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20 September 2022
The Adshead Scholarship Award is available to academic researchers in the field of Quaker Studies. To apply you must be registered in a university postgraduate programme. We favour applicants who are relatively early in their study (e.g. in the first two years of a full-time PhD).
This scholarship is being revived in a more flexible way having been suspended during the pandemic years 2020-2022.
Previous scholars have used the award to devote some residential time in the Quaker library at Woodbrooke. However, this is not available at present so we have widened the scheme to allow for access to a much broader range of physical archive locations. We expect that the Library of the Religious Society of Friends in London will be especially useful to many researchers, but we are open to considering applications for travel to and accommodation near any archive relevant to your work.
The successful applicant will receive up to a maximum £600 (or equivalent for non-sterling applications) for 2023.
To be considered for an award you should complete the attached application form. You have the option of downloading the word doc or using the google form. Should you have any technical issues, please contact us at qsraofficers@gmail.com
adshead_award_application_form.docx
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDqTy-glGaPuqscIQEAFyZzzkwskg93YII364bHjWRr_ZiAw/viewform?usp=sf_link
This application will help us determine how the scholarship could help you at this stage of your studies.
Your plan will include information on what you see as your academic requirements as well as your need for financial support.
Please return your application to Judith Roads, QSRA convenor at roads4@me.com if using the word document.
The deadline for applications in 2023 is December 19th, 2022.
Before applying, you may wish to have a conversation with Ben Pink Dandelion. This can be arranged by emailing him directly at b.p.dandelion@bham.ac.uk
If your application is successful, you will be sent the award by bank transfer and need to book travel, accommodation, and library access yourself. If you are expecting to use the Library of the Religious Society of Friends in London you will need to arrange time to access specific resources directly with them. There are a number of options for accommodation which should allow you to stay for four to five nights in London, depending on the time of year, within the amount given by the award.
Here is a small selection:
Near Friends House, Euston, London NW1 2BJ
Bedford Hotel, 83, 95 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4HD
https://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/hotels/bedford-hotel
Premier Inn, Euston,
1 Duke's Rd, London WC1H 9PJ
https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/england/greater-london/london/london-euston.html
Tavistock Hotel, 48-55 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9EU
https://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/hotels/tavistock-hotel
Slightly further from Friends House, (London, zone 2)
The Royal Foundation of St Katherine,
2 Butcher Row, London E14 8DS
https://www.rfsk.org.uk/
After your visit to the archive of your choice, the recipient of the award is expected to report on the use you made of the money. This should include reporting the sums spent and on what, and commenting on the contribution the award made to your work. This report allows us to monitor the success of the award especially these new arrangements.
This scholarship is being revived in a more flexible way having been suspended during the pandemic years 2020-2022.
Previous scholars have used the award to devote some residential time in the Quaker library at Woodbrooke. However, this is not available at present so we have widened the scheme to allow for access to a much broader range of physical archive locations. We expect that the Library of the Religious Society of Friends in London will be especially useful to many researchers, but we are open to considering applications for travel to and accommodation near any archive relevant to your work.
The successful applicant will receive up to a maximum £600 (or equivalent for non-sterling applications) for 2023.
To be considered for an award you should complete the attached application form. You have the option of downloading the word doc or using the google form. Should you have any technical issues, please contact us at qsraofficers@gmail.com
adshead_award_application_form.docx
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDqTy-glGaPuqscIQEAFyZzzkwskg93YII364bHjWRr_ZiAw/viewform?usp=sf_link
This application will help us determine how the scholarship could help you at this stage of your studies.
Your plan will include information on what you see as your academic requirements as well as your need for financial support.
Please return your application to Judith Roads, QSRA convenor at roads4@me.com if using the word document.
The deadline for applications in 2023 is December 19th, 2022.
Before applying, you may wish to have a conversation with Ben Pink Dandelion. This can be arranged by emailing him directly at b.p.dandelion@bham.ac.uk
If your application is successful, you will be sent the award by bank transfer and need to book travel, accommodation, and library access yourself. If you are expecting to use the Library of the Religious Society of Friends in London you will need to arrange time to access specific resources directly with them. There are a number of options for accommodation which should allow you to stay for four to five nights in London, depending on the time of year, within the amount given by the award.
Here is a small selection:
Near Friends House, Euston, London NW1 2BJ
Bedford Hotel, 83, 95 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4HD
https://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/hotels/bedford-hotel
Premier Inn, Euston,
1 Duke's Rd, London WC1H 9PJ
https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/england/greater-london/london/london-euston.html
Tavistock Hotel, 48-55 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9EU
https://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/hotels/tavistock-hotel
Slightly further from Friends House, (London, zone 2)
The Royal Foundation of St Katherine,
2 Butcher Row, London E14 8DS
https://www.rfsk.org.uk/
After your visit to the archive of your choice, the recipient of the award is expected to report on the use you made of the money. This should include reporting the sums spent and on what, and commenting on the contribution the award made to your work. This report allows us to monitor the success of the award especially these new arrangements.
