Visiting Research Fellowship at Wolfson College
The Smuts Memorial Fund also elects one Smuts Visiting Research Fellow a year, in association with a Visiting Research Fellowship at Wolfson College, to come to Cambridge to study for 9 months.
Fellowships are available for research in the field of Commonwealth Studies, including the Commonwealth related aspects of archaeology, anthropology, economics, history, human geography, law, literature, oriental studies, sociology, politics and social psychology. The maximum duration of a Fellowship is 9 months.
Fellowship holders are expected to live in Cambridge for the bulk of their tenure and accommodation is normally offered by Wolfson College.
Fellows are expected to advance Commonwealth Studies in Cambridge mainly by pursuing research, but also by taking part in seminars and similar activities within the University. Fellows will have access, by agreement, to the holdings of Faculty and Departmental libraries, to the libraries of the Centres of African Studies and South Asian Studies and to the University Library, which houses the extensive collection of materials relating to the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth, formerly housed in the Royal Commonwealth Society Library in London.
- Further information
- Archaeology and Anthropology
- Economics
- History
- Human Geography
- Law
- Literature
- Asian and Middle Eastern Studies - Oriental Studies
- Sociology
- Politics and Social Psychology
- Wolfson College
Further Information and Application Process
We are no longer receiving applications for the 2012-13 Visiting Research Fellowship.
The Research Fellowship for 2012 has been awarded to Professor Bruce Berman.
- News story: New Smuts Fellow elected
Information on the selection process for 2013-14 will be made available here from June 2012.
Visiting Research Fellows Since 2001
| Year | Gender | Names | Department | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011/2012 | M | Dr RS Vasudevan | History | India |
| 2010/2011 | M | Professor P Harries | History | Switzerland/South Africa |
| M | Dr M Ali Shah | Politics | India | |
| 2009/2010 | M | Dr RN Singh | Archaeology | India |
| M | Dr B Sweetman | History/Oriental Studies | New Zealand/UK | |
| 2008/2009 | F | Dr R Banerjee | English | India |
| 2007/2008 | F | Dr KS Amanor | Anthropology | Ghana |
| M | Dr B Atwood | History | New Zealand/Australia | |
| 2006/2007 | M | Dr DM Menon | History | India |
| F | Professor C Oppong | Social Sciences | Ghana | |
| 2005/2006 | M | Dr I Achebe | History | Nigeria |
| M | Dr BN Tiwari | History | India | |
| 2004/2005 | M | Dr M Chanock | Law | Australia |
| F | Dr A K Segobye | Archaeology | Botswana | |
| 2003/2004 | M | Dr RM Matheka | History | Kenya |
| M | Professor A Karnik | Economics & Politics | India | |
| 2002/2003 | F | Dr S Alavi | History | India |
| M | Professor J Powell | Geography | Australia | |
| 2001/2002 | M | Dr S.C. Vasciannie | Law | West Indies |
| M | Professor R. Datta | History | India |