The Scott Opler Fellowship in Architectural History

The Scott Opler Fellowship in Architectural History for the period 2025-2027

Worcester College, Oxford is pleased to be able to offer a two-year residential Fellowship in the study of Renaissance or Baroque architectural history through the generosity of the Scott Opler Foundation.

Applications are invited from scholars of any nationality and academic affiliation in the final year of their dissertation or within the first four years after the completion of their Ph.D., D.Phil. or comparable degree.

Topics may include any area or aspect of architectural history during the Renaissance or Baroque era including urbanism, landscape and garden history, drawing and design method, theory and publication, architectural representation, as well as studies of architecture and related disciplines.

The Opler Research Fellow will receive a stipend of £33,232 per annum and will have access to certain travel, research and publication funds (max £3000 p/a).  The Fellowship carries an entitlement to College accommodation (although the Fellow will be responsible for Council Tax and the cost of services e.g. gas, electricity, telephone). As a member of the Senior Common Room, the Fellow is entitled to free lunches and dinners at the Common Table in term and vacation (when the college’s kitchens are open.)

It is expected that the Fellow may need to travel for the purposes of research but he or she will be based in Oxford for the duration of the Fellowship.

Applications must be received by noon on Wednesday 4^th June 2025 and should include an official Application Form, a statement of the proposed research programme, and a current curriculum vitae. Applicants must also arrange for two confidential letters of recommendation to be sent direct to the College by the same date. Applications and references should be sent by e-mail as MS Word or PDF documents, addressed to academic.recruitment@worc.ox.ac.uk (via the ‘Apply’ button above). Please also complete the Equality Monitoring Questionnaire following the link attached - https://forms.office.com/e/AhFaJsBYFU 

Informal queries about the appointment may be sent to the Senior Tutor, Dr Helen Parish (senior.tutor@worc.ox.ac.uk) or to Dr Emanuela Vai, Head of Research in Humanities (emanuela.vai@worc.ox.ac.uk)

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