McGill-ASECS Fellowship

About the Fellowship

The Burney Centre, in conjunction with the Rare Books and Special Collections Division of the McGill University Library, offers an annual Fellowship, designed to assist scholars who need to travel to and establish temporary residence in Montreal in order to use the resources of the Library. The Fellowship is available to scholars interested in any aspect of Frances Burney, the Burney family, and their extended circle. It carries an award of CAN $3,000 for a one-month stay, at a time to be arranged.

The Fellowship is funded by:


Many thanks to these two sponsors for their generous support in making this fellowship possible. 


Application Procedure

Applicants, who must be members of ASECS, should send a curriculum vitæ and a description of their project, specifying the relevance of the Burney Centre and Rare Books and Special Collection Division holdings to their research, to the address below. They should also indicate when they wish to take up the Fellowship. There is no application form. Applications are considered by a Committee which gives preference to specific and clearly described projects. 

The deadline for new applications is 30 November 2018, and candidates will be informed of the results in January 2019.

Applications should be emailed to burney.centre [at] mcgill.ca (burney.centre[at]mcgill.ca), attention Dr Peter Sabor, Director of the Burney Centre.

Enquiries should be addressed to the Burney Centre at burney.centre [at] mcgill.ca (burney.centre[at]mcgill.ca).


List of Fellowship Holders

2018 Fellows
Kelly Hunnings
PhD student, University of New Mexico

Sarah Faulkner
PhD Student, University of Washington

2017 Fellow
D. J. E. A. Waterfield
PhD Candidate, Cambridge University
PDF icon 2017_fellowship_report_dan_waterfield.pdf

2016 Fellow
Cassie Ulph
Lecturer, Bishop Grosseteste University
Email: cassie.ulph [at] bishopg.ac.uk (cassie.ulph [at] bishopg.ac.uk)
PDF icon 2016_fellowship_report_cassie_ulph.pdf

2015 Fellow
Francesa Saggini
Professor, University of Tuscia
Email: fsaggini [at] unitus.it (fsaggini [at] unitus.it)
PDF icon 2015_fellowship_report_francesca_saggini.pdf

2014 Fellow
Todd Gilman
Librarian, Yale University
Email: todd.gilman [at] yale.edu (todd.gilman [at] yale.edu)
PDF icon 2014_fellowship_report_todd_gilman.pdf

2013 Fellow
Sophie Coulombeau
PhD Candidate, University of York
Email: smc529 [at] york.ac.uk (smc529)smc529 [at] york.ac.uk ( [at] )smc529 [at] york.ac.uk (york.ac.uk)
PDF icon 2013_fellowship_report_sophie_coulombeau.pdf

2012 Fellow
Christina Davidson
Teaching Fellow, University of Sussex
Email: C.Davidson [at] sussex.ac.uk (C.Davidson)smc529 [at] york.ac.uk ( [at] )C.Davidson [at] sussex.ac.uk (sussex.ac.uk)
PDF icon 2012_fellowship_report_christina_davidson.pdf

2012 Fellow
Marilyn Francus
Associate Professor, West Virginia University
Email: mfrancus [at] wvu.edu (mfrancus)smc529 [at] york.ac.uk ( [at] )mfrancus [at] wvu.edu (wvu.edu)
PDF icon 2012_fellowship_report_marilyn_francus.pdf

2011 Fellow 
Simon Macdonald
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh
Email: sjsmacdonald [at] gmail.com (sjsmacdonald)smc529 [at] york.ac.uk ( [at] )//sjsmacdonald [at] gmail.com">gmail.com
PDF icon 2011_fellowship_report_simon_macdonald.pdf

2011 Fellow
Ilias Chrissochoidis
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Email: ichriss [at] stanford.edu (ichriss)smc529 [at] york.ac.uk ( [at] )//ichriss [at] stanford.edu">stanford.edu
PDF icon 2011_fellowship_report_ilias_chrissochoidis.pdf

2010 Fellow
Louise Curran
PhD Candidate, University College London
Email: louise.curran [at] ucl.ac.uk (louise.curran)smc529 [at] york.ac.uk ( [at] )//louise.curran [at] ucl.ac.uk">ucl.ac.uk
PDF icon 2010_fellowship_report_louise_curran.pdf

2009 Fellow
Danielle Grover
PhD Candidate, University of Southampton
Email: danielle.grover [at] ucd.ie (danielle.grover)smc529 [at] york.ac.uk ( [at] )//danielle.grover [at] ucd.ie">ucd.ie
PDF icon 2009_fellowship_report_danielle_grover.pdf

2008 Fellow
Catherine Parisian
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Email: catherine.parisian [at] uncp.edu (catherine.parisian)smc529 [at] york.ac.uk ( [at] )//catherine.parisian [at] uncp.edu">uncp.edu
PDF icon 2008_fellowship_report_cathy_parisian.pdf

2008 Fellow
Geoffrey Sill
Associate Professor, Rutgers University at Camden
Email: sill [at] camden.rutgers.edu (sill)smc529 [at] york.ac.uk ( [at] )//sill [at] camden.rutgers.edu">camden.rutgers.edu
PDF icon 2008_fellowship_report_geoff_sill.pdf

2007 Fellow
Mascha Gemmeke
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald
Email: gemmeke [at] uni-greifswald.de (gemmeke)smc529 [at] york.ac.uk ( [at] )//gemmeke [at] uni-greifswald.de">uni-greifswald.de
PDF icon 2007_fellowship_report_mascha_gemmeke.pdf
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