The Symposium Student Bursary
The Symposium Bursary
Application Form
The Costume Society presents an annual three-day symposium on a specific aspect of the study
of dress. A different theme and a different venue is selected for each year. The symposium
is always a three-day event, from Friday through to Sunday.
The Bursary is open to UK full-time and part-time students at graduate and postgraduate level
engaged in research directed towards the presentation of a dissertation or thesis. Ideally,
the research should either reflect a theme of the Costume Society Symposium of that year or
be an object-based research project on the history of dress.
The bursary offers full attendance at the annual symposium inclusive of accommodation, meals
and all visits and activities included in the symposium programme. The bursary does not cover
transport to and from the symposium.
Click here to see the winners of The Symposium Student Bursary and their reports.
TERMS OF THE BURSARY
1. The Student Bursary Co-ordinator will receive applications and make recommendations
to the Executive Committee. Specialists in the area of the applicant's research will be
co-opted as necessary.
2. Applicants should be Members of the Society but, if not, then one year's membership
of the Society shall be granted to the recipient of the Bursary.
3. The applicant shall submit a c.v. and a proposal of not more than 200 words identifying the subject area of the proposed research or research in hand. The research shall be for examination by dissertation or thesis.
4. The applicant shall specify the institution and course attended and the names of the
Head of Department and Academic Supervisor who will be required to comment as
referees on the applicant's suitability for the Bursary.
5. A report shall be submitted immediately following the Symposium. This will be included
in the Society's Newsletter. The Society may publish the completed dissertation or thesis
in Costume, the Journal of the Society and on our website, if appropriate.