4 April 2022
Quaker Studies
Call for Submissions: Special Issue John Woolman (1720-1772): Context and Legacy
The recent 250th anniversary of John Woolman's death provides a basis for re-examining the Quaker tailor's legacy in Quaker spirituality and ethics. Woolman has had a renaissance in recent years, being the subject of critical analyses and historical reinterpretations. This special issue welcomes papers that explore Woolman's legacy in historical and theological context. Articles are welcome that build on recent Woolman scholarship and new interdisciplinary approaches to Quaker Studies to analyse both Woolman and contemporary Quaker ethics.
Potential topics could include, but are not restricted to:
The timeline is as follows:
14 April 2022 – submission of proposals of 500 words for an article, and 250 words for a Research Note AND 100-word authors’ mini-biography
14 May 2022 – Confirmation of acceptance of pieces for the special issue
1 March 2023 – First submissions for editorial feedback
1 April 2023 – Final submissions for peer review
1 May 2023 – Return of peer review comments
1 August 2023 – Submission for publication
December 2023 – Publication
Interested parties are invited to submit proposals and mini biographies by 14 April to Jon R. Kershner (kershnjr@plu.edu). Queries about the special issue and potential pieces can be sent to the same address.
Call for Submissions: Special Issue John Woolman (1720-1772): Context and Legacy
The recent 250th anniversary of John Woolman's death provides a basis for re-examining the Quaker tailor's legacy in Quaker spirituality and ethics. Woolman has had a renaissance in recent years, being the subject of critical analyses and historical reinterpretations. This special issue welcomes papers that explore Woolman's legacy in historical and theological context. Articles are welcome that build on recent Woolman scholarship and new interdisciplinary approaches to Quaker Studies to analyse both Woolman and contemporary Quaker ethics.
Potential topics could include, but are not restricted to:
- Woolman, Gandhi, and peacemaking
- Woolman and environmental justice
- Reconsidering Quaker hagiography
- Woolman as an activist icon
- Spirituality and dissent
- Woolman, empire, and colonialism
- Reflecting on Woolman’s reception in the twenty-first century
The timeline is as follows:
14 April 2022 – submission of proposals of 500 words for an article, and 250 words for a Research Note AND 100-word authors’ mini-biography
14 May 2022 – Confirmation of acceptance of pieces for the special issue
1 March 2023 – First submissions for editorial feedback
1 April 2023 – Final submissions for peer review
1 May 2023 – Return of peer review comments
1 August 2023 – Submission for publication
December 2023 – Publication
Interested parties are invited to submit proposals and mini biographies by 14 April to Jon R. Kershner (kershnjr@plu.edu). Queries about the special issue and potential pieces can be sent to the same address.
September 2021
A Message From Oscar Malande
I am so thankful and grateful for the donations made in the previous year. I was able to clear the tuition fee. So far there has been great progress in my studies. I successfully went through a rigorous progress panel review committee that allowed me to proceed to the second year of my studies. Also, the ethical review committee approved my research project. I will soon start doing the interviews. Already, I have submitted my literature review chapter and continue to write on the history of Kenyan Quakerism.
As I look forward to beginning the second year of my study, I come back to you again to kindly request your help in paying the tuition fee. The total fee will be £17,880. After reviewing my academic progress Langham Partnership Scholarship renewed its pledge to pay £10,800. Also, Hubbert Trust will pay £1,000.
Your help in raising the remaining balance of £ 6,080 will be of great help. Again I kindly request the commitment of the donations to be sustained for the next two years, the targeted time of finishing my studies.
Thank you and blessings to you.
Thanks
Oscar
A Message From Oscar Malande
I am so thankful and grateful for the donations made in the previous year. I was able to clear the tuition fee. So far there has been great progress in my studies. I successfully went through a rigorous progress panel review committee that allowed me to proceed to the second year of my studies. Also, the ethical review committee approved my research project. I will soon start doing the interviews. Already, I have submitted my literature review chapter and continue to write on the history of Kenyan Quakerism.
As I look forward to beginning the second year of my study, I come back to you again to kindly request your help in paying the tuition fee. The total fee will be £17,880. After reviewing my academic progress Langham Partnership Scholarship renewed its pledge to pay £10,800. Also, Hubbert Trust will pay £1,000.
Your help in raising the remaining balance of £ 6,080 will be of great help. Again I kindly request the commitment of the donations to be sustained for the next two years, the targeted time of finishing my studies.
Thank you and blessings to you.
Thanks
Oscar
If you would like to donate to support Oscar, please click here.
