Bourses doctorales à la Wellcome Collection

Two collaborative PhD studentships at Wellcome Collection

Call for applications

 

We are currently advertising two UKRI AHRC-funded collaborative PhD studentships at Wellcome Collection working with European medieval and early modern collections, with upcoming deadlines this month (these studentships have tight application turnarounds). International students are eligible to apply. However, UKRI funding will not cover the difference in international fees set by universities. 

Reaching to the stars: astrology and the body in the past, present and future with Kingston School of Art – application deadline midday GMT on Wednesday 15 January 2025. An expanded art practice project exploring these research questions:- How can expanded art practice communicate the value of historical collections for understanding contemporary relationships to the body, offering audiences new understandings of their own health and wellbeing? - How might the mobilisation of European ideas about the observational relationship between macrocosm and microcosm provoke interventions into contemporary discourses on alternative health, wellbeing, and the relationship between self and planet? - How can such practice place historical European ideas of bodily health in dialogue with global communities, gendered discourses on the body, and changing definitions of illness and disability?

For full details, see Research degree funding opportunities at Kingston School of Art and AHRC Techne funded Collaborative Doctoral Award (Kingston University/Wellcome Collection). at Kingston University. 

 

Translating Monstrosity: Constructions of Difference in Early Modern England and France with UCL History – application deadline 5pm GMT on Friday 31 January 2025. Drawing on Wellcome Collection’s rich holdings and early modern objects at UCL Special Collections, the project examines how bodily, racial and sexual difference were constructed in England between 1550 and 1700 and how French texts and images were adapted and reframed for English audiences. This research will contribute to on-going work addressing problematic and discriminatory terminology in catalogue records of historic materials. The student will have opportunities to organise multidisciplinary workshops, engage in knowledge exchange with museum and library staff, and share findings with public audiences. This project will be supervised by Dr Elaine Leong and Professor Jason Peacey at UCL History, and Dr Elma Brenner at Wellcome Collection. The student will also be supported by an advisory team which includes special collections librarians, cataloguers and public engagement specialists.This studentship is funded by a LAHP Collaborative Doctoral Award and includes a stipend at the Research Council UK Home/EU rate (£21, 237 per annum – 2024-25 rate) plus UK tuition fees for three and a half years, and additional funding from Wellcome Collection consisting of up to £1500 research expenses per annum and funds to organise workshops or knowledge exchange events. LAHP welcomes applications from both ‘home’ and 'international’ (including EU) applicants. Applicants should have an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline, and a Masters level qualification or equivalent which meets AHRC requirements for research training. Applicants with relevant work/professional experience (e.g. in libraries, archives and heritage institutions) who are considering doing a PhD are also encouraged to apply. Funding is available for full-time and part-time students. Due to the research topic, reading ability of French is desirable and willingness to gain reading proficiency of early modern French is essential. LAHP AHRC-funded students can apply to the LAHP Language Fund to support training costs. Further information about the project and the application process can be found on this webpage. The deadline for applications is 5 pm Friday 31st January 2025. Please note that applicants also need to apply to UCL History for a PhD place. More information on applying to the UCL History MPhil/PhD programme can be found on this webpage. For further information about the project or to request an informal conversation about the application process, please contact Elaine Leong (e.leong@ucl.ac.uk).


Please do get in touch with me if you would like more information about these projects or have any questions,