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The Bullough Fellowship

Donald Bullough was Professor of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews from 1973 to 1991. The Bullough Fellowship was established in his memory to support established academics with research interests in medieval history. The financial aspect of the fellowship is a subsidy (up to £3000) towards the cost of travel to St Andrews and accommodation during your stay. The successful applicant is normally someone enjoying research leave from their own institution

The Fellowship carries with it no teaching duties, though the Fellow is expected to take part in the normal seminar life of the medieval historians during their stay in St Andrews. Weekly seminars, held on a Monday evening, run from September–December, and February–May. Fellows lead a workshop on their chosen research theme during their stay. Fellows are provided with computing facilities and an office alongside the medieval historians in the Department. The university library has an excellent collection for medieval historians.

Previous Fellows have included Christina Pössel, Cynthia Neville, Ross Balzaretti, Marlene Hennessy, Warren Brown, Edward Coleman, Richard Kaeuper, Natasha Hodgson, Jacqueline Murray, Ruth Mazo Karras, Cullen Chandler, Sarah Hamilton, Charles Insley, and Matthew Gabriele.


Dr Alison More, Bullough Fellow 2024-35

Alison More will be joining the Department of Medieval History, School of History at the University of St Andrews as the Bullough Fellow for the Candlemas semester. Alison is an Associate Professor, Comper Professor of Medieval Studies of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto. She is a passionate Latinist and expert on the following areas: Medieval religion and society, manuscript studies, sermons, religious and quasi-religious orders, Franciscan studies, Medieval Scotland and women and gender in the pre-modern world. Alison has written extensively on these topics and recently published the book Fictive Orders and Feminine Religious Identity, 1250-1550 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).

Professor More will give a seminar paper on Monday 17th February 2025 in the Medieval Studies seminar series and will also lead a workshop on a research topic of her choice; details of this will be confirmed in the new year.  


The Department of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews invites applications for the Donald Bullough Fellowship to be taken up during either semester of the academic year 2025-2026.

The Bullough Fellowship is open to any academic in a permanent post in a university or a research institute/centre to come to St Andrews and conduct research in any medieval history topic. Applicants are normally enjoying research leave from their own institution.