Thomas K. McCraw Fellowship

Thomas K. McCraw Fellowship is sponsored by Harvard Business School. This fellowship enables established scholars from around the world whose primary interest is the business and economic history of the United States to spend time in residence at Harvard Business School to conduct research in the archives of Baker Library or other Boston-area lib…

Fellowships | Business History This page contains information about the fellowships we offer, profiles of recent fellows, and a list of all past fellowship recipients. The Thomas K. McCraw Fellowship in U.S. Business History This award honors the work and contributions of Thomas K.

McCraw (1940-2012), who was Isidor Straus Professor of Business History at Harvard Business School. The fellowship enables established scholars from around the world whose primary interest is the business and economic history of the United States to spend time in residence at Harvard Business School. The main activities of the Thomas K.

McCraw Fellow will be to conduct research in the archives of Baker Library or in other Boston-area libraries, present their work at a seminar, and interact with HBS faculty. The Thomas K. McCraw Fellow will receive a stipend of $7,000 to cover travel and living expenses.

Fellows are expected to be in residence for a minimum of two months during the fall semester. Recipients of the fellowship will receive work space, an e-mail account, a phone, a computer, an ID card, and access to the University’s libraries and to the HBS Intranet for the duration of the appointment. Applicants should submit a cover letter, a CV, and a two- to three-page research proposal online no later than December 1, 2025.

Letters of reference can be submitted online through Interfolio or by email to bhi@hbs. edu with the applicant’s name in the subject line. Harvard University is committed to equal opportunity (pdf) and non-discrimination (pdf) .

We seek talent from all parts of society and the world, and we strive to ensure everyone at Harvard thrives. Our differences help our community advance Harvard’s academic purposes.

Harvard has an equal employment opportunity policy (pdf) that outlines our commitment to prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, religion, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or identified in the university’s non-discrimination policy (pdf) .

Harvard’s equal employment opportunity policy (pdf) and non-discrimination policy (pdf) help all community members participate fully in work and campus life free from harassment and discrimination.

As an academic corporate lawyer with a historically-oriented scholarly agenda, my time at HBS provided the ideal opportunity to enrich my research by talking with the numerous faculty members interested in history, and by drawing upon Baker Library’s wonderful resources.

Brian Cheffins ; University of Cambridge, 2014 McCraw Fellow Harvard Business School is a special place to develop new ideas and exchange them with extraordinary scholars. Doing research at the Baker Library was for me a source of continuous discovery and surprise. Its archival collections offer unique insights into the history of business.

Giovanni Favero ; Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2018 McCraw Fellow Apply for the McCraw Fellowship Alfred D. Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar in Business History The Alfred D. Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar in Business History Program invites established scholars in business history based outside the United States to spend a period of time in residence at Harvard Business School.

The Chandler International Visiting Scholar is expected to interact with faculty and researchers, present work at research seminars, and conduct business history research. Recipients will be given a $7,000 stipend (payable at the end of their visit), office space, an e-mail account, phone, computer, ID card, and access to the University’s libraries and the HBS Intranet. The program requires a two-month minimum length of stay.

Scholars may stay up to a maximum of six months. It is expected that the recipient will be actively engaged in the intellectual life of the business history group. Fellowship recipients must be in residence during the fall semester.

They will be expected to participate in the Business History Seminar, which meets from late September through November, and other fall activities. Applicants should indicate when during the calendar year they would like to be on campus. Applicants should submit a cover letter, a CV, and a two- to three-page research proposal online, no later than December 1, 2025.

The applicant should also arrange for two letters of reference, sent directly by the recommender, to be submitted online through Interfolio or by email to bhi@hbs. edu with the applicant’s name in the subject line. Harvard University is committed to equal opportunity (pdf) and non-discrimination (pdf) .

We seek talent from all parts of society and the world, and we strive to ensure everyone at Harvard thrives. Our differences help our community advance Harvard’s academic purposes.

Harvard has an equal employment opportunity policy (pdf) that outlines our commitment to prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, religion, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or identified in the university’s non-discrimination policy (pdf) .

Harvard’s equal employment opportunity policy (pdf) and non-discrimination policy (pdf) help all community members participate fully in work and campus life free from harassment and discrimination. Apply to be a Chandler International Visiting Scholar The Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Travel Fellowships The purpose of this fellowship is to facilitate library and archival research in business or economic history.

Individual grants range from $1,000 to $5,000.

Three categories of applicants will be eligible for grants: 1) Harvard University graduate students in history, economics, or business administration, whose research requires travel to distant archives or repositories; 2) graduate students or nontenured faculty in those fields from other universities, in the U.S. and abroad, whose research requires travel to Baker Library and other local archives; and 3) Harvard College undergraduates writing senior theses in these fields whose research requires travel away from Cambridge.

To apply, send a CV, a summary of past academic research (1-2 pages), and a detailed description of the research you wish to undertake (2-3 pages). Applicants must indicate the amount of money requested (up to $5,000). Please also arrange to have one letter of reference sent via email directly from the recommender.

The deadline for receipt of applications is March 15, 2026. All materials should be submitted by email to bhi@hbs. edu.

Harvard University is committed to equal opportunity (pdf) and non-discrimination (pdf) . We seek talent from all parts of society and the world, and we strive to ensure everyone at Harvard thrives. Our differences help our community advance Harvard’s academic purposes.

