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"I would like to thank the Lynne
Grundy Memorial Fund for granting me funds towards the costs
of attending the Leeds Congress 2003. Thank you also for the
wonderful copies of Lynne Grundy's Books and Grace and her
Memorial Volume. I shall treasure them as a mark of your invaluable
support, and as a precious reminder of Lynne Grundy's work
" (Award winner 2003)
We are very proud of our award winners. We are astonished
every year by
the sheer quality of the applications we receive, the exciting
work being done and the extraordinary commitment to their
work which is demonstrated by the applicants. We strive, through
publicity in the discipline and recommendation, to reach as
many people as possible who may benefit from an award. The
following are some people who have received support from the
Trust in their work:
The 2008 awards are the 10th to be awarded since the founding of the Trust in 1997; the trustees were delighted to be able to make 10 awards to very appropriate applicants, as a result of an extremely successful fundraising year, in which over £3000 was donated by ISAS, TOEBI, colleagues and friends in a very moving supportive response to the Trust's appeal.
The awards were to: Chris Tuckley in the final year of his PhD at Leeds, towards his costs in giving a paper on two AngloSaxon maunscripts at the Kalamazoo international conference of AngloSaxonists;
Kathrin Prietzel in her first PhD year at Belfast, to give her paper on animals in OE literature at the Leeds International Medieval Congress;
Andrea Nagy and Kata Miklos, Hungarian translators of Beowulf, and 2007 award-winners, were awarded a second grant from the Trust to give their paper on translating OE alliterative poetry into Hungarian at the Kalamazoo conference; Rosa Maria Fera, in her third PhD year at Cambridge, was given an award to enable her to finish her thesis on the bodily senses in AngloSaxon literary contexts;
Johanna Green, a second year PhD student from Glasgow, towards giving her paper on the Exeter Book at the Leeds IMC;
Dr Alex Burghart, a scholar working part-time at the Kings College London Prosopography of AngloSaxon England project, for his costs in commissioning specially drawn maps for his forthcoming book on AngloSaxon England in the eighth and ninth centuries;
Nicholas Sparks, in his first PhD year at Cambridge, towards his costs in giving his paper at Kalamazoo on the Anglo Saxon Chronicle and AngloSaxon runes;
Stephen Graham of Trinity College Dublin in the first year of his PhD, towards giving his paper at the Leeds IMC on AngloSaxon riddles in the Exeter Book;
Mary Rambaran-Olm, in the third year of her PhD at Glasgow (who won a Trust award in 2006), towards her costs in giving her paper at Leeds IMC on restoring the lacunae in the Exeter Book, and in recognition of her ground-breaking research.
As well as these ten awards, the Trust expressed its support for the inaugural year of the Cambridge International Chronicles Symposium by pledging to contribute towards publicity which would benefit both the new Symposium and the Trust.
Two of these awards in this 10th anniversary year (to Dr Burghart and to Rosa Maria Fera) were funded by a special donation of £1000 given by the choir and congregation of St Paul's Covent Garden London ('Lynne's choir') to mark the retirement of their choirmaster Ernie Warrell; this gift was donated to the Trust by Ernie Warrell in memory of his long friendship with Lynne Grundy.
Our four award winners for 2007 fully justified our (now very high) expectations:
Hilary Powell, in her final year of her DPhil at Oxford was awarded funds to help her complete her thesis on Anglo-Saxon saints' cults, a fascinating study that uses a methodology which will allow other texts to be analysed in a similar way. Luke Blaxill, in his first year of studying for his PhD at King's College London, was awarded funds towards his costs in establishing a database of political speeches, a Humanities Computing project that has very valuable wider applications and uses.
Maria Cesario, completing her PhD at Manchester, was awarded funds towards her costs in travelling to conferences at Leicester and Leeds to give papers on her thesis subject of Anglo-Saxon Prognostics, and what is proving to be important new research.
and Andrea Nagy and Kata Agnes