Monthly Archives: March 2025

ANZAMEMS Internships

Australian RTP-funded PhD candidates are now being encouraged to take industry partnerships to strengthen links between the latest research and industry innovations. These have roll on benefits for the institutions as well as students and industry.

ANZAMEMS is available to host internships, subject to an appropriate fit between an ANZAMEMS project and candidate being established, and approval by the candidate’s institution. Internship activities may include but are not limited to targeted research projects that contribute to the aims of the Association and journal internships to develop skills in editing. A UWA-based project curating an ANZAMEMS archive is available to a local candidate, who can work onsite. We can also explore online options and supervisory arrangements located with ANZAMEMS members in other states.

Expressions of interest from candidates or supervisors can be lodged at any time. Please email info@anzamems.org to discuss.

Member Publication – Remembering England: Cultural Memory in the Sagas of Icelanders

Matthew Firth has recently published a new monograph with Routledge: Remembering England: Cultural Memory in the Sagas of Icelanders.

This book provides an in-depth study of depictions of England in the Saga of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur), examining their utility as sources for the history of Viking Age Anglo-Scandinavian cultural contact.

The Íslendingasögur present themselves as histories, but they are difficult historical sources. Their setting is the Saga Age, a period that begins with the settlement of Iceland in the late ninth century and ends along with the Viking Age in the late eleventh century–however, the saga texts are disconnected from this setting, having first been written down in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This book traces the transmission and development of Icelandic cultural memory of Saga Age England across this distance of centuries. It offers case study analyses of how historical time, place, cultures, and events are adapted and conceptualised in the Íslendingasögur and suggests methodological approaches to their study as historical literature.

Remembering England is an interdisciplinary book that will appeal to scholars and students of the history of pre-Norman England, the Icelandic sagas, medieval literature, and cultural memory.

National Library of Australia 2026 Fellowships

Applications are now open for the 2026 Fellowships offered by the National Library of Australia. Researchers and creative writers are encouraged to apply for nine philanthropically funded Fellowships offered by the National Library of Australia in 2026.

This year, the amount of financial assistance has increased, with a total of $315,000 of funding available.  Successful applicants will each receive $35,000 to support a sustained residency at the National Library in Canberra, as well as supported access to the Library’s collections, increased borrowing privileges, a dedicated desk in the Library’s Petherick Reading Room, and an allowance for high resolution digital copies of collection materials.

National Library of Australia Fellowships are open to experienced researchers needing to undertake sustained work with the Library’s collections to advance their research towards publication or other public outcomes. Research may be in any field that can be supported by the National Library’s collections, with specific Fellowships also available for those working in the areas of Asian studies, Australian literature, and Australian rural, regional or environmental history.

The Creative Arts Fellowship for Australian Writing is open to creative writers, working in any literary genre, to develop creative works inspired by the Library’s collections.  This may include writing for performance, poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, personal essays or graphic novels.

Learn more about the National Library of Australia Fellowships and Creative Arts Fellowship, including information on eligibility, information on previous projects and online application forms.

Applications for National Library of Australia Fellowships and the Creative Arts Fellowship will close on Monday 5 May 2025.

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ANZAMEMS Reading Group

A reminder that the next session of the 2025 ANZAMEMS reading group is on Tuesday 25 March at 1-2pm Melbourne time (UTC+11). This will be on Extinction and Fish Hunting. See schedule below.

The Zoom links, readings, and full schedule can be found on the Google Drive at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Qi0W8i-38w0Dgwia9jJ0aDCh5OEQjpRF.

We are asking those interested to register again on TryBooking at https://www.trybooking.com/CZJNA, although drop-ins are always welcome.

Please contact the convenor with any queries: Emily Chambers (Murdoch University), emily.chambers@murdoch.edu.au.

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Arc Humanities Press – Publishing Opportunities 2025

Arc Humanities Press publishes scholarly research across premodern interdisciplinary studies. We cover the late antique, medieval, and early modern periods from a global perspective; area studies (within and beyond Europe); digital humanities; and research that fosters better public engagement in, and understanding, of the past and the links the premodern world has with the contemporary world. We aim to publish “edgy” research.

Arc invites authors with manuscripts for monographs or thematic collections which align with Arc’s list, and which are complete and ready for internal and external peer review, to contact us to discuss possible publication before the end of 2025. 

Arc is a growing publisher with a reputation for swift publication timelines. Please contact Dr. Anna Henderson by close of business Monday, 31 March 2025 if you’re interested in publishing your book this year.

Contact: Dr Anna Henderson, Director of Acquisitions, Anna.Henderson@arc-humanities.org

Postdoctoral Fellowship – Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame has announced the creation of the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, a university-wide initiative to support highly motivated scholars seeking to make a difference in the world.

The College of Arts and Letters will appoint and host a cohort of six postdoctoral fellows for the 2025-2026 academic year. See below flyer for further details.

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