Job Description
Chevening Southeast Europe British Library Fellowships 2027 Available for Everyone
Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Chevening Southeast Europe British Library Fellowship, a 12-month research placement hosted at one of the world’s great repositories of printed knowledge. Co-funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the British Library itself, this Chevening British Library Fellowship targets mid-career professionals from eight countries across Southeast Europe and Turkey—offering not merely funding, but structured access to collections that have defined scholarly understanding of the Balkans for centuries.
Why This Chevening Fellowship Matters Now?
The British Library’s Southeast European collections—spanning 18th to 20th century printed books, periodicals, and bibliographic records—remain, by the institution’s own acknowledgement, unevenly catalogued. Language metadata is incomplete, contributor records are outdated, and ...