Call for Applications /// The Merry Ovnick Fellowship, Society of Architectural Historians/Southern California Chapter (SAH/SCC)
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THE MERRY OVNICK FELLOWSHIP
Application now available. Due onFriday, January 30,2026, 12:00 AM
The Merry Ovnick Fellowship is established by the Society of Architectural Historians/Southern California Chapter (SAH/SCC) in honor of past-President and longtime board member Merry Ovnick. It provides for $1,000 annually to support the travel of an advanced graduate student to the SAH Annual International Conference. Any graduate student studying at a college or university in California is qualified to apply. The Fellowship will be awarded annually.
In celebration of the Fellowship, The Merry Ovnick Fellowship Fundraiser and Lecture will be held on Saturday, February 28th, 2026 at the historic Neutra Office in Silver Lake and broadcast via Zoom. Luke Leuschner, architectural historian and recipient of the 2025 Fellowship, will be the featured speaker. One hundred percent of the proceeds of the lecture will go to the support of the Fellowship.
As an author and educator, Merry wrote extensively on the Southern California built environment and was the author of Los Angeles: The End of the Rainbow (Princeton Architectural Press, 1999). For 18 years, she also was the editor of the Southern California Quarterly. As a teacher in the history department at California State University, Northridge, she educated and mentored young historians for decades. She served as President of SAH/SCC and was a long-time board member. Merry’s final wishes were that those of us left behind pay forward her passion and enjoyment of architecture and history.
The application document can be found here.
Individuals wishing to make a donation in support of the Fellowship can do so at www.sahscc.org. Tickets for the lecture will be available January 1st, 2025.
Fellowship Timeline
Call for Applications
Submissions Deadline EXTENDED to Selection Committee January 30th
Selection/announcement of recipient February 15th
Merry Ovnick Fellowship Lecture/Fundraiser February 28th
Advise SAH International of recipient March 1st
Spring Conference in Mexico City April 15th-19th
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