Non-Stipendiary) Application Form

INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES

Orwell Visiting Fellowship (Non-Stipendiary) Application Form

The Institute of Advanced Studies and the Orwell Foundation invite researchers working on aspects of George Orwell and his contribution to the Humanities and Social Sciences to apply for the Orwell Visiting Fellowship (Non-Stipendiary). Applicants may include:

1. Researchers working directly on the work of the English author, journalist and critic George Orwell (1903 – 1950) from any discipline, or cross-disciplinary perspective, in the Humanities and Social Sciences. 2. Researchers from any disciplines working in any area associated with George Orwell’s extensive literary, cultural and political legacy.

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Institutional affiliation

Current position Research proposal: summary of work that you intend to do as an Orwell Visiting Fellow and how it fits in with your larger research project (max. 250 words)

Why would you like to be at the IAS/UCL? (max. 100 words)

How will you benefit by being in London? (max. 100 words)

Duration of stay (min. 3 months - max. 12 months) Preferred start date

Preferred end date What sources of funding do you have to support yourself?

How do you envisage your work fitting with IAS themes/areas? (max. 100 words)

Will you be collecting data during your visit? Yes/No (Delete as appropriate) If yes, has ethical approval been granted? Yes/No (Delete as appropriate) If yes, from whom?

Do you intend to use the Orwell Archive? Yes/No (Delete as appropriate) If yes, in what way?

What the IAS offers you:  Desk space  Membership of the IAS community and Common Ground  Access to UCL resources, including seminars, events and the library. Access to Orwell Foundation events at UCL and beyond.  Full participation in IAS and Orwell Foundation events  Access to the UNESCO-registered George Orwell Archive  An opportunity to work on either some aspect of either George Orwell’s work, or on themes of research relating to Orwell’s work and intellectual legacy  Access to an Orwell-focused intellectual community through the Orwell Foundation network of scholars, writers and journalists and Orwell-related events and discussions at UCL and beyond

What the IAS expects from you:  Participate in IAS-generated research-based activities  Attend weekly IAS Residential Seminars whenever possible  Delivery of one Talking Points Seminar  Have involvement in selected IAS and Orwell Foundation events/platforms and participate in the IAS and Orwell Foundation intellectual community and wider community  Generate ideas and events for scheduling within the IAS environment  Present their own research (as appropriate) in IAS forums  Acknowledge the IAS and the Orwell Foundation in any publications which result from research done during the period of the appointment

The George Orwell Archive: The Visiting Research Fellow will also have access to the George Orwell Archive, which is the most comprehensive body of research material relating to the author George Orwell (Eric Blair) (1903-1950) anywhere. The Archive includes original material such as manuscripts and typescript notes, political and domestic diaries, literary notebooks, correspondence, photographs, book covers and memorabilia. There are also specialist book collections relating to Orwell, including books from his own library and many rare editions of his work.

The Orwell Foundation: An independent charity, the Orwell Foundation exists to perpetuate the achievements of the British writer George Orwell (1903-1950). In a relatively brief career, cut short by illness, Orwell wrote six novels, two of which, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), have had a profound influence on the post-war world. His non-fiction includes The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), an account of his travels through the Depression-era north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), which records his experiences fighting on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. As well as believing in the moral power of language, Orwell understood the dangers that accompany its corruption. His work transcends the immediate circumstances in which it was conceived and is uniquely relevant to the social, political and economic landscapes of the twenty-first century.

Whether through the prestigious Orwell Prizes, awarded each year to the books and journalism which best meet Orwell’s ambition ‘to make political writing into an art’, or the growing number of Orwell-related activities which take place under its auspices – from events, lectures and dramatised live-readings to the Orwell Fellowship of writers and journalists – the Orwell Foundation aims to use Orwell’s work to celebrate honest writing and reporting, uncover hidden lives and confront uncomfortable truths – and, in doing so, to promote Orwell’s values of integrity, decency and fidelity to truth. Through this work we hope to connect with the many different constituencies to whom Orwell and his writings are a source of inspiration, from policy-makers and politicians to students and schoolchildren, and to offer a platform for debate and discussion designed to appeal to the widest possible public audience.

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