University of Edinburgh, Scotland
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) is pleased to announce a new three-year project examining a variety of topics centred on decoloniality. The Institute Project on Decoloniality 2021-2024 (IPD ‘24) is now open for applications. The Institute and its partners warmly encourages Fellowship applications from scholars around the world, exploring issues including but not limited to: decolonising gender and sexuality, anticolonial and decolonial theory, race and racialisation, and Scotland’s role in the British Empire. See https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/institute-project-decoloniality for more details.
As well as in-person Fellowships, the IASH is happy to accept applications for hybrid / remote-working Fellowships for applicants who are unable to travel to Edinburgh. It is important to note that they still welcome applications on all topics and in all areas of the arts, humanities and social sciences to continue IASH’s traditional interdisciplinary work across disciplines, alongside IPD’24.
Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021-22
Deadline: 30 April 2021 (17:00 GMT)
Applications are invited for Postdoctoral Fellowships lasting up to ten months from candidates in any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. IASH provides an enviable location in one of the world’s most intellectually inspiring cities, together with a dynamic network of international connections. £13,000 bursary available.
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Junior Anniversary Fellowship 2021-22
Deadline: 30 April 2021 (17:00 GMT)
This ten-month Fellowship is for the most promising early-career scholars in the arts, humanities and social sciences. For 2021-22, we seek applications centred on the place of the humanities in the 21st century to take forward inquiry in a cross-disciplinary way, perhaps at the outermost boundaries of the humanities, arts and social sciences. £15,000 bursary available.
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Deadline: 30 April 2021 (17:00 GMT)
Applications are invited for three- to six-month Fellowships from postdoctoral scholars in any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, to examine special collections held at the University of Edinburgh. The collections include archives, manuscripts, rare books, art, musical instruments and other museum collections, many of which have either not been catalogued or not fully researched, presenting novel opportunities to a wide range of scholarly disciplines. Topics for 2021-22 can include Identities & Inequalities, International Connections: Focus on Africa or Materials & Materiality. £7,500 bursary available, plus travel grants.
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CSMCH-IASH Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern and Contemporary History 2021-22
Deadline: 30 April 2021 (17:00 GMT)
This three-month Fellowship is intended to encourage outstanding early-career interdisciplinary research and scholarly collaboration in the broad field of modern and contemporary history. The CSMCH has selected an interdisciplinary research theme for this year ('crisis'), which applicants must address. Otherwise, there is no limit on geographical area or time period, as long as the bulk of research falls within the 'modern and contemporary' period (c.1750-present). £3,300 bursary available, plus travel grants.
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Digital Scholarship Visiting Research Fellowships 2021- 2022
Deadline: 30 April 2021 (17:00 GMT)
These Visiting Fellowships of between three and six months are intended to encourage outstanding digitally-focused, interdisciplinary research, international scholarly collaboration, and networking activities with a specific focus on the digital. £7,500 bursary available.
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Applications are invited for three- to ten-month visits from researchers working in the field of contemporary Islam and Muslim culture, in association with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World. We would particularly welcome applications linked to the themes of the new Institute Project on Decoloniality. Projects dealing with other themes in relation to the Muslim world will also be fully considered for this round of Fellowships. £13,000 stipend available.
IASH-CTPI Duncan Forrester Fellowship
Deadline: 30 April 2021 (17:00 GMT)
Applications are invited for three- to ten-month visits from researchers working in any of the research areas of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI). The applicant’s project must relate broadly to public theology, in relation to areas such as: peacebuilding and the arts; theology, politics, and migration; theology and environmental ethics; theology, law and justice; and decoloniality. £13,000 stipend available.
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Deadline: 30 April 2021 (17:00 GMT)
Applications are invited from postdoctoral scholars working in any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, to help provide evidence for research which will be part of the Institute Project on Decoloniality. Using the University of Edinburgh’s own archive and related collections, you will undertake research for three to ten months that uncovers evidence, narratives and addresses the silences in the University’s colonial legacy. In doing your research, you will work with the archivists to feed information back into the descriptions of these collections to readdress the knowledge and access to the collections, people and the stories within them. Stipends of up to £13,000.
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