University of St Andrews Library Visiting Scholarship Scheme
To celebrate the opening of our new Research Library,
the University of St Andrews instituted in 2014 a new scheme of visiting scholarships.
These scholarships are intended to underwrite the costs of a period of work
with our library’s Special Collections. Six scholars were chosen for
summer residency in 2014 (for more information, click here), and it is intended to appoint a similar number in
2015.
St Andrews University has an outstanding collection of
books, archives and photography, accumulated throughout the six hundred years
since the University’s foundation. The collection is especially rich in
the History of Science, Theology and Church History, Literary Studies and Photography.
In addition to a substantial collection of incunabula and early printed books,
the library has a significant eighteenth-century collection dating from its
period as a Copyright Library (1710-1836). The archives also include an
exceptional collection of 15th -16th century materials
relating to Fife and to the University and city of St Andrews.
The scholarships are open to all interested
researchers, whether or not affiliated to a university. Applications for
2015 should be submitted electronically on the attached application form by 10
January 2015. A longer description of the research highlights of the St
Andrews Special Collections can be downloaded here. Further enquiries can be addressed to the
Acting Head of Special Collections, Mrs Rachel Hart, at speccoll@st-andrews.ac.uk.