and data mining tools and furthering opportunities in both research and teaching.