Paul Mellon Centre: Various Grants – Deadline (for all grants) 31st January

Senior Fellowship Grants

Two Senior Fellowships are offered annually to established scholars in the field of British art and architectural history to complete a manuscript or book for publication or to undertake a sustained period of research towards a major project. The fellowships are for senior scholars only and are for nine months each.

Mid-Career Fellowships

Three Mid-Career Fellowships are offered annually for research in the field of British art and architectural history. These fellowships offer a four-month period of research to applicants who already have a significant publishing record and are working on a subsequent research, publishing or curatorial project. The four-month period may be used to undertake research for an article, book, exhibition or catalogue.

Postdoctoral Fellowships

Five Postdoctoral Fellowships are offered annually for the purpose of transforming doctoral research in the field of British art and architectural history into publishable form. The fellowships are for six months

Junior Fellowships

Four Junior Fellowships are offered annually to scholars in the advanced stages of their doctoral research in the field of British art and architectural history to pursue further study in the UK (based at the Paul Mellon Centre) or in the USA (based at the Yale Center for British Art). The fellowships are for three months

Research Support Grants

Grants to contribute towards travel and subsistence expenses for scholars engaged in research on the history of British art or architecture. Grants, of up to £2,000, may be used towards the expenses incurred in visiting collections, libraries, archives or historic sites with the United Kingdom or abroad for research purposes.

Educational Programme Grants

Grants to support lectures, symposia, seminars or conferences on British art and architecture. Educational programmes eligible for awards up to £3,000 include lectures, conferences, symposia and seminars for scholars or provided at a scholarly level for the general public.

Find out more here.

Featured image sourced from Paul Mellon Centre’s web-site.

Harry Charrington and Julia Dwyer to speak at the AA XX 100: AA Women and Architecture in Context 1917-2017_ November 2nd-4th, Architectural Association

AA XX 100: AA WOMEN AND ARCHITECTURE IN CONTEXT 1917-2017

The Head of the Department Prof Harry Charrington and Senior Lecturer Julia Dwyer are to participate in AA XX 100: AA Women in Architecture in Context 1917-2017, an international conference convened by the Architectural Association and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art with a rich programme of presentations, panel discussions, distinguished keynotes, and an open jury to celebrate the centenary of women at the AA.

Where: Architectural Association and Paul Mellon Centre, Bedford Sq, London WC1

When: 2nd – 4th November 2017

Tickets (for 3 day event): Full Price £60, Student £30

Book tickets: https://xx.aaschool.ac.uk/conference/ 

View the conference schedule: https://xx.aaschool.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/aaxx_conference_program_3.pdf

As for University of Westminster‘s own history of women in architecture, our first female graduate, Beatrice Pritchard, graduated from, what was then known as, The Regent Street Polytechnic in 1903!

Today our Computer Lab is officially named Beatrice Pritchard Laboratory.