Bursaries & Prizes
Terms and conditions for bursaries and prizes offered in association with our Conferences can be found here
Please note: There is only ONE application form for all conference bursaries. If you wish to apply for more than one type of bursary, please use the same application form. Please do not submit multiple forms.
Travel Bursaries
The Centre for the History of Emotions at the University of Western Australia, and the Australian Chapter for the Society of the History of Emotions, are pleased to offer a limited number of travel bursaries (of a minimum of $500AUD) to scholars presenting on any emotions-related topic at the 2024 ANZAMEMS Conference in Christchurch, NZ. HDR students and Early Career Researchers (PhDs completed within the past 7 years) will receive priority, as will those presenting on the conference theme, but everyone with an emotions topic is encouraged to apply. Offers of bursaries are conditional on acceptance of papers.
Applications should include an abstract of the paper to be presented, a short bio explaining the applicant’s status (HDR, ECR, etc.) in academia, and a short CV.
Applications and any queries should be directed to Kirk Essary at kirk.essary@uwa.edu.au
Deadline: 15 October 2023
George Yule Prize
This prize was named in 2001 to commemorate the life and work of George Shaw Sandon Yule (1919-2000), Professor of Church History at Ormond College, University of Melbourne (1957-77) and Professor of Church History at the University of Aberdeen (1978-88). Professor Yule organised the first biennial conference of AHMEME (Australian Historians of Medieval and Early Modern Europe), which amalgamated with ANZAMRS (Australian and New Zealand Association of Medieval and Renaissance Studies) to form the present ANZAMEMS. A special issue of Parergon (21.2 July 2004), prefaced by Wilfrid Prest, celebrates George Yule’s contribution to British history. George Yule’s obituary, written by Ian Breward, Patrick Collinson, Wilfrid Prest, John Reeve, is published in Parergon (18.3 July 2001), pp. x-xviii. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/4...
The George Yule Prize is awarded to the best essay written by a postgraduate. It is awarded biennially, at each ANZAMEMS conference.
Entry for the 2024 George Yule Prize is now open and closes on Sunday 15 October 2023 (AWST).
ANZAMEMS Conference Bursaries
To enable current or recent postgraduates who are currently unwaged to attend the ANZAMEMS biennial conference and deliver a paper at a session, travel bursaries will be offered. The amount of funding available and hence the number of bursaries funded, will be determined by the ANZAMEMS Honours and Prizes Sub-Committee after they have considered the applications. It is not expected that Sub-Committee will be able to offer a bursary to every eligible applicant. In the event of there being more eligible applicants than can be supported, the Sub-Committee will rank applicants according to distance travelled, financial need, current employment status, and access to other sources of funding.
Entry for the 2024 ANZAMEMS Conference Bursaries is now open and closes on Sunday 15 October 2023 (AWST).
ANZAMEMS Carer Bursaries
There will be a select number of bursaries available to support conference attendees attending online with carer responsibilities. The amount of funding available and hence the number of bursaries funded, will be determined by the ANZAMEMS Honours and Prizes Sub-Committee after they have considered the applications.
Entry for the 2024 ANZAMEMS Carer Bursaries is now open and closes on Sunday 15 October 2023 (AWST).
Kim Walker Travel Bursary
In 2003, ANZAMEMS established a bursary to honour the life and work of Dr Kim Walker, lecturer in English (with specialties in renaissance studies and Shakespeare) at Victoria University of Wellington. Dr Walker is remembered as a generous colleague, for her papers at various ANZAMEMS conferences, as a reviewer for Parergon, and in particular as the convenor of the Wellington ANZAMEMS conference in 1998, and as ANZAMEMS Vice President (New Zealand). Kim Walker’s obituary, written by Judith Dale, is published in Parergon (19.2 July 2002), pp. 1-3.
One of the conference bursary applicants will be selected for the Kim Walker Travel Bursary, currently set at AUD$500.
The bursary will be partially funded by donations to the Postgraduate Travel Fund.
Entry for the 2024 Kim Walker Travel Bursary is now open and closes on Sunday 15 October 2023 (AWST).
Maddern Crawford Network Conference Bursaries
To enable current ANZAMEMS members to attend the ANZAMEMS biennial conference travel bursaries will be offered by the Maddern Crawford Network.
Priority will be given to those without any institutional funding to attend.
Entry for the 2024 Maddern Crawford Network Conference Bursaries is now open and closes on Sunday 15 October 2023 (AWST).