The Chevening British Library Fellowship is a collaboration between the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Library, offering international experts a year-long professional project-based placement. Fellows will have the privilege of working with the extensive library’s collections, and benefit from the broad range of professional expertise of library staff. Please note that this fellowship is not suitable for those wanting to pursue their own research.
This fellowship opportunity is within the Endangered Archives Programme (EAP), co-ordinated and hosted by the British Library. Supported by the Arcadia foundation, the EAP is of international pre-eminence in its mission to protect through preservation, social and cultural archival material that is in danger of destruction, neglect or physical deterioration world-wide.
The EAP would now like to strengthen its activities in North Africa and the Middle East.
This fellowship will provide the opportunity to research the archival collections in one of these areas, engage with archival experts, at the British Library and internationally, to develop a targeted engagement strategy, and support its delivery through an outreach programme. Please note that this fellowship is not suited for those wishing to carry out their own research projects. Before applying please ensure that you have reviewed the fellowship description available on the Chevening website. Only applications for the Chevening British Library Fellowship will be considered.
Fellows will undertake a period of professional project-based activity at the British Library, receiving support and supervision from library staff. Please note that this fellowship is not suitable for those wanting to pursue their own research. For the 2018-2019 academic year, three placements are on offer and will provide fellows with experience in strategic and policy work relevant to a national library. There is one placement per theme:
Theme 1: Endangered Archives – North Africa or the Middle East
This fellowship is available in the following countries:
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Israel
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Palestine
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tunisia
Eligibility Requirements:
To be eligible for a Chevening/British Library Fellowship, you must:
- Demonstrate the potential to rise to positions of leadership and influence
- Demonstrate that you possess the personal, intellectual, and interpersonal attributes reflecting this potential
- Be a citizen of one of the above listed countries, who will return to your home country at the end of the period of fellowship
- Have a postgraduate (PG) level qualification (or equivalent professional training or experience in a relevant area) at the time of application
- Have significant professional and/or academic research experience (at least five years)
- Be currently employed or a currently enrolled PhD candidate (PhD must not be with a UK/EU or USA university)
- Provide evidence of meeting at least the minimum English language abilities for Chevening Awards
- Not hold dual nationality where one nationality is British (other than for nationals exempt from this requirement).
- Not be employees, employees’ relatives (or former employees who have left employment less than two years before) of Her Majesty’s Government including the FCO (including FCO Posts), the British Council, DFID, MOD, BIS, UKTI and UKBA, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, or the British Library or any of their wholly-owned subsidiaries.
- Applicants who have previously received financial benefit from a HMG-funded scholarship or fellowship are eligible to apply after a period of five years following the completion of their first HMG funded award and are required to demonstrate their career progression from that point
Fellowship Worth:
- 12-month period of project-based activity at the British Library
- Living expenses for the duration of the fellowship
- Return economy airfare from their home country to the UK
- Allowance package for fellowship-related activities
- Up to £1,000 for approved project-related expenses
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Chevening British Library Fellowship