The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)

Launched in May 2013, The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) provides an important opportunity for Oxford’s humanities scholars to collaborate with researchers across other disciplines and institutions and develop partnerships with public and private institutions. In seeking to connect Oxford researchers with other organisations globally, TORCH supports Fellowships that brings researchers from abroad to Oxford. Read more about TORCH here.

Applications are open to researchers with interdisciplinary projects from a broad range of research areas in the Humanities. The Fellow will be based in Oxford during Trinity term and work with Oxford researchers in the Humanities, and across other disciplines where appropriate, to develop research ideas, projects and events. This can include research papers, ideas for co-led projects, and future joint research developments in the area of humanities. Examples of areas of priority are research related to environmental humanities, medical humanities, intersectional humanities, race and resistance, digital humanities, performance, cultural heritage, history, languages, religion.

The Fellow will be welcomed into the Oxford community at TORCH and supported as part of the research community during their fellowship, with a view to develop a longer-term research connection.