Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel Senior Fellows Programme
The Herzog August Bibliothek is an independent research centre offering a wide range of scholarly and cultural programmes. The library has rich resources of books manuscripts and is able to award fellowships to promote research in the areas of medieval and early modern cultural history. The State of Lower Saxony has successfully initiated an international and interdisciplinary Senior Fellows Programme which will be prolonged for another two years. The aim is to bring experienced senior researchers and younger scholars together in the informal atmosphere of the Wolfenbüttel community of guest researchers. Senior Fellows scholarships are awarded for one to three months. The monthly fellowship is 2.700 Euros and a small travel subsidy is given towards the cost of travelling to and from Wolfenbüttel. The fellowship has a residence requirement and the library has its own rental accommodation for guest researchers.
The library would welcome applications from scholars whose projects are closely linked to the research profiles of the library's holdings and its own projects. These include European cultures of knowledge in the medieval and early modern period, the cultural history of politics and processes of cultural translation and cultural transfer in Europe and in a global context. There is a particular focus on self-narratives. Other fields of interest are the material culture of the book and the mediality of iconographical authorization.
The programme is addressed to experienced senior scholars (full professor or comparable) both from Germany and abroad whose publications have made a significant contribution to current research and methodology.
Application
Applications for the years 2017-2018 should be sent by June 1st 2016 by letter, including a short project description, to the Director: Professor Peter Burschel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Postfach 1364, 38299 Wolfenbüttel, or to: forschung@hab.de
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
http://www.hab.de/en/home/research/fellowships/post-doctoral-fellowships.html