The Warburg Institute is pleased to offer Short-Term Research Fellowships in
Intellectual and Cultural History to study in the UK for the academic year
2018-2019. Applicants of all nationalities are eligible to apply for this
fellowship program.
The Warburg Institute
is renowned across the world for the interdisciplinary study of cultural and
intellectual history, particularly the role of images in culture. It is
dedicated to research on the history of ideas, the disse
mination and
transformations of texts, ideas and images in society, and the relationship
between images, art and their texts and subtexts. Its work is historical,
philological and anthropological.
Course
Level: This
is a short term research fellowship program.
Study
Subject: Fellowship
is awarded in Intellectual and Cultural History.
Scholarship
Award:
The Fellowship does not provide a stipend but gives financial support towards
living and subsistence costs in London and towards travel expenses. The values
of the fellowships (rates for 2018/19) are £2,800 for two months, £4,000 for
three months, and £5,200 for four months. The amount of these payments is
absolute; no additional costs will be paid.
Number of
Scholarships:
Each year the Institute offers a number of short-term Fellowships of two, three
or four months duration.
Scholarship
can be taken in
the
UK
Eligibility: The following criteria must
be met in order for applicants to be eligible for the scholarship:
- The
Fellowships are intended for scholars in the early stages of their
careers. Candidates must have completed at least one year’s research on
their doctoral dissertation by the time they submit their application for
a Fellowship and, if postdoctoral, must have been awarded their doctorate
within the preceding five years, i.e. after 1 October 2012. If their
doctorate was awarded before this date, candidates must make a clear case
in their application for any modification of this general rule (e.g.
maternity or paternity leave or illness resulting in a career break).
Nationality:
Applicants
of all nationalities are eligible to apply for this fellowship program.
College
Admission Requirement
Entrance
Requirements: The Fellowships are intended for scholars in the early stages of
their careers.
How to
Apply:
Applications must be made using the application form.
The application form
asks you to provide the following:
- Brief
general information - The
names and addresses of two people who have agreed to write a reference in
support of your application. We prefer to receive references in English
but if necessary will accept references only in French, Italian, Spanish
or German. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ask his/her
two referees to supply letters of reference, and it is strongly advised
that referees are contacted well in advance of 1 December. References must
be emailed by your referees as Word or PDF document attachments (on headed
paper, signed and scanned) direct to ulrecruit@london.ac.uk and the
applicant’s surname and “Warburg Short-term Fellowship” must appear in the
subject line of the email. The deadline for references to be received at
ulrecruit@london.ac.uk is by midnight (GMT) on Friday, 1 December 2017. - Questions
relating to your proposed research project:
- An abstract of not more than 150 words
outlining the significance of your research project. - A detailed description of your proposed
research project (no more than 800 words) including the title of
your research project and the outputs you intend to complete. - A brief timetable for your research work to
demonstrate the feasibility of completing your work within the period of
the Fellowship. - Your reasons for needing to carry out your
research at the Warburg and examples of the resources you will use (human
and material resources). - A description of the contribution the
candidate will make to the intellectual life of the Institute.
- A
curriculum vitae giving full details of name, address (including e-mail
address), present occupation, school and university education, degrees,
teaching and research experience, and publications. Please ensure
that you include the start and end dates for all
positions/scholarships/study periods/funding etc held. (The CV
should be no longer than 3 x A4 pages). - One
writing sample. The writing sample should be as close to 5,000 words as
possible and be an un-abridged article or similar written preferably in
English (but a writing sample in French, Italian, Spanish or German will
also be acceptable). Please add your writing sample as a separate document
to the Online Recruitment System.
Application
Deadline: Fellowship
application deadline is October 1, 2017.