Chevening British Library Southeast Asian Fellowship 2027 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: October 27, 2026

Applications are open for the Chevening British Library Southeast Asian Fellowship 2027. The fellowship is open to mid-profession professionals from Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand, who’ve a powerful curiosity in surveying, assessing, and researching uncommon, printed works.

If chosen, you’ll undertake a analysis mission on the British Library’s assortment of early printed works in Cambodian, Lao, and Thai languages, protecting the interval from c.1840 to 1950 (c.600-800 objects). You will present metadata-type info in authentic scripts and Romanisation as the premise for the creation of catalogue data by the supervising curator.

The fellowship will happen on the British Library, the place you’ll work carefully with the Henry Ginsburg Curator, Ms Jana Igunma, who’s accountable for this assortment of early printed supplies, in addition to different colleagues within the Southeast Asia part and the British Library’ Conservation Centre.

Benefits

Each fellowship contains:

• 12-month interval of mission-based mostly exercise on the British Library
• Living bills at some stage in the fellowship
• Return economic system airfare
• Allowance package deal for fellowship-associated actions
• Up to £1,000 for authorised mission-associated bills

Eligibility

In addition to assembly the usual eligibility standards, it’s essential to:  

• Be a citizen of and resident in one of many following nations: Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand
• Have a postgraduate stage qualification (or equal skilled coaching or expertise in a related space) on the time of application  
• Have important skilled and/or educational analysis expertise (a minimum of 5 years)  
• Be presently employed or enrolled as a PhD candidate (your PhD should not be with a UK/EU or USA college) 
• Have glorious written and spoken information of Thai, Lao, and Khmer, or glorious information of Thai along with both Lao or Khmer  
• Have good written and spoken English, with the flexibility to speak analysis findings successfully 
• Have an curiosity in bibliographical description, cataloguing, and curatorial work  
• Have a willingness to study and apply digital instruments, together with AI-assisted approaches, to assist the creation of metadata  
• Have expertise of speaking with non-specialist audiences, together with by way of blogs, social media, or different public engagement actions 
• Have an curiosity within the historical past of Southeast Asian printing, e-book tradition, and manuscript traditions 

Application

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Chevening British Library Southeast Asian Fellowship.