Distinguished Visiting Fellowships 2007-08 (Queen Mary College, U. of London)

[A Smith]

Distinguished Visiting Fellowships 2007-08
Graduate School in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Applications are invited for up to eight Distinguished Visiting Fellowships. The
Fellowships are intended to appeal to senior scholars from the UK or overseas
who wish to spend a period, for the purposes of research, in one of the most
stimulating intellectual environments in London. They have been created by the
College in response to a substantial donation from the Westfield Trust to build
on-campus residential accommodation specifically for this purpose. The
accommodation, part of a new student village, opened in September 2004.

The Fellowships are attached to the Graduate School in the Humanities and Social
Sciences, to which ten academic Schools and Departments contribute: the School
of Modern Languages (Spanish, German, French, Russian, Linguistics, Film),
English; Drama; History; Politics; Law; the Centre for Commercial Law Studies;
Geography; Economics, and the Centre for Business Management. At the 2001 RAE,
92 per cent of the 200+ staff submitted were graded 5 or 5* and the Graduate
School currently has some 1,000 students following taught Masters or doctoral
research programmes.

Each Fellow will be provided with a studio or one-bedroom flat, with kitchen
facilities and private bathroom, free of charge; open-plan office space; and
access to library and other facilities of the College and University of London.
The one-bedroom flats are suitable for couples but the College regrets that it
is unable to offer accommodation for children.

Fellowships cover the period September to December 2007 or January to April
2008. Fellows may by arrangement and at their own cost extend residence over a
longer period if they wish, subject to the availability of accommodation.

Each Fellow is expected to give a Fellow's Lecture and is invited to contribute
to the seminar programme in a relevant Masters programme and to participate in
the intellectual life of the Graduate School, the College more generally and
the University of London.

Expressions of interest, accompanied by a CV and brief description of research
to be undertaken should be sent in electronic format by 15 February 2007 to
Linda Grant, Administrator, Graduate School in the Humanities and Social
Sciences, email: l.grant at qmul.ac.uk.  Further particulars are available at
www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/hss.

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