British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Elisabeth Barker Fund: Past Awards
See also: Information on how to apply for grants under this scheme
The Fund was established in memory of Elisabeth Barker (1910-1986), diplomatic correspondent and historian of modern Europe. It is intended to support studies in recent European history, particularly the history of central and eastern Europe. Grants may be made to support individual, collective or institutional projects (including conferences). Awards to individuals may take the form of grants for private study and research in other European countries. British scholars and institutions may also apply for funds to assist scholars from other European countries to visit the United Kingdom or to extend a stay arranged under other auspices.
Please note: Awards are arranged alphabetically by surname of the grant recipient. The institution is that given at the time of application.
Year of award: 2002-03 | 2001-02 | 2000-01 | 1999-2000 | 1998-99 | 1997-98 | 1996-97 | 1995-96 | 1994-95 | 1993-94
2002-03
Dr P Addison
(University of Edinburgh)
Colloquium on the destruction of Dresden
Awarded: £416
Dr D G Anderson
(University of Aberdeen)
Statistics and the history of Russian ethnography
Awarded: £980
Dr G Bowman
(University of Kent)
After Yugoslavia: Antagonism and identity revisited
Awarded: £1,308
Dr S Carter
(University of Exeter)
Transition to democracy? The issue of diaspora voting in recent Croatian elections
Awarded: £961
Dr V Girginov
(University of Luton)
The Changing nature of sport organisations in transforming societies
Awarded: £970
Dr T Kirk
(University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
Urban culture in the Habsburg empire
Awarded: £850
Ms K A M Kocourek
(School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London)
Old and new ideas of European federalism
Awarded: £1,000
Dr J A Mark
(Exeter University)
Remembering rape: The political and social memory of Red Army atrocities in Hungary and Romania
Awarded: £1,547
Dr I Paert
(University of Wales, Bangor)
Spiritual spaces of Russian culture
Awarded: £1,041
Dr M Pittaway
(The Open University)
Everyday socialism: States and social transformation in Eastern Europe, 1945-65
Awarded: £1,990
Professor M Roe
(University of Plymouth)
Policies for the maritime sector of CMEA countries 1950-1989
Awarded: £1,225
Dr C Young
(Manchester Metropolitan University)
Heritage tourism
Awarded: £1,090
2001-02
Dr W Bracewell
(School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London)
Conference on Balkan masculinities in historical context
Awarded: £2,600
Dr W Bracewell
(School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London)
Workshops in South-East European History
Awarded: £10,000
Dr J M Cornwall
(University of Dundee)
Youth and nationalism in the Czech lands 1900-1940; a study of Heinrich Rutha
Awarded: £1,200
Dr S Johnson
(University of Keele)
Russsian emigrés in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1939
Awarded: £1,110
Dr D Light
(Liverpool Hope University)
Ideology and urban landscape: Street name changing in Bucharest, 1945-1955
Awarded: £765
Dr C Sorabji
(Foriegn and Commonwealth Office)
Religion, democracy and violence in Bosnia, 1985-2000
Awarded: £1,150
Dr P Stachura
(University of Stirling)
Poland, 1918-1945: A document history
Awarded: £1,000
2000-01
Dr C W Bracewell
(School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London)
Workshop for South-East European historians, Belgrade, October 2001
Awarded: £3,440
Professor T Gallagher
(University of Bradford)
Distrusting democracy: Romania since 1989
Awarded: £980
Dr R Hansen
(University of Oxford)
The expulsions of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe
Awarded: £950
Dr K Passmore
(University of Cardiff)
Funding towards a conference on Women, Gender and the Extreme Right in Europe, 1919-45, Cardiff, 4-6 July 2001; in particular towards the costs of the visit to the UK of Dr D Kalwa (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Awarded: £937
Mrs G Sandford
(Wolfson Press Fellowship, Cambridge)
The last eighteen months of the regime of Slobodan Milosevic and the factors contributing to his overthrow
Awarded: £1,000
1999-2000
Dr N Jachec
(Oxford Brookes University)
The Venice Biennale, 1948-64: A political history
Awarded: £1,000
Dr I G Lauchlan
(independent scholar)
The Tsarist secret police: Conspiracy, terror and revolution in Imperial Russia, 1881-1917
Dr P Siani-Davies
(School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London)
Balkan Security: visions of the future
Awarded: £1,300
Dr Z Varga
(University of Edinburgh)
A cumulative bibliography of Hungarian literature published in English, 1968-2000
Awarded: £900
1998-99
Dr W Bracewell
(School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London)
South-Eastern Europe: History, culture, boundaries
Awarded: £900
Dr K Brown
(University of Wales, Lampeter)
Migration and traffic in goods between Macedonia and the US mainland, 1903-1912
Awarded: £1,000
Professor A Bushell
(University of Wales, Bangor)
British-Slovakian research group on contemporary Austrian literature
Awarded: £670
Dr L Cole
(British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Birkbeck College, University of London)
Ideology within the Austrian Empire during the nineteenth century
Awarded: £1,000
Mrs E C Hawkesworth
(School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London)
Language in the former Yugoslav lands
Awarded: £1,120
Dr J Smith
Stalin and nationality
Awarded: £990
1997-98
Dr J M Cornwall
(University of Dundee)
The Yugoslav question in the Habsburg Empire 1903-18
Awarded: £1,500
Dr R G Knight
(Loughborough University)
Austrian denazification 1945-55
Awarded: £1,500
1996-97
Professor A Bushell
(University of Wales, Bangor)
Britisch-Slowakischer arbeitskreis zu zeitgenössischer österreichischer literatur
Awarded: £800
Dr L Cole
(British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Birkbeck College, University of London)
Myth-making and military social models in the Habsburg Monarchy in the 19th century
Awarded: £660
Mrs E C Hawkesworth
(School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London)
Religion in the Balkans
Awarded: £1,250
Dr L Pine
(University of Luton)
The Nazi socialisation of girls in the Bund Deutscher Mädel
Awarded: £750
Dr J Wilton
(University of Plymouth)
Soviet policy towards Eastern Europe 1985-1991: image and realilty
Awarded: £900
1995-96
Dr S Berger
(University of Wales, Cardiff)
Apologias for the Nation State
Awarded: £300
Dr I Connor
(University of Ulster)
Response of the federal and regional governments to the Trek Associations established by refugees in Schleswig-Holstein, Bavaria and Lower Saxony in 1951-52
Awarded: £1,500
Dr M Mazower
(University of Sussex)
Conference on After the War was Over: Reconstructing the Family, Society and the Law in Southern Europe, 1944-50
Awarded: £300
Dr K Williams
(School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London)
The Prague spring of 1968, the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia and the subsequent restoration of authoritarian rule
Awarded: £400
1994-95
Mr E J Neather
(University of Exeter)
Educational reform in the former GDR
Awarded: £1,000
1993-94
British Association for Central and Eastern Europe
In support of the visit of Mr R Campeanu (Institute of History, Cluj)
Awarded: £600