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Land & Water Fellowship
Researching the history of the Zuiderzee region and Flevoland.
With this fellowship we want to stimulate scientific research and offer space to a new generation of researchers. You determine the topic yourself, as long as the research is based on objects, archives or partial collections of Museum Batavialand. What can you research?
The possibilities are broad. Research, for example, why the Markermeer was never reclaimed or what archaeological traces are still hidden there. Delve into the shipwrecks that will soon take center stage in our renovated museum, such as the mysterious paintings from the Ventjager or the four-hundred-year-old eggs from the Beurtvaarder. Or investigate the material culture of the drowned medieval villages of Flevoland: was the area between 1100 and 1400 really as empty as is often thought, or does that picture require more nuance?
We welcome original and innovative research proposals that offer new insights into the history of the Zuiderzee region, Flevoland and our shared heritage. What do we ask?
You: - Have recently graduated (no more than three years ago), or are completing your studies before the start of the fellowship; - Holds a master's degree in archaeology, history or other relevant study with historical and/or archaeological perspective; - Are available for research for three consecutive months, including at least three days per week on location in Lelystad; - develops its own research proposal based on the collections of Museum Batavialand; - presents the results of your research and writes a scholarly article within twelve months of completing the fellowship.
Good to know: our collection management systems and archives are Dutch-speaking. Reading skills in Dutch are therefore important. What do we o...
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