NACIRA

National Committee for Information Resources on Asia

Please note: our 2025 annual conference and AGM will take place in Spring 2026. 

Our last conference took place on 6 Dec. 2024: Heavens Above and Knowledge Below: Resources for Asian Earth and Planetary Science

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We support librarians, archivists and researchers involved in the collection, development and use of library resources and services for Asian and Middle Eastern studies.

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VACANCY

The J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography:

Call for applications

The Harley Fellowships - the only one of their kind in Europe – provide support for those working on the history of cartography, from any discipline, doing the equivalent of post-graduate level work in the historical map collections of the United Kingdom. Awards range up to £2000. Website: http://www.maphistory.info/harley.html

The J.B. Harley Fellowships were set up in London in 1992 in memory of Brian Harley (1932-91). Prof. Harley was founding co-editor of the History of Cartography Project and the leading theoretical thinker in the field.

Applications are invited from anyone pursuing advanced research in the history of cartography, irrespective of nationality, discipline or profession, who wishes to work in London and other parts of the United Kingdom. While independent of them, the fellowships are run in association with the four institutions in the London area that, together, hold the greatest number of early maps, namely: British Library, The National Archives, Royal Museums Greenwich and Royal Geographical Society.

The closing date for applications is 1st NOVEMBER. The Fellowship website has an application page that provides all the necessary information as well as answering many frequently asked questions: http://www.maphistory.info/application.html. 

Please indicate in your application if you are a postgraduate or an early career researcher within five years of completion of your PhD.