Harvard has an equal employment opportunity policy (pdf) that outlines our commitment to prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, religion, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or identified in the university’s non-discrimination policy (pdf) .

Harvard’s equal employment opportunity policy (pdf) and non-discrimination policy (pdf) help all community members participate fully in work and campus life free from harassment and discrimination. The travel fellowship allowed me to conduct research at Baker Library. The Lehman Bros.

collection, which holds the original partnership agreements for Kuhn, Loeb & Co. , is a rare and important resource. Susie J.

Pak ; St. John’s University, 2007 Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Travel Fellow The History at HBS Project at Harvard Business School identifies and supports outstanding scholars whose work responds to the growing interest in the study of Business from a historical perspective.

One History at HBS Postdoctoral Fellow will be appointed for the academic year 2026-2027 and will be provided time, guidance, office space, and access to Harvard University facilities. Fellows should be prepared to devote their time to productive scholarship and must undertake sustained projects of new research or other original work.

They will be expected to be in residence and participate in the vibrant community of business and economic historians at Harvard Business School and in the Harvard community more broadly. These duties will include supporting the annual Business History Seminar series, and might include assisting the Business History Review and other activities of the School’s Business History Initiative.

This appointment is set to begin July 1, 2026 and run through June 30, 2027. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis but should be submitted by March 8th, 2026 to ensure full consideration. A Ph.

D. (or comparable professional school degree) in business and economic history, and cognate fields including political economy, economics, management and history completed within the past 5 years is required. Note: If you have obtained your Ph.

D. in the past 12 months you must be able to provide a certificate of completion from the degree-granting institution OR a letter from the institution’s Registrar stating all requirements for the degree have been successfully completed and should verify the date the degree has been conferred. No exceptions.

Harvard University is committed to equal opportunity (pdf) and non-discrimination (pdf) . We seek talent from all parts of society and the world, and we strive to ensure everyone at Harvard thrives. Our differences help our community advance Harvard’s academic purposes.

Harvard has an equal employment opportunity policy (pdf) that outlines our commitment to prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, religion, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or identified in the university’s non-discrimination policy (pdf) .

Harvard’s equal employment opportunity policy (pdf) and non-discrimination policy (pdf) help all community members participate fully in work and campus life free from harassment and discrimination. Apply for a Postdoctoral Fellowship Visiting Scholars & Fellowship Recipients Visiting Scholars & Fellowship Recipients London School of Economics and Political Science, Alfred D.

Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar, 2025 Gerben Bakker specializes in the long-run analysis of innovation, especially in the creative industries. He has completed award-winning research programs on the history of the live entertainment, motion picture, and music industries, and on the trade in news.

Currently he is completing research on the business and economic history of the American motion picture industry since 1945, and he is beginning a new research project on the history of multinationals in the creative industries. His latest publication is “The Terminal Revolution: Reuters and Bloomberg as Global Providers of Financial and Economic News, c. 1960 – 2019,” in Pedro Aguiar and Oliver Boyd-Barrett, eds.

, The Routledge Handbook of News Agencies (2025). Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Capitalism Adam Hefetz is a historian specializing in Zionism and capitalism, approached through the lens of business history. He earned his Ph.

D. in Jewish History from the University of Haifa. He is currently revising his dissertation into a book titled Financing Zionism: The Anglo-Palestine Bank and the Origins of Israeli Capitalism.

His second major research project, tentatively titled Profiting from Petroleum: A Global History of Israel’s Oil Companies, explores the integration of Israel’s oil sector into the global fossil fuel economy.

Hefetz’s recent publications examine diverse aspects of economic and political history, including the financing strategies of Zionist institutions, the regulation of Palestine’s banking sector, and the intersections of accounting, imperialism, and capitalism in Mandate Palestine. Copenhagen Business School, Thomas K. McCraw Fellow, 2025 Christina Lubinski earned her Ph.

D. at the University of Göttingen and was the Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Business School in 2010. She works across business history and entrepreneurship studies, using historical and humanistic approaches to explore how entrepreneurship shapes and is shaped by society.

While here at HBS, she will draw on Baker Library archives to study the Harvard Research Center in Entrepreneurial History, a pioneering postwar research group that grappled with the social and economic role of entrepreneurship, debates that remain central to the field today.

Her most recent publications include “Entrepreneurialism: Conceptual Exploration of an Ideology” (Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 2025), using historical approaches to understand the pervasiveness of entrepreneurship discourse on society.

The paperback edition of her book Navigating Nationalism in Global Enterprise was just released by Cambridge University Press, reflecting her ongoing interest in the intersections of entrepreneurship, history, and society. Past Fellows & Visiting Scholars reflect on their experience. Alfred D.

Chandler Jr. International Visiting Scholar, 2023–2024 Thomas K. McCraw Fellow in U.S. Business History, 2023–2024 Harvard-Newcomen Fellow, 2022 Harvard-Newcomen Fellow in Business History, 2018–2019 Harvard University Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Non-Discrimination Statement Harvard University is committed to equal opportunity (pdf) and non-discrimination (pdf) .

We seek talent from all parts of society and the world, and we strive to ensure everyone at Harvard thrives. Our differences help our community advance Harvard’s academic purposes.

Harvard has an equal employment opportunity policy (pdf) that outlines our commitment to prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, religion, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or identified in the university’s non-discrimination policy (pdf) .

Harvard’s equal employment opportunity policy (pdf) and non-discrimination policy (pdf) help all community members participate fully in work and campus life free from harassment and discrimination.