Slater Fellowship

The Slater Fellowship is provided by University College and offers the post holder full board and accommodation for one University term and membership of University College’s Senior Common Room.

To be eligible for the post, applicants must hold a senior position at another University and have research interests that fall within the scope of IMEMS.

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Current Fellow(s)

Professor Dominique Brancher

(13 January 2025 - 25 March 2025)

Dominique Brancher is Henri Peyre Professor of French at Yale University. A specialist on the French Renaissance, she works on a variety of topics spanning the medieval period to the early seventeenth century, including history of the book, history of medicine, sexuality studies, and animal and plant studies. She is the author of numerous articles, as well as two books: Équivoques de la pudeur: Fabrique d’une passion à la Renaissance (Droz, 2015) and Quand l’esprit vient aux plantes (Droz, 2015).

At Durham, she will be working on a book about Montaigne, skepticism, and medical knowledge, entitled Montaigne chez Esculape.