Slater Fellowship

Applications for the Slater Fellowship (academic year 2024/25) are now open with a closing date of 15 April 2024. 

For full details of the fellowship and how to apply please click here.  

The Slater Fellowship is provided by University College and offers the post holder full board and accommodation for one University term and membership of University College’s Senior Common Room.

To be eligible for the post, applicants must hold a senior position at another University and have research interests that fall within the scope of IMEMS.

Current Fellow(s)

Professor Sheila T. Cavanagh

(22 April 2024 - 21 June 2024)

Sheila T. Cavanagh is a Professor of English at Emory University. A scholar of early modern literature and pedagogy (PhD Brown University), she recently completed an MA in Public History. Author of three books and numerous articles, including Multisensory Shakespeare and Specialized Communities (forthcoming Arden Shakespeare). 

At Durham, she will be working on the Medieval and Early Modern chapters of her current research project, Cooking Across the Canon: Money, Labor, and Trade in Literary Cuisine.