Twenty-five postgraduate students and early career researchers have been offered the opportunity to enhance their research with short-term fellowships of up to six months at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.
They include four University of Cambridge researchers: Lys Alcayna-Stevens, David McLaughlin, Ave Lauren and Mark Breeze.
The Arts and Humanities Research Council’s International Placement Scheme (IPS) provides funded fellowships at some of the world’s leading research institutions, offering dedicated access to their globally renowned collections, resources and expertise.
The AHRC’s International Placement Scheme will open for applications from early November 2014 with a closing date of mid-January 2015. Launch events will be held in early November to support the scheme opening. Details will be published on the IPS webpages in the coming weeks.
Four Cambridge researchers receive Library of Congress fellowships.
The four Cambridge researchers and their work:
• Lys Alcayna-Stevens, Department of Archaeology & Anthropology: Ethnographic accounts of Central African forest peoples, and contemporary political ecology in Equateur Province, DR Congo
• David McLaughlin, Department of Geography: Sherlock Holmes as Travel Writing: The role of fandom in constructing geographical imaginations'
• Ave Lauren, Department of Geography: Library of Congress - The Rise of New Migrant Identities and Landscapes in San Francisco
• Mark Breeze, Department of Architecture: Analysing Conceptions of Space, Time, Motion, Narrative and Modes of Vision in Key Moving Image Work in The Paper Print Collection
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funds world-class, independent researchers in a wide range of subjects: ancient history, modern dance, archaeology, digital content, philosophy, English literature, design, the creative and performing arts, and much more.
The Library of Congress is the United States of America’s oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections. It occupies buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington, and includes 158 million items in its collections.
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