IHR Research Fellowships
Working with the Institute of Historical Research, we advertised paid fellowships on their website, and supported the initiative on our social media. We were very pleased to have received x50 competitive applications to an incredibly high standards with Oxbridge students included in the mix. We also noticed that the applicants spanned healthily across both the IHR academic community, demographics, and was mixed with people from our own networks.
After a series of remote video meetings with the Institute of Historical Research, we mutually agreed on x4 candidates with the most compelling and relevant research proposals.
As a result of regular bi-monthly Zoom catch-ups and incredible support from the IHR, a series of in-depth and insightful academic essays have been written and now showcased on the Museum of Youth Culture website. In particular Elena Barnett's study on fast food within the culture was printed and exhibited within our pop-up grown up in Britain pop-up exhibition in 14-16 Fouberts Place in Central London in November & December 2020.
- Eleanor Barnett - Fast Food: Eating and Youth Culture in Britain, 1970 - 2000
- Lauren Eglen - Leopard Print’s Many Spots: The Changing Role of Leopard Print in UK Fashion
- Emili Stephenson - Heaven is a Place on Earth: Opening Night in London’s First Gay Superclub
- Jamal Langley - Grime and Space
After a series of remote video meetings with the Institute of Historical Research, we mutually agreed on x4 candidates with the most compelling and relevant research proposals.
As a result of regular bi-monthly Zoom catch-ups and incredible support from the IHR, a series of in-depth and insightful academic essays have been written and now showcased on the Museum of Youth Culture website. In particular Elena Barnett's study on fast food within the culture was printed and exhibited within our pop-up grown up in Britain pop-up exhibition in 14-16 Fouberts Place in Central London in November & December 2020.
- Eleanor Barnett - Fast Food: Eating and Youth Culture in Britain, 1970 - 2000
- Lauren Eglen - Leopard Print’s Many Spots: The Changing Role of Leopard Print in UK Fashion
- Emili Stephenson - Heaven is a Place on Earth: Opening Night in London’s First Gay Superclub
- Jamal Langley - Grime and Space
All essays are now made freely available at www.museumofyouthculture.com and pay a key part in the alternative narrative and storytelling of the museum you culture.
We had difficulty with one candidate Emili Stevenson of whom unfortunately contracted COVID-19 and has been suffering from ensuing physical health complications as a result, so was delayed severely on the project and therefore we accepted that she is unable to provide us with a final essay before project evaluation, instead it will be end of February 2021. This is a an exception we have made in response to current unprecedented events.
The collaboration has definitely increased our confidence in terms of working with academs and academic institutions, and has developed a framework for the Museum to collaborate further with the education and academic sector, something that is vital to our growth.
As a result of this symposium, we were contacted by the City of London who were impressed with the content and expressed interest in the project. We are now discussing a potential Museum of Culture physical space within the city.
Quote from Professor Catherine Clarke, Director of the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community at the Institute of Historical Research:
We had difficulty with one candidate Emili Stevenson of whom unfortunately contracted COVID-19 and has been suffering from ensuing physical health complications as a result, so was delayed severely on the project and therefore we accepted that she is unable to provide us with a final essay before project evaluation, instead it will be end of February 2021. This is a an exception we have made in response to current unprecedented events.
The collaboration has definitely increased our confidence in terms of working with academs and academic institutions, and has developed a framework for the Museum to collaborate further with the education and academic sector, something that is vital to our growth.
As a result of this symposium, we were contacted by the City of London who were impressed with the content and expressed interest in the project. We are now discussing a potential Museum of Culture physical space within the city.
Quote from Professor Catherine Clarke, Director of the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community at the Institute of Historical Research:
This fellowship programme culminated in an online symposium attended by over 150 people hosted in conjunction with the Institute of Historical Research
“The project has been hugely positive and quite transformative for us in the Centre. The collaboration with the MOYC has helped us think about our core research areas of ‘people, place and community’ in new ways, and has enabled us to reach out to new partners and participants.
The collaboration has helped us build and strengthen our partnership with the MOYC in other ways. For example, the MOYC contributed to our MOOC (massive open online course) in Applied Public History, now available from the University of London on the Coursera platform.
‘Setting the Record Straight’ has provided an excellent model for us in terms of potential future collaboration with other organisations in the GLAM sector, widening our traditional partnerships and diversifying our research topics and methods. We’re grateful to have had this brilliant opportunity.”