The William R McFarlane Scholarship

Eligibility

Applicants for this award must:

• Hold a UK 2.1 or first-class Honours undergraduate degree (or overseas equivalent) in a relevant field;
• Demonstrate an equally high standard of academic performance in a postgraduate Master’s degree in a relevant field, or be on course to do so.
• All high quality proposals relating to migration and/or diaspora studies from any period, and from any geographical region, will be considered. Although Scottish history is a core concern, the Migration, Slavery and Diaspora Studies Hub has broad transnational interests, and welcomes projects relating to other nations or regions that put the Scottish example in a comparative perspective.
• Current/recent projects have focused on issues surrounding memory and identity (including military Scottishness, Irish diasporas in Melbourne and Chicago, and mapping memories of slavery), Scottish, Dutch, Jewish, and enslaved African diasporas in the early modern Atlantic World, and the impact of Scottish involvement with the slave economy on material culture at home.
• Prospective applicants are welcome to propose topics in related areas, but should not feel obliged to do so. 

Scholarship requirements