Addressed to researchers in history of science, technology and medicine to develop research projects that make use of the collections of the library (la Biblioteca “Vicent Peset Llorca”) and museum (Museu d’Història de la Medicina i de la Ciència) of the López Piñero Interuniversity Institute at the Universitat de València (IILP-UV).
Call: Annual (academic calendar). Deadline: 15 October
Duration: minimum 1 week, maximum 1 month
Requirements: PhD (or advanced doctoral studies). Project connected to the IILP-UV collections and research lines. Presenting project results of research in IILP-UV seminar series or related teaching and outreach activities. Developing working meetings with IILP-UV members.
Funding: Maximum of 1500 € for accommodation expenses at Col·legi Major Rector Peset (or similar) during a period of (maximum) one month, (minimum) one week. The amount awarded depends on duration, funding availability and number of fellowships awarded in the call.
Fellows will have a workspace in the ILLP-UV, library card (with access to the "Vicent Peset Llorca" Library and all the libraries of the Universitat de València), access to the collections of the Museum of the History of Medicine and Science of the IILP-UV, and to the electronic resources of the Universitat de València.
How to Apply:
Candidates have to submit the following documents:
1.- Full CV.
2.- Research project (around 500-600 words), highlighting the connection to the collections of the “Vicent Peset Llorca” Library, the Museum of the History of Medicine and Science, or other research activities developed at the López Piñero Interuniversity Institute.
3.- Proposed dates for the stay.
The application must be sent in digital format (PDF) by email with the subject "Ajudes Vicent Peset Llorca" (from the 1st September and not after the 15th October) to both:
Ximo Guillem <Ximo.Guillem@uv.es>
María Ricós <M.Carmen.Ricos@uv.es>
IMPORTANT: Applications must be sent to both e-mail addresses.
Previous Fellows:
Balsa de Pinho, Joana (Aberta University/Universitat de Barcelona). A comparative analysis of hospital architecture in Southern Premodern Europe (Portugal and Spain 1492-1580). September 2022 (21 days).
Bigotti, Fabrizio (Würzburg Universität). Cosmologies in Context. Geographical, Medical and Philosophical Representations of Latitude in the Early Modern Period (1500-1650). September 2022 (21 days).
Bautista, Max (Université Catholique de Louvain). Empirical ground: first round of archived-based enquiries for a historical project on the concept of biodiversidad in the Spanish conservation movement at the work of ICONA’s ingenieros de montes (1970-2000). June 2022 (15 days).
Brigidi, Serena (Universitat Rovira i Virgili). Ilustraciones obstétricas y descripciones medicas en el XVI -XVIII siglo: cómo el embarazo se ha transformado en una enfermedad. April 2021 (15 days).
Pierini, Edoardo (Université de Genève). Visualizing Intoxication. The role of verbal descriptions and visual images in the shaping of a new culture of intoxication (1550-1700). May 2022 (21 days).
Xaq Frohlich Petee (Auburn University). Reinventing the Mediterranean Dietas cultural capital. June 2021 (30 days).
José Pedro Marín Murcia. “Del gabinete clásico al laboratorio: Estudio del material científico y los espacios escolares para la enseñanza práctica de la Historia Natural en el Instituto de Valencia (1877-1927)” . February 2021 (15 days).
