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The
Trustees of the J B Harley Research Fellowships Trust Fund are pleased to
announce the ninth series of awards, offering support at a rate of £250
[sterling] per week. The
fellowships are designed to assist research in the London map
collections:-
Dr Lisa Davis Allen (University of Texas at Tyler, College of Arts & Sciences, United States) ‘Abraham Ortelius’s “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum”: frontispiece and author’s portrait, variation of color palettes in multiple language editions’ (2 weeks).
Dr Gretchen E Gaynor (Independent scholar, United States) ‘John Dee’s scientific contribution as a geographer and cartographer’ (3 weeks).
Dr Giuseppe Ragone (Universitá degli Studi “Roma Tre”, Dipartimento di Studi sul Mondo Antico, Rome, Italy) ‘Critical edition of, and historical commentary on, Cristoforo Buondelmonti’s “Liber insularum Archipelagi”: the manuscripts preserved in London collections’ (3 weeks).
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17 submissions were received this time. For details of past awards, numbers of applicants, and extracts from Fellows’ reports, see:-
<
http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/harlflws.html > [part of the 'Map History' gateway
site]
For
information about applying for a Fellowship (closing date 1st November) please
e-mail or write (preferably saying where you saw this notice)
to:-
Tony Campbell, Hon. Sec., Harley Fellowships, 76 Ockendon Road, London N1 3NW, UK. < [log in to unmask] >