Brill Fellowship 2015 – Call For Applications

Since 2006 publishing house Brill, the oldest publishing house in the Netherlands, has funded the accommodation of one or two so-called ‘Brill fellows’ with the Scaliger Institute. The Brill fellow carries out research in the Special Collections of the University Library within one of the publishing areas of Brill in the Humanities. The Brill fellow is expected to contribute to the activities of the Scaliger Institute, and to give a public lecture. If the opportunity presents itself, Brill is prepared to publish the lecture in co-operation with the Scaliger Institute.

Conditions Brill Fellowship

The applications for a Brill fellowship have to comply with a number of conditions:

  • A research proposal must be submitted in which the relationship between the proposed research and the primary sources, which are to be researched and consulted in the department Special Collections, is specified
  • A list of manuscripts, editions of other items to be consulted in the library, supplied with shelf marks
  • A start and end date of the proposed research
  • A curriculum vitae
  • A list of relevant publications
  • Two academic references

The deadline for the Brill Fellowship 2015 is 1 April, 2015.

For full details and to apply, please visit: http://www.library.leiden.edu/special-collections/scaliger-institute/research/brill-fellowship.html