Daiches-Manning Memorial Fellowship in Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies
Forecasted
Daiches-Manning Memorial Fellowship in Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies supports postdoctoral scholars’ residential research at Edinburgh to explore eighteenth-century Scotland and its colonial legacy.
Funder: American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (Application and references)
Funding Amounts: £1,500 per month for 2–3 months, up to £4,500; residency may extend to 6 months
Summary: Supports residential research on eighteenth-century Scotland at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities.
Key Information: Applicants must contact a suitable Edinburgh mentor before applying and hold ASECS and ECSSS memberships when awarded.
Description
The Daiches-Manning Memorial Fellowship supports two to six months of research on eighteenth-century Scotland at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH). Managed by the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society (ECSSS) and co-sponsored by ECSSS, ASECS, and IASH, it honors David Daiches and Susan Manning, distinguished scholars of Scottish literature and culture and former IASH directors.
The fellowship particularly welcomes research on Scotland’s role in the British Empire and its colonial legacy, including universities’ and other institutions’ involvement in the slave trade. Other highlighted themes include colonialism and anti-colonialism in Scottish literature, scientific and medical ideas of race, and histories of people of colour in Scotland. These interests connect with IASH’s Institute Project on Decoloniality, which ran from 2021 to 2024.
