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Visiting scholars

As a research institute committed to international cooperation and exchange, RICH welcomes scholars who wish to visit Radboud University in order to engage in research and scholarship, and in general scholarly and cultural interaction with Radboud University’s faculty and students. In addition to visiting scholars, visiting research professors, and visiting exchange professors who come to Nijmegen on international fellowships (e.g., Fulbright, Humboldt) or exchange programmes (e.g., Erasmus), we also welcome researchers who wish to spend (part of) their sabbatical leave at RICH. We also offer several schemes of our own: the Radboud Excellence Initiative offers talented researchers from outside the Netherlands the opportunity to visit RICH for a research stay and RICH annually invites a distinguished scholar as its RICH fellow.

On this page you will find an overview of our current & previous visitors and information about how to apply for a visit.

Our current & previous visitors

Prof. Rita Felski - University of Virginia, USA

  • RICH Fellow
  • Period: Fall 2023

Paula Romero Polo, MA - Carlos III University, Spain

  • Visiting the Chair Group of Hispanic Studies
  • Period: September - December 2022

Patricia Teresa López Ruiz, MA - Universidad de Murcia, Spain

  • Visiting the Chair Group of Hispanic Studies
  • Period: March - June 2022

Eva Van Hoey, MA - Ghent University, Belgium

  • Visiting the Chair Group of Hispanic Studies
  • Period: April - May 2022

Dr Illari Taskinen - Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland

  • Visitor of the chair group Economic, Social and Demographic History
  • Period: 2022

Prof. Barbara Rosenwein - Loyola University Chicago, USA

  • RICH fellow
  • Period: 2021, fall 2022

Prof. Valeria Grinberg Pla - Bowling Green State University, USA

  • Visitor of the chair group Spanish language & culture as Radboud Excellence Professor
  • Period: September 2021 - June 2022

Prof. Nils Edling - Stockholm University, Sweden

  • Visitor of the chair group Political history
  • Period: November 2021 - June 2022

Carl-Filip Smedberg - Uppsala University, Sweden

  • Visitor of the chair group Political history
  • Period: February 2022 - March 2022

Malte Fischer - Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany

  • Visitor of the chair group Political history
  • Period: February 2022 - March 2022

Prof. Kathryn Rudy - University of St. Andrews, Schotland

  • Visitor of the chair group Ancient and medieval history as a Radboud Excellence Professor
  • Period: April 2020 - May 2023

Dr Ann-Marie Hansen - Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

  • Visitor of the chair group French language & culture as a Radboud Excellence Fellow
  • Period: May 2020 - August 2021

Prof. Stefan Collini - University of Cambridge, UK

  • Visitor of the chair group English and American language & culture as a HLCS fellow
  • Period: March 2019 - May 2019

Prof. Elena Boeck - DePaul University, USA

  • Visitor of the chair group Ancient and medieval history as a Radboud Excellence Professor
  • Period: January 2018 - July 2018

Prof. John Brewer - Caltech, USA

  • Visitor of the chair group Political history as a HLCS fellow
  • Period: September 2017 - December 2017

Prof. Marianne Hirsch - Colombia University, USA

  • Visiting as a HLCS fellow
  • Period: April 2017 - June 2017

Prof. Sebastiaan Faber - Oberlin College, USA

  • Visitor of the chair group Spanish language & culture as a Radboud Excellence Professor
  • Period: October 2015 - March 2016

Dr Alessandro Maranesi - Collegio Ghislieri and Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy

  • Visitor of the chair group Ancient and medieval history as a Radboud Excellence Fellow
  • Period: June 2015 - May 2017

Invitation for future visitors

RICH invites applications by PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows, as well as from those holding the rank of assistant professor, associate professor or full professor (or equivalents of these ranks). During their visit, scholars are considered members of the RICH research community and will have numerous opportunities to engage with staff as well as to participate in activities.

For your visit, the following terms apply:

  • Visiting scholars are not University employees. Their legal status is that of guest staff (gastmedewerker).
  • Research visits can start at any point in the academic year.
  • As a guest staff member, you will receive access to library facilities, office space and office facilities. Note that as a general rule, RICH does not support visiting scholars financially.
  • Visiting scholars are expected to contribute to local academic life, through contacts with RICH staff and the public presentation of their research, as appropriate.
  • Visiting scholars are expected to acknowledge RICH support in publications prepared in whole or in part during their visit.
  • A visiting scholar should obtain the sponsorship of a RICH researcher, who must be available to act as the visiting scholar‘s primary contact and local guide for professional and practical matters before and during the research stay. Applicants should approach the RICH researcher with whom they would like to work directly to obtain their statement of support.

Assistance in preparing your visit

How to apply

Once you have obained support from a RICH researcher, the latter will submit your application to the Research director. Applications for visiting scholar status should include:

  • A cover letter containing the project title of the proposed research, the planned dates of the visit, and a statement of motivation explaining why RICH is the preferred host institution
  • A one-page research plan
  • A curriculum vitae
  • List of two references
  • A statement of support by the sponsoring RICH researcher
  • Information about how you will finance your research stay at RICH

RICH can only host a limited number of visiting scholars, so applicants are advised to contact RICH well ahead of time.

For queries, please write to RICH@let.ru.nl