The Centre for the Study of the Renaissance (CSR) at the University of Warwick is pleased to invite Expressions of Interest from highly qualified researchers in the field who seek to apply for a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, tenable in the Centre. The CSR is a buoyant hub of interdisciplinary research, with a well-established international reputation. Specialisms range from the Middle Ages to the seventeenth century, in particular covering Italy, France, Spain, England, the Holy Roman Empire, and their territories. Particular strengths of CSR members include literature, intellectual history, social and cultural history, history of the book, history of religion, history of science and medicine, history of art, history of universities, epistolary networks, history of translation, the relationships between Neo-Latin and the vernaculars, and the classical tradition. Potential mentors can be found here, tick to filter for 'academic staff'.

Please see the Leverhulme Trust's website for details of eligibility and the application procedure. The Leverhulme Trust's website is likely to address most questions. For other queries, i.e. if you need help finding a mentor, you are welcome to contact the Centre's director Teresa Grant.

By (and preferably before) 3pm on Friday, 24th November 2023 (date will be updated in due course), interested applicants are invited to complete the Expression of Interest form, and attach the following documents where indicated: 

• a short description of their proposed project (maximum 2 A4 pages)
• a copy of their CV (maximum 2 A4 pages), with indication of numbers of words for items in press

The Centre for the Study of the Renaissance will aim to shortlist its candidates by mid December, so that candidates will have over two months to finalise their proposals for the Leverhulme's deadline of 22nd February 2024 (date will be updated in due course).

Successful candidates typically have an articulated publications profile, including a monograph either in press or at an advanced stage. The Leverhulme project should be conceived as something clearly separate from the dissertation, although it can build on it. The CSR has been very successful in recruiting fellows to this scheme, including in recent years Drs Sara Trevisan, Marta Celati, Claudia Daniotti, Xiaona Wang, Tom Pert and Vittoria Fallanca. It also has a strong record of recruiting fellows to other schemes, such as the British Academy and MHRA, and to project grants.