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(With apologies for cross-posting; this email is intended particularly for colleagues
working within academic institutions. )
I would be grateful if you could bring this opportunity to the attention of any academic colleagues or doctoral students whom you judge may be interested.
Best wishes for Christmas & the New Year.
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University of Aberdeen Visiting Scholar Awards, 2019
The University of Aberdeen Visiting Scholar Awards are available to academic researchers wishing to travel to Aberdeen to make use of our historic collections for innovative
research.
The University of Aberdeen is an ancient institution and the fifth oldest university in the UK. The University’s rich and diverse holdings consist of over 230,000 rare
books, some 5,000 archive collections, and over 300,000 museum artefacts and scientific specimens. The disciplinary range is wide, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th -century English and Scottish literature, history, anthropology,
archaeology, fine art, the history of science and medicine, and the natural and life sciences. For details, see
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/museums and
www.abdn.ac.uk/special-collections.
The Awards provide financial support of up to £2,000 to cover expenses incurred over a period visit of two to four weeks while pursuing a research project directly relating
to the University’s collections.
Visiting Scholars will be given access to the collections in the collections research facilities of the Sir Duncan Rice Library and Marischal College. They will be expected
to contribute to Friends of Aberdeen University Library and Museums and Special Collections activities.
Applications for both traditional academic and creative, practice-based forms of research are welcome.
We warmly encourage applications from researchers from a diverse range of backgrounds, and applications will be considered using a ‘name-blind’ selection process.
The application form for these Awards (no CVs please) may be accessed on the University’s website at
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/special-collections/visiting-scholars-532.php
Deadline:
1 March 2019