The European Studies Centre of St Antony’s College, Oxford invites applications for two one-year Richard von Weizsäcker Visiting Fellowships 2018-2019 and 2019-2020, respectively, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. The Fellowship is tenable for ten months (1 October-30 June), one for 2018-2019 and the other for 2019-2020. Applicants should be established scholars in the field of post-1800 history or the historical social sciences, preferably with an interest in the transnational contents and contexts of German historical studies, and with an outstanding record of publication. They must be employed at a German university at the time of application.

The deadline for all applications is 15 May 2017.

Fellows will be expected to be resident at St Antony’s College for the nine months of the Oxford academic year (October-June); to conduct their research; to give the annual Richard von Weizsäcker lecture; to organize a conference or seminar series on a topic of their choice, bringing recent German scholarship to an English-speaking audience; and to edit an English-language volume of essays based on this.

The Fellowship will cover the costs to replace the fellow from his/her home university, along with facilities provided in Oxford which include an office in the European Studies Centre, funding for the seminars or conference, a High Table (dining) allowance, and administrative support.

There is no application form. Applications should consist of a cv; a research proposal of not more than 10 pp.; and a preliminary proposal for the workshop or seminar series. Please indicate which year you wish to apply for. Applications should be sent by email to european.studies@sant.ox.ac.uk.