Juynboll Fellowship
The Juynboll Foundation and the Scaliger Institute of Leiden University Libraries have founded a collaborative fellowship program to enable one or two scholars to study the Arabic and Islam special collections of Leiden University Libraries. The allowance is € 1,500 per month.
Fellowship program
The program will support scholars to work with the extensive Special Collections of Leiden University in the field of Arabic and Islam for a period of one to two months annually. They will be invited to share their research through public lectures and publications.
Fellowship applications will be reviewed by a special board consisting of: prof. dr. Petra Sijpesteijn (Professor of Arabic Language and Culture at Leiden University and member of the board of the Juynboll Foundation), prof. dr. Léon Buskens (Professor of Law and Culture in Muslim Societies at Leiden University and chair of the board of the Juynboll foundation), dr. Arnoud Vrolijk (Curator of Oriental collections of Leiden University Libraries) and dr. Kasper van Ommen (Coordinator Scaliger Institute).
The deadline for sending in the application form is 1 April 2025.
Conditions
Applications for a Juynboll fellowship have to comply with a number of conditions:
• Fellows are expected to conduct their research in Leiden University Libraries and/or The Scaliger Institute during the period of the Fellowship.
• Fellows are responsible for ensuring they have the correct visa to support a research trip in the Netherlands for the duration of the Fellowship.
• An invitation to take up a Fellowship will be made subject to agreement on the dates of the visit. Applicants should indicate their preferred dates on the application form.
• All Fellowships are to be started and completed during the period July 2024 to 31 December 2024, except when a special agreement is made.
• It is the fellow's responsibility to find an accommodation for living (with the support of the Housing Department of the University) and to fund all the costs of the visit with the support of the funds awarded. Applicants should be aware that accommodation costs in Leiden may exceed the funds offered.
• The fellow will provide the Scaliger Institute with a written research report at the completion of the Fellowship.
• The fellow will provide Leiden University Libraries with a copy of every publication resulting from the research visit.
Applicants are reminded that if they require a visa in order to start a Fellowship in the Netherlands, they must secure the appropriate visa and, once a proposal has been accepted, awarding of the Fellowship will be on the condition of fulfilling this requirement.
Applications must include:
• A completed application form stating personal details, the name of the Fellowship, the title of the proposed research project, the preferred dates of the intended visit and the names and addresses of two academic referees;
• A proposal for research to be carried out in the Special Collections of Leiden University Library during the term of the Fellowship (1,200 words or fewer). Applicants should indicate how the proposed study advances their own research goals and how the study satisfies any particular aims of the award;
• The research proposal must specify the relation between the proposed research and the primary sources, which are to be researched and consulted in the Special Collections Department of the library;
• A list of manuscripts, editions of other items to be consulted in the library, supplied with shelf marks;
• A start and end date of the proposed research;
• A curriculum vitae;
• A list of relevant publications;
• Two letters of recommendation from the academic referees named in the application form. Applicants should ask the referees to comment on their professional knowledge of the applicant and the contribution the proposed research would make to scholarship. The referees should be asked to send their letters directly to the Coordinator of the Fellowship Programme, by email to scaliger@library.leidenuniv.nl or by post to the following address: K. van Ommen, Scaliger Institute, P.O. Box 9501, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands;
• Researchers who have yet to obtain their doctoral degree also need to have a letter of recommendation from their supervisor(s);
• Fellows who have previously received a fellowship from the Scaliger Institute, cannot obtain this grant a second time.
The Juynboll fellow is expected to contribute to the activities of the Scaliger Institute, and to give a public lecture in the series of The Leiden University Centre for the study of Islam and Society (LUCIS).
Gautier Juynboll
Dr Gautier Juynboll developed a strong tie with the University Library while being a student in Leiden. As a young man he temporarily replaced Guus Huisman as a keeper of the printed books in Arabic. He wrote his magnum opus published by Brill in 2007 Encyclopedia of Canonical Hadith by working in the Oriental reading room every morning for several decades. Dr Juynboll made many new friends in the library and was always happy to help students and visitors with their queries. He expressed his affection for his colleagues at the reading room by dedicating his book Studies on the Origins and Uses of Islamic Hadith (1996) to them.
Juynboll Stichting
The Juynboll Stichting ('Juynboll Foundation') is a chartered charity under Dutch law, established in Leiden, The Netherlands and was founded in 2011 as the heir of dr. GHA Juynboll, deceased in 2010. One of the main objectives of the Juynboll Foundation is to promote scientific work and research in the fields of Arabic and Islam.
Application form
Applicants for the Juynboll fellowship are required to fill out this application form (see aside) and send it to the coordinator of the Scaliger Insitute, K. van Ommen, MA, Leiden University Library, P.O. Box 9501, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.