There are three schemes through which external scholars can apply to spend time as a visiting or honorary scholar in the School of English and Drama at QMUL.
The Department of Drama invites suitably qualified students enrolled on PhD programmes at other institutions to visit Queen Mary as Postgraduate Research Visiting Students for a period of one to six months.
Students are assigned a mentor with whom they can meet to discuss their project (though not for formal supervision). Students have access to libraries at Queen Mary University of London and to the University of London’s Senate House Library, as well as QMUL networks and relevant buildings. They can also use other London resources such as those at the British Library and elsewhere. Students are encouraged to participate in the research culture at QMUL and in London by attending seminars and relevant research training events in the School and elsewhere in the university, at the University of London, and beyond. The School has hosted students from a number of countries including Brazil, France, Spain, Turkey and the UK.
Prospective Associate Students should contact the Director of Graduate Studies for English, Professor Rachael Gilmour, to discuss their suitability. There is a fee of £100 per month that goes towards costs to the University (in extraordinary circumstances, this may be adjusted; the fee is payable prior to registration).
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The School of English and Drama welcomes academics as part of QMUL’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Distinguished Visiting Fellows Scheme. Recent and forthcoming Distinguished Visiting Fellows in English include Rita Barnard (University of Pennsylvania), Timothy Brook (University of British Columbia), Lisa Gitelman (New York University), Daniel Vitkus (UC San Diego), Line Cottegnies (Sorbonne Nouvelle), and Patricia Seed (UC Irvine). The scheme provides free on-campus accommodation for a period of between one and three weeks. Fellows on this scheme are expected to present research in the Department and to contribute to PhD training.
If you are interested in applying to this scheme, please contact a colleague with shared research interests in the Department.
The School of English and Drama (SED) at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) invites suitably qualified scholars of postdoctoral standing to visit us as Visiting Scholars or Honorary Scholars for a period of up to three years. Both groups of titles are important means by which the university establishes relationships with people who are distinguishing themselves either in their own academic institutions or elsewhere in fields of activity where Queen Mary would benefit from association.
Honorary and Visiting titles apply to different circumstances. 'Visiting' reflects a person of equivalent standing in another academic institution, whereas 'Honorary' reflects someone bringing skills and experience that may have been developed in a different environment.
Visiting and Honorary Scholars may be assigned a mentor with whom they can meet to discuss their research (though not for formal supervision). Visiting and Honorary Scholars have access to QMUL premises and facilities (as agreed in each case), usually including IT and library services; and are encouraged to participate in the research culture of the Department by attending research seminars and other events.
Further information on the policy and procedure is available here. More information is available here.
Prospective applicants should submit the following to the Head of Department, Dr Tamara Atkin, in the first instance:
Due to pressures on space, we cannot offer office or desk space within the School; we also cannot offer administrative support. Ideally, please submit your query six months before you propose to come to QMUL.
