Applications are welcome for the 2019 Fellowship Bursaries at the Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris France. The bursaries encourage research on its Old Library and Historical archives collections. The purpose is to establish the intellectual and academic value of the holdings.
The Old Library was the library of the Irish College when it was a seminary. It contains 8,000 volumes (from 15th to 19th century). The collection covers theology, history, philosophy…
In addition to this, more than 19,000 items are held in the Historical Archives, covering a period extending from the 14th to the 20th century. The main themes are institutional and daily life at the Irish College and its associated communities the buildings which were owned by the Irish Community, the grant foundations, the religious community etc
Reserarch themes are not prescriptive but candidates are invited to submit proposals based on their current and projected research interests.
The areas of research are open depending on the candidate’s interest, and could focus on a historical subject, a period of time, an author, the manuscripts or printed items, the provenance of part of the collections, the bindings etc.
All the details about the bursaries available here
Application period (in English or French): November 2018 to 10 January 2019
Enquiries : Carole Jacquet, Head of libraries and archives
cjacquet@centreculturelirlandais.com+
T : (00 33) 1 58 52 10 33