2021 Visiting Fellows working in the Upper Reading Room
From 2007-2017, Chawton House offered a competitive Visiting Fellowship programme in partnership with the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Southampton, building up a community of scholars across the globe and supporting world-class research. However, changes to the funding structure of Chawton House led to the suspension of the programme to allow for a strategic reshaping of the organisation, ensuring it could become self-sustaining.
In August 2021, we piloted a new summer Fellowship programme aimed specifically at early career researchers, awarding three residential Fellowships. Below, the Fellows share some of the research they undertook during their time at Chawton House, and talk about the experience of being onsite.
Previous Fellows
Since 2021, we have continued to offer Fellowships for 2 or 3 cohorts each year, aimed primarily at postgraduate or early career researchers (within 5 years of PhD) working on women’s writing of the long eighteenth century. These fellowships are made possible by support from the Ardeola Charitable Trust.
2025 applications for Fellowships are now closed, and the you can read about the Fellows here:
In 2025, we are delighted to be able to offer 6 Visiting Fellowships for research into women writers of the long eighteenth century – 3 in August (4th-29th) and 3 in November (3rd-28th).
We are offering one British Association of Romantic Studies Fellowship to scholars at any stage of their career.
Please direct enquiries to Dr Kim Simpson: kim.simpson@chawtonhouse.org