Leverhulme Trust Visiting Fellowships Napier University Edinburgh, Scotland

June 19, 2008

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Scottish Centre for the Book, Napier University, Edinburgh, ScotlandNapier University has been awarded two Leverhulme Trust Visiting Fellowships to be held for 9-12 months with Fellows to arrive here no earlier than 1 October 2008 and no later than 1 February 2010. It is hoped that one of these will be held within the Scottish Centre for the Book.

The Leverhulme Visiting Fellow will be a post-doctoral academic researcher (or of equivalent status) who is not a UK citizen and is permanently resident in any country other than the UK. The selection of suitable candidates by Napier is subject to approval by the Leverhulme Trust.

Fellows are encouraged not only to conduct research but also to give lectures and seminars, and to participate in the intellectual life of the institution. The intention is to stimulate research activities and intellectual links between the visitor and the Scottish Centre for the Book. In book history, we have ongoing projects on: reading in Scotland in the twentieth century; the book in Scotland 1880-2000; print culture links with the Scottish diaspora; the role of literary magazines in political and cultural debate; women authors and their publishers; the manuscript tradition of the Teutonic Knights; German and Low Countries scientific publishing in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; censorship and the novel; the development of the paperback; and oral history approaches to book history (see sapphire.ac.uk). Our current contemporary research clusters are: copyright and globalisation; small-nation publishing; and teenage reading.

The Fellowship carries an allowance for subsistence expenses of up to £1,800 per month, the actual amount to depend on the amount of income or grant, if any, available to the Fellow from other sources. NB. These funds do not constitute a salary. The awards enable work on a specific range of research activities for a period of fixed duration and therefore should not be construed as a contract of employment.

An allowance is available for subsistence, at £390 per month, for an accompanying spouse or partner who is not in receipt of other income and who must plan to spend at least six months in the UK. A return fare (normally the cheapest return air fare available or two one-way tickets if these are more economical) will be provided for the Fellow and accompanying spouse or partner. Up to £750 for travel and subsistence within the UK, away from Edinburgh, will be available for the Fellow so that he or she can attend conferences or undertake research trips.

Fellows must have secured a doctorate, or be equivalently qualified, at the time of taking up the Fellowship. There is no age limit. However, the scheme is primarily intended to support younger, less experienced researchers, who have not yet spent an extended period in the UK, to enable them to develop skills and experience. Hence, those with more than eight years of postdoctoral experience would not normally be considered suitable recipients. They must be citizens of and permanently resident in any country other than the UK, and intend to return to that country at the end of their Fellowship. The tenure of a Fellowship must be for a minimum of nine and a maximum of twelve consecutive months. No additional funds will be available from the Leverhulme Trust. No Fellow may be nominated for a subsequent Leverhulme Trust Visiting Fellowship.

The closing dates for applications by email to a.mccleery@napier.ac.uk is noon (BST) on 28 June 2008. Please attach: a) a brief curriculum vitae – maximum two pages on career and one listing publications; b) a one-page summary of (i) the proposed research and (ii) its compatibility with current work within the Scottish Centre for the Book ; c) an indication of the proposed duration of the Fellowship (9 to 12 months) and d) an indication if the candidate will be drawing on any other sources of income or grants during the Fellowship period.

Professor Alistair McCleery
Scottish Centre for the Book
Napier University
Craighouse Campus
Edinburgh EH10 5LG
UK
Fax: [44] 131 455 6193
Email: a.mccleery@napier.ac.uk

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