Donald Bullough Fellowship 2025-2026

The Department of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews invites applications for the Donald Bullough Fellowship to be taken up during either semester of the academic year 2025-2026.

The Bullough Fellowship is open to any academic in a permanent post in a university or a research institute/centre to come to St Andrews and conduct research in any medieval history topic. Applicants are normally enjoying research leave from their own institution.

The Fellowship provides a subsidy (up to £4,000) towards the cost of travel to St Andrews and accommodation during the stay. It carries with it no teaching duties, although the Fellow is expected to take part in the normal seminar life of the medieval historians during their stay in St Andrews. Weekly seminars, held on a Monday evening, run from September to December and from January to April. The Fellow will also be invited to lead a workshop on a research theme of their choice during their stay.

The Fellow will be provided with computing facilities and an office alongside the medieval historians. The Department of Medieval History is a vibrant, welcoming community with colleagues working on an impressive variety of topics, regions and periods. The University library has an excellent collection for medieval historians.

Interested candidates should send a letter of application by the advertised closing date, together with a scheme of research for the project on which they will be engaged during their time in St Andrews. They should also enclose a CV, together with the names of two academic referees, who should be asked to write by the closing date. All correspondence should be addressed to medhist@st-andrews.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is Monday 2 December 2024. Previous applicants should not be deterred from applying.

Further enquiries may be directed to the Chair of the Department of Medieval History, Dr Ana del Campo (adcg@st-andrews.ac.uk).

Previous Fellows have included Dr Christina Pössel, Professor Cynthia Neville, Dr Ross Balzaretti, Dr Marlene Hennessy, Professor Warren Brown, Dr Edward Coleman, Professor Richard Kaeuper, Dr Natasha Hodgson, Professor Jacqueline Murray, Professor Ruth Mazo Karras, Professor Cullen Chandler, Professor Dan Smail, Professor Sarah Hamilton, Dr Charles Insley. The current Fellow is Professor Alison More.