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Eccles Centre Visiting Professor in North American Studies 2010

One award to be made to post-doctoral scholar resident in the USA or Canada whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection. The award holder must plan to be in research residence at the British Library for a minimum of three months.


The Eccles Centre Visiting Professor will be entitled to an award of £6,000 for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The British Association for American Studies will manage the detailed administration of this award. The award holder will have privileged access to the collections and the curatorial expertise of the British Library.

It is anticipated that the Eccles Visiting Professor is likely to be on research sabbatical from his/her university/college in North America, and that the award will supplement other research funds in order to help the professor undertake a period of research at the British Library.

 

Eccles Centre Visiting Fellows in North American Studies 2010

Three awards to be made to post-doctoral scholars normally resident in the UK, outside the M25, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection. The award holder must plan to be in research residence at the British Library for a minimum of one month.

Each Eccles Centre Visiting Fellow will be entitled to an award of £2,000 for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The detailed administration of this award will be managed by the British Association for American Studies. The award holder will have privileged access to the collections and the curatorial expertise of the British Library.

 

Eccles Centre Postgraduate Awards in North American Studies 2010

Five awards to be made to graduate students normally resident in the UK, outside the M25, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection.

The Eccles Centre Postgraduate Fellows will be entitled to an award of £500 for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The detailed administration of this award will be managed by the British Association for American Studies.

 

Eccles Centre Visiting European Fellow in North American Studies 2010

One award to be made to a post-doctoral scholar normally resident outside the UK, in a European country that has membership in the European Association for American Studies, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection. The award holder must plan to be in research residence at the British Library for a minimum of one month.

Each Eccles Centre Visiting European Fellow will be entitled to an award of £2,200 for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The detailed administration of this award will be managed by the British Association for American Studies. The award holder will have privileged access to the collections and the curatorial expertise of the British Library.

 

Eccles Centre European Postgraduate Awards in North American Studies 2010

Two awards to be made to graduate students normally resident outside the UK, in a European country that has membership in the European Association for American Studies, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection.

The Eccles Centre European Postgraduate Fellows will be entitled to an award of £700 for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The detailed administration of this award will be managed by the British Association for American Studies.

 

Further information

The British Library website, including public access to the catalogues, can be found at http://www.bl.uk.  The Eccles Centre does not house a collection separate to that of the British Library, and the bibliographies on the Eccles Centre webpages give only a snapshot of some of the items in the British Library collection.  For details of Eccles Centre activities see http://www.bl.uk/ecclescentre.

Enquiries regarding the British Library's North American holdings can be directed in the first instance to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (US curator), Philip Hatfield This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (Canadian curator), or to the This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

General terms and conditions

Research visits should take place in the period April 2010 - September 2011.

All award holders will be required to submit a financial report on their visit to the Treasurer of the British Association for American Studies

All award holders will be required to submit a short report on their visit to the British Association for American Studies and to the Eccles Centre that may be published in American Studies in Britain or in an Eccles Centre publication.

All award holders will agree to acknowledge the support provided by the Eccles Centre in any publication resulting from this research visit, and to inform the Eccles Centre of any such publications. If the opportunity arises, it is expected that the award holders will present their work at an appropriate Eccles Centre/British Library seminar or conference.

No extra funding will be available. Candidates must ensure that they have sufficient funds to cover their own needs and the needs of any dependants during their stay.  Award holders from outside the UK are individually responsible for fulfilling any regulatory requirements to enter the UK.

None of the organisations or individuals connected with this award are in a position to arrange travel or organise accommodation for award holders.

 

Applications

Applications should be in the form of a brief CV (no more than two pages), and a document explaining the nature of the North American Studies research being proposed at the British Library (no more than two pages).

Four copies of the application must be submitted in hard copy.

Applications must be submitted by 5pm on 28 February 2010.

Applications by fax will not be accepted. Applications should be sent to: Professor Ian Bell, School of Humanities, American Studies, University of Keele, Staffs ST5 5BG. Applications must conform to the guidelines set out above.


 


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