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Harley Grants of research in history of cartography

Harley grants consist of a help for working in the area of history of cartography from the collections of ancient maps that exist in United Kingdom.  The grant can arrive to 2.000,00 €. The deadline to present the proposals is the next November, 1st. Moreover, for the period 2018-2020 it is announced an additional grant promoved by […]

Announcement of grants of Newberry Library of Chicago

The Newberry Library opens its annual announcement of grants for research in two modalities:   Postdoctoral grants of long duration in order to be among 4 and 9 months. The amount is 4200$ per month. These grants are thought to promote individual academic research and a quality intelectual exchange though the active participation in the grant program. The deadline is […]

Fellowship to do the PhD in History of Cartography in Portugal

It is offered a fellowship to do the PhD in History of Cartography in the framework of the European project “MEDEA-CHART: The Medieval and Early-Modern Nautical Chart: Birth, Evolution and Use”. The work place will be in the Faculdade de Ciências de la Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL), but it will require frequently to visit national archives […]

New edition of Harley fellowships about research in History of Cartography

The Harley fellowships-the only in this type in Europe-consists in a help for working in the area of history of cartography from the old map collections existing in United Kingdom.   The help could be until four weeks (normally of 400 libres per week). The are though for PhD students or postdoctoral researchers until five years […]

Two long-term postdoctoral fellowship positions to study medieval and early modern charts

Two long-term postdoctoral fellowship positions are being offered to undertake research in the framework of the European Research Council project “MEDEA-CHART”, in the Faculty of Sciences-University of Lisbon (Portugal). The project focus on the origin, technical evolution and use of the medieval and early modern nautical charts. A short synopsis is provided here. Applications should be […]