Each year the
Institute offers a number of short-term Fellowships of two, three or four
months duration.
The Warburg Institute
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 dissemination 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. The Institute houses a
research Library of international importance, a photographic collection
organised according to a unique iconographic classification system, and the
archive of Aby Warburg, which also holds the papers of other major thinkers of
the 20th century who were connected to the Institute. Situated in the heart of
Bloomsbury, the Institute is a stone’s throw from the British Library, the
British Museum, the Wellcome Institute and the National Gallery, providing
students with access to a wealth of academic and cultural resources.
Fellowship details for tenure in 2018-19
Brian Hewson Crawford Fellowship
A Research Fellowship has been endowed from the estate of,
and in memory of, Dr Brian Hewson Crawford, who graduated from the
University of London in 1926. A two-month Fellowship is available for the study
of any aspect of the classical tradition. Under the terms of the deed, the
Fellowship is open to European scholars other than of British
nationality.
Henri Frankfort Fellowship
The late Enriqueta Frankfort endowed a Research
Fellowship in memory of her husband Henri Frankfort, who was Director of the
Institute from 1949 to 1954. The Fellowship, which will be for two months, may
be held in any of the areas in which Professor Frankfort made his distinguished
contributions to scholarship: the intellectual and cultural history of the
ancient Near East, with particular reference to society, art, architecture,
religion, philosophy and science; the relations between the cultures of
Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Aegean, and their influence on later civilizations.
The Fellowship is not intended to support archaeological
excavation.
Albin Salton Fellowship
The late Albin Salton generously endowed an annual
Research Fellowship to enable a career scholar to spend two months at the
Warburg Institute pursuing research into cultural contacts between Europe, the
East, and the New World in the late medieval, Renaissance and early modern
periods. The Fellowship is intended to promote the understanding of those
elements of cultural and intellectual history which led to the formation of a
new world-view, understood in the broadest cultural, political and
socio-economic terms, as Europe began to develop contacts with the world
outside Europe, and that world came into contact with Europe.
Frances A. Yates Fellowships
Dame Frances Yates, who died in 1981, generously bequeathed
her residuary estate to found research Fellowships in her name at the
Institute. Fellows’ interests may lie in any aspect of cultural and
intellectual history but, other things being equal, preference will be given to
those whose work is concerned with those areas of the medieval and Renaissance
encyclopedia of knowledge to which Dame Frances herself made such distinguished
contributions. A number of two-, three- and four-month Fellowships are
available. Candidates domiciled in the U.K. may apply for three- or four-month
Fellowships only.
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).
An award will not normally be made to applicants who are
employed as Professor, Lecturer or equivalent in a university or learned
institution.
Those who have previously held a short-term Fellowship at
the Institute or are registered at the Institute for a degree are not eligible
for the short-term Fellowships listed above.
The Fellowship may not be held concurrently with another
Fellowship or award, including a fully funded PhD studentship.
Any other conditions applicable to individual Fellowships
are stated above under the descriptions of the different types of
Fellowship.
All Fellows will be expected to carry out original research
on the topic for which they have been awarded their Fellowship. Applications
will not be accepted from candidates proposing to revise their doctoral
dissertation for publication (i.e. Fellows must carry out new research during
their stay at the Warburg).
Fellows are expected to participate fully in
the intellectual life of the Institute and to share their knowledge
with the Institute. Short-term Fellows are asked to give a short presentation
on their research work near the beginning of their time at the
Warburg so that the can meet and discuss their work with staff and Library
Readers who are interested in their subjects.
Fellows may teach elsewhere during tenure of the Fellowship
only with the express permission of the Director.
Fellows are required to present a brief written report
at the conclusion of their appointment (click here for report
proforma).
A Fellowship may be terminated if the Institute’s
Selection Committee is not satisfied that the conditions of the award are
being met.
All publications containing results of work carried out with
the aid of a Warburg Fellowship shall include full acknowledgement of
the fact. Fellows are also asked to provide a copy of any
publications arising from this work to the Warburg Library.
Candidates from outside the EU will need to check the regulations
for acquiring a visa to visit the UK for their Fellowship. Information is
available at: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration
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.
Fellowships are tenable at the Warburg Institute. Fellows
awarded two- or three-month Fellowships must hold at least
three-quarters of their award during term-time. The approximate term dates
for 2018-19 will be early October to mid-December 2018;
mid-January to mid-March 2019; late April to the end of June 2019.
Applicants should specify the length of Fellowship for which they are applying
(on the application cover sheet see 1 below) but do not need to state in their
application when they would wish to hold a Fellowship. Those awarded
three-month Fellowships will need to stay at the Institute for a full three
month period, i.e. for longer than one term. Those awarded four month
Fellowships must hold them in one of the following fixed periods: 1 September
to Christmas; 3 January to 30 April; 1 May to 31 August.
The Selection committee will assess the quality of
applications with reference to the following criteria:
- The
academic record of the candidate as exhibited by the CV and
references;
- The
originality and significance of the proposed research to the applicant’s
field;
- How
well the candidate’s research complements the Warburg’s resources and
areas of expertise of its staff
- How
active the candidate is as a scholar and his or her
expected contribution to the intellectual life of the
Warburg Institute.
No interviews will be held. Successful candidates will be
informed of the final outcome of their application in mid March 2018.
Applications must be made using the application form (please click here to download the form). Once you have filled out the
application form you need to upload this and your writing sample to the University of London online recruitment system.
The application form asks you to provide the
following:
1. Brief general information
2. 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 warburg@sas.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 warburg@sas.ac.uk is by midnight
(GMT) on Friday, 1 December 2017.
3. 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.
4. 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).
5. 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 SAMPE AS A SEPARATE
DOCUMENT TO THE ONLINE RECRUITMENT SYSTEM.
Closing date: Applications (application form and
writing sample) must be uploaded to the online recruitment system no later than midnight on Friday, 1 December
2017.
Please note that incomplete applications will not be
considered.
The Institute also offers a number of long-term Fellowships
of nine months - click here for details. Please note that candidates may only
submit one application per year either for a Long-term or for a Short-term Fellowship.
