Post-doctoral Fellowships, the Herzog August Bibliothek

Main programme
Deadline January 31st 2014

The Herzog August Bibliothek is an independent research centre of the State of Lower Saxonyand it awards fellowships to post-doctoral researchers in order to promote research in the areas of medieval and early modern cultural history. The international programme is open to all historically oriented disciplines. Projects should be centered on the historic book and manuscript holdings of the Wolfenbüttel library. Fellows are required to be be in residence in Wolfenbüttel for the duration of their fellowship. 

Fellowships of between 2 and 12 months are either € 1250 (if fellows continue to receive full pay during their fellowship tenure) or € 1800 per month, plus a travel allowance to and from Wolfenbüttel. Fellowships carry a residence requirement and the library has its own housing facilities. Fellows are expected to contribute to the academic life of the library and participate in scholarly exchange. Complete applications for fellowships in the following calendar year must reach us by January 31st. Please request an application form. Applications now being received are for fellowships in 2015.

Please send an email requesting an application form, which contains all the necessary information about documents to be submitted, and state the topic of your research: forschung@hab.de

More details: http://www.hab.de/