Professor Simon Gilhooley Wins an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship
Simon Gilhooley. Photo by John Verner
Associate Professor of Politics Simon Gilhooley received an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship at the Massachusetts Historical Society for 2025–26. The fellowship will support his project "The Declaration of Independence as Constitutional Authority in the Long Nineteenth Century," which studies how political actors across American history have invoked the Declaration not just as a rhetorical device but as a set of principles to guide interpretation of the Constitution. He is one of only nine individuals offered an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for the upcoming academic year.
Gilhooley’s book project will focus on the correspondence of Declaration signers John Adams, Elbridge Gerry, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert Treat Paine, and the papers of key political families of the period, all of which he will consult during the fellowship. Awardees receive $3,000 to complete four weeks of residency.
Post Date: 06-10-2025
Gilhooley’s book project will focus on the correspondence of Declaration signers John Adams, Elbridge Gerry, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert Treat Paine, and the papers of key political families of the period, all of which he will consult during the fellowship. Awardees receive $3,000 to complete four weeks of residency.
Post Date: 06-10-2025