Are you interested in manuscripts? Want to research in a location of international significance? Want to be based in a highly-regarded and supportive community? Then apply to join MEMS for a CHASE-funded collaborative doctoral award with Westminster Abbey.
The project is called Recovering the Submerged Graphosphere of Westminster Abbey. It will allow one student to investigate the manuscript fragments held in the Abbey’s Archives in the wider contexts of, on the one hand, the Abbey’s tradition of inscriptions and monuments, and, on the other, the practices of fragmentation in late medieval and early modern London.
The supervisors for this project will be Dr Matthew Payne at Westminster Abbey and Dr David Rundle in MEMS. David commented: ‘The combination of Canterbury and Westminster makes this a very exciting prospect for someone hoping to begin their doctoral research career in medieval and early modern studies. We would like to hear from anyone who wants to develop their knowledge of manuscripts and fragments and to place that knowledge in a broader conceptual framework’.
The successful applicant will join two other doctoral students working on manuscript fragments in MEMS and so be part of a developing research agenda.
If you are interested in applying, do contact David. In addition, Matthew and David will hold an online briefing session on Monday 2nd December at 4pm. To sign up, just drop a line David by Friday 29th November.
The supervisors are keen to encourage as diverse a range of candidates as possible. We therefore are not imposing narrow requirements and urge anyone interested who believes they may have relevant experience and interests to contact David. Applications are open until noon on Monday 17th February 2025.