BIAA-ANAMED Joint Fellowship in Heritage Studies

The BIAA and ANAMED joint fellowship will support research in heritage studies, concerned with the understanding, promotion, and/or preservation of the historical and archaeological material culture of Türkiye and the Black Sea region with particular reference to specific sites, monuments, or regions. Successful applicants should have an MA or PhD qualification in museology, heritage management, conservation, or a related specialization, or have appropriate and comparable professional experience in these fields.

One Post-Doctoral fellow or one half-year Senior fellowship (either 15 September – 31 January or 1 February – 15 June) for a Senior fellow will be awarded. (See Definitions of Fellows)

The successful candidate will be resident in Istanbul for most of the time of the fellowship, but might spend up to two months elsewhere in Türkiye carrying out field work or on-site research relating to his or her cultural heritage projects. The BIAA-ANAMED fellow must visit the BIAA and give a public lecture in Ankara during the tenure of the fellowship, and is strongly encouraged to establish close relations with the BIAA. Some preference may be given to applicants whose heritage studies proposals relate to past or current British research projects in Türkiye or the Black Sea region.

Questions concerning the fellowship and application process should be directed to anamedapplication@ku.edu.tr.

APPLICATION DEADLINE : 18 December

WHO CAN APPLY

• Applications focusing on the archaeology, art history, heritage, and history of Anatolia from the Neolithic through the Ottoman eras are welcome from scholars of these and allied disciplines, including those that focus on the management, conservation, and presentation of the past.
• PhD candidates who have completed the doctoral qualification stage and post-doctoral and senior scholars in relevant fields can apply for fellowships.
• An applicant who has completed or expects to complete her/his PhD (including the defense, viva voce, and/or final public examination) before the fellowship term begins should apply for a Post-Doctoral Fellowship. In cases where the PhD degree is granted after the application has been submitted but before the fellowship term begins, the applicant is required to submit a copy of the doctoral diploma (and/or final transcript) to the Fellowship Coordinator before the fellowship term begins. If the applicant fails to complete the PhD before the fellowship term begins, the Post-Doctoral Fellowship will be cancelled.
• An applicant who has applied for and is awarded a PhD Fellowship and who successfully completes her/his PhD during the ANAMED fellowship year will be allowed to complete the full term of the fellowship but will not be eligible for an upgrade to a Post-Doctoral Fellowship.
• Koç University PhD students are not eligible for ANAMED PhD Fellowships. Graduates of Koç University PhD programs, however, may apply for Post-Doctoral and/or Senior Fellowships.
• Applicants may not apply for both Regular/Joint Fellowships and Short-Term Fellowships in the same year.
• Applicants who will apply for İAE – ANAMED Joint Fellowship must not have received İAE fellowship in the last five years.
• Applications from scholars of all nationalities are encouraged, yet fellows must be proficient in English, the language of instruction at Koç University.

HOW TO APPLY

• Before applying please refer to ANAMED’s Frequently Asked Questions concerning the application process.
• All applicants should complete the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM.
• Owing to the functionality of the online form, the application must be completed and submitted in one session without closing the browser window. We recommend, therefore, that application information be gathered and prepared in a different document or place first and then entered into the form and submitted in one session. For a list of information required by in the application form, click here…
• Regular and Joint Fellowships are available for the 9-month academic year. PhD Fellowships are full 9-month fellowships, while Post-Doctoral and Senior Fellowships can be limited to either 9-month or 4.5 month terms (fall or spring semesters).
• PhD candidates cannot apply for a half-term fellowship.
• Fellowship cannot commence outside of mid September-June dates.
• Applicants who apply for a Joint Fellowship and who would like to be considered for a Regular Fellowship also should indicate this by selecting the appropriate checkbox in the Joint Fellowship application form. In such cases, the primary application should always be submitted to the Joint Fellowship.
• Applicants who apply for a Joint fellowship will also be considered for the Regular fellowships during the evaluation. Those candidates do not need to submit a second application for regular fellowships. The primary application should always be for Joint fellowship.
• Non-residential fellowships are reserved for those precluded from staying at ANAMED for personal reasons (including those already resident in Istanbul). Housing support is unfortunately unavailable for fellows who desire to reside outside ANAMED.
• Residential and Non-Residential fellowship statuses cannot be changed after fellowships are granted.
• For applicants who apply as residential and wish to stay at ANAMED Building together with their family should note that, residential apartments are 1+0 with one double bed and are not suitable for more than two people.
• PhD Fellowship applicants should upload their graduate school transcript(s). If a university does not have transcripts, the applicant should upload an official letter from the university or advisor indicating her/his status as a registered PhD student there.
• Please do not upload irrelevant pdf’s other than the relevant document where you asked to upload a certain document. For example, if you upload a CV where you are expected to upload your transcript, the system will not recognize your document and your application will be invalid.
• Two recommendation letters are required for applicants for PhD and Post-Doctoral Fellowships. Only one recommendation letter is required for applicants for Senior Fellowships. (Please check PhD, Post-Doc, and Senior definitions in below this page)
• IMPORTANT! Application system does not send the recommendation letter requests to the listed recommenders. Applicants are responsible to contact with the recommenders and make sure to letters been sent to anamedapplication@ku.edu.tr  directly by the recommenders.
• ANAMED can not confirm whether your letters were received before the application system closed (18 December). Please check first with your recommenders.
• Recommendation letters should be submitted at the latest by 18 DECEMBER. Letters sent after this date will not be considered.
• Applicants are responsible to contact with the recommenders and make sure to letters been sent to anamedapplication@ku.edu.tr  directly by the recommenders.
• Recommendation letters should comment directly on the proposed fellowship project and the ability of the applicant to undertake it. For this reason, ANAMED recommends that applicants share project proposals with recommenders in advance.
• One of the two recommendation letters required for PhD Fellowship applicants must come from the applicant’s PhD thesis advisor and should comment directly on the status of the thesis and the applicant’s proposed schedule of completion.
• Applicants are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of all application information. ANAMED reserves the right to withhold applications from full review owing to incompleteness and/or inaccuracy.

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