Prizes and Awards

Edinburgh Fellowship

Edinburgh Fellowship -- Applications for the 2008-09 academic year must be postmarked by February 14, 2008, and sent to the APA National Office.

American Philosophical Association (APA) Edinburgh Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, The University of Edinburgh: 2008-2009

The APA sponsors one Visiting Research Fellowship per year at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, The University of Edinburgh. There is no funding associated with this award but the APA Fellow has a private office in the Institute, is a member of the Institute's lively research community and has full borrowing rights at Edinburgh University Library. The Fellowship is for a period of 2-6 months. Applicants must be members of the APA.

No limitation is placed on the area of research within the Humanities and Social Sciences but priority will be given to those whose work falls within the scope of one of the Institute's current Research Themes:

Life Writing, Testimony and Self-Construction
Institutions and Oppositions of Enlightenment
The Humanities in the Twenty-First Century University
Translations, Adaptations and Modalities (details to be announced shortly) - from June 2008
Theory in Practice - from January 2009

Information about the themes can be found on the Institute's website:
http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/themes.html

About the Institute
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1970 to promote enquiry of the highest standards in the Humanities, broadly conceived, and is both nationally and internationally renowned. It was the first interdisciplinary research institute in the United Kingdom and since its foundation over 700 scholars from 60 countries have held Fellowships. It is housed in a secluded 18th Century courtyard close to the University Library, where Fellows have full borrowing rights and access to the library's unusually rich collection of manuscripts and rare books. It is also within easy reach of the National Library of Scotland, the Central City Library, the National Galleries and Museums, the Library of the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland, the library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and the National Archives of Scotland. About 20 scholars can be accommodated in the Institute at any one time and each has a private office with a computer, telephone and internet access. All Fellows give at least one seminar on their research and are expected to play a full part in the Institute's activities which include a weekly Fellows' lunch and a full programme of seminars and scholarly events linked to the Institute's current research themes. The Institute has close links with all academic Schools within the University of Edinburgh's College of Humanities and Social Science and Fellows are encouraged to develop contacts with appropriate Faculty within the College. Further information about the Institute can be found on the website: http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk.

Application Procedures

Candidates should apply to the APA with a description of the project to be pursued at the Institute, a curriculum vitae and two letters of recommendation. Applications for the 2008-2009 academic year must be postmarked no later than February 14, 2008 and sent to the APA National Office: APA Edinburgh Fellowship, American Philosophical Association, 31 Amstel Avenue, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. The APA will then forward a nomination to the Director of the Institute.

Previous Holders of the Fellowship
Allan Bäck (2003)
Thomas Olshewsky (1998)
Samuel Fleischacker (1995)

Notes for Guidance:

1. Candidates for Fellowships will normally hold a doctorate. Consideration will be given to the academic record and the publications of all applicants and their capacity to disseminate their views among a community of like-minded people. Candidates should give evidence of any contact they have made with researchers at the University of Edinburgh, and of proposed collaboration during their visit to Edinburgh; those who do make such contact before submitting their applications will be at an advantage.

2. The Institute encourages inter-departmental and inter-disciplinary study. All applications should state clearly the relationship of the proposed scheme of work to one or more of the current Research Themes of the Institute.

3. Fellows are expected to be resident in Edinburgh throughout the tenure of their Fellowship and to play a full part in the activities of the Institute. The Institute will be pleased to help with finding suitable accommodation in Edinburgh. The minimum tenure for a Fellowship is two months; applications for less than two months will not be considered.

4. No regular teaching is required but Fellows usually give at least one seminar on their current research work.

Previous Awardees

Leemon McHenry (2008)

Allan Bäck (2003)

Thomas Olshewsky (1998)

Samuel Fleischacker (1995)