Environmental
Humanities Visiting Research Fellowships

Applications
are invited for IASH Environmental Humanities Visiting Research Fellowships of
between two and four months.

These
Visiting Fellowships are intended to encourage outstanding interdisciplinary
research, international scholarly c
ollaboration, and networking activities of
Visiting Research Fellows with a specific focus on the Environmental
Humanities. Fellows will be expected to contribute to furthering the work of
the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities network, to explore where possible
collaborations with academic staff in Edinburgh Environmental Humanitiesnetwork, and to take an active part in IASH interdisciplinary events.

Fellows will
be expected to give two presentations about their research during their stay,
one at IASH and one to Environmental Humanities colleagues.

A bursary of
up to £1,000 will be offered to successful candidates to contribute towards
travel and subsistence costs.

Application
procedure

Closing
date

The closing date for
the receipt of the next round of applications is 28 February 2016.

Applications
received after that date will not be considered. Successful candidates will be
notified by email by the end of April 2015 with a formal letter of confirmation
to follow; please ensure that you supply a valid email address so that you can
be contacted quickly after decisions are made.

The
application form

The application form
is the same as the standard Visiting Research Fellowships, though candidates
should clearly indicate their interest in being considered for the
Environmental Humanities Visiting Research Fellowship in their
application.  The form can be completed on or offline:

• Online application form for Visiting Research Fellowships
• Download
  the Word Document, and email it when completed to iash@ed.ac.uk

References

1. A
   minimum of two and a maximum of three confidential references are
   required. 
2. At
   least one referee should come from outside the institution of the
   applicant.
3. Referees
   should comment on the nature and quality of the research proposal, as well
   as on the qualifications of the applicant.

Applicants should
ask their referees to send their references by email to the Institute Director
at iash@ed.ac.uk by 28
February 2016.

Notes
for guidance

Candidates for
Fellowships will hold a doctorate or equivalent professional qualification.
Consideration will be given to the academic record and the publications of all
applicants and their capacity to disseminate their views among a community of
like-minded people. Candidates should give evidence of any contact they have
made with researchers at the University of Edinburgh, and of proposed
collaboration during and beyond their visit to Edinburgh; those who do make
such contact before submitting their applications will be at an advantage.
Competition for Fellowships is intense and preference may be given to
applicants who have not previously held a Fellowship at the Institute or an
equivalent institution.

The Institute was
established in 1970 to promote enquiry of the highest standards in the
Humanities and Social Sciences. Inter-departmental and inter-disciplinary study
is encouraged.

Fellows are expected
to be resident in Edinburgh throughout the tenure of their Fellowship and to
play a full part in the activities of the Institute. The Institute will be
pleased to help with finding suitable accommodation in Edinburgh but is unable
to pay accommodation costs. The minimum tenure for a Fellowship is two months;
applications for less than two months will not be considered.

No regular teaching
is required but Fellows will give at least one seminar at IASH on their current
research work and may be asked to speak to an appropriate subject group within
the College of Humanities and Social Science.

The Institute is
close to the University Library and within easy reach of the National Library
of Scotland, the Central City Library, the National Galleries and Museums, the
Library of the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland, the library of the Royal
College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and the National Archives of Scotland.
Access to both the extensive archival and online resources of all of these
collections can be arranged for Fellows as appropriate.