Having received several strong applications in the January 2023 funding round for the OCMCH Research Bursary, we’re delighted to announce that we will be supporting the research projects of the following recipients. We look forward to inviting them to Centre and working with them in the coming year.
Alison Butler (Independent)
Emma Cresswell (Oxford Brookes University)
Julia van Duijenvoorde (Heidelberg University & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Stephen Parker (University of Worcester)
Nathan Travis (University of Chicago)
Previous OCMCH Research Bursary recipient Deborah Hartland reflects on her experiencing working with the Centre over the past six months:
My research project involves an investigation of the way in which evangelicals nurtured faith and a sense of evangelical identity within the family, between the years 1760 and 1830. This involves extensive use of diaries and correspondence, along with journal articles and memoirs from the period. The Centre has a wide selection of books, journals and other material relating to the history of Methodism and more general Church History topics, which is proving helpful to my project. This is particularly useful as I live in a rural area, without access to a library with an extensive selection of books relating to the period, and the Centre contains books unavailable through the main Oxford Brookes Library. The availability of journals such as the Arminian and the Methodist Magazine is a great advantage, and the Centre is a pleasant and peaceful place in which to work. The knowledgeable and friendly staff have made working in the Centre an enjoyable experience. Their interest has made a real difference to my use of the Centre and I have really enjoyed the conversations I have had with them, both about my own project, and about their own research interests. These conversations have helped to extend my knowledge and opened up new areas of interest.
The next OCMCH Research Bursary funding round opens on 1 February 2023
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