Warburg Institute 2025 Frances A Yates Long-Term Fellowships (Up to £38,109)

Each year the Institute offers post-doctoral long-term Yates Fellowships to support research on projects on any aspect of cultural, intellectual or art history supported by the resources of the Institute’s Library, Photographic Collection or Archive. The awards provide financial support towards living and subsistence costs in London for nine to twelve months.

Yates Fellowships are intended for scholars at any stage of their post-doctoral career. They are designed to enable scholars to carry out research in and on the Warburg’s Collections. Applications will not be accepted from candidates proposing to revise their doctoral dissertation for publication. Proposed projects should be unrelated to the doctoral dissertation.

The annual group of fellows benefits from and contributes to the vibrant intellectual life of the Institute.  Fellows are given a space to work, they may be asked to give a Work-in-Progress Seminar paper and are encouraged to contribute the Institute’s blog: Mnemosyne.

The Warburg Institute is one of the world’s leading centres for studying the interaction of ideas, images and society. It is dedicated to the survival and transmission of culture across time and space, with special emphasis on the afterlife of antiquity. Its open-stack Library, Photographic Collection and Archive serve as an engine for interdisciplinary research, postgraduate teaching and a prestigious events and publication programme. Situated in the heart of the Bloomsbury Knowledge Quarter, the Warburg offers scholars the opportunity to engage with academics not only within the institute, but also at local universities, museum and galleries and research institutes.

• Table of Content
• About Warburg Institute
• Warburg Institute Frances A Yates Long-Term Fellowships
• Aim and Benefits of Warburg Institute Frances A Yates Long-Term Fellowships
• Requirements for Warburg Institute Frances A Yates Long-Term Fellowships Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Warburg Institute Frances A Yates Long-Term Fellowships
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Warburg Institute

The Warburg Institute is one of the world’s leading centres for studying the interaction of ideas, images and society. It is dedicated to the survival and transmission of culture across time and space, with special emphasis on the afterlife of antiquity. Its open-stack Library, Photographic Collection and Archive serve as an engine for interdisciplinary research, postgraduate teaching and a prestigious events and publication programme. Situated in the heart of the Bloomsbury Knowledge Quarter, the Warburg offers scholars the opportunity to engage with academics not only within the instit... continue reading

Warburg Institute Frances A Yates Long-Term Fellowships

Application Deadline	22 Nov 2024
Value	£38,109
Country to study	United Kingdom
School to study	University of London
Type	Fellowship
Sponsor	Warburg Institute
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Warburg Institute Frances A Yates Long-Term Fellowships

Fellows are paid a stipend of £38,109 for a 12-month fellowships and a pro-rata amount of that sum for a nine-month fellowship 

Requirements for Warburg Institute Frances A Yates Long-Term Fellowships Qualification

• Candidates must hold a PhD by the time the fellowship begins in September/October 2025. For those who do not hold a PhD upon application, their reference must be provided by their PhD supervisor 
• Incomplete applications, or applications without references will not be considered.
• Candidates from outside the EU will need to check the regulations(Opens in new window) for acquiring a visa to visit the UK for the period of their fellowships
• Those who have previously held a long-term fellowship at the Institute are not eligible to apply
• Fellowships at the Warburg Institute may not be held concurrently with another fellowship or award

Interview date, Process and Venue for Warburg Institute Frances A Yates Long-Term Fellowships

Selection procedure 

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 application form
• 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.? 

Short listed candidates will be called for an interview. 

Fellowships are tenable at the Warburg Institute and begin in September/October 2025 for either a nine- or twelve-month period. 

 

Application Deadline

November 22, 2024

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Warburg Institute on universityoflondon.smapply.io to apply

How to apply

Applications can be made to the Long-Term Research Fellowships program on the SAS Fellowship Portal.

For more details visit: Warburg Institute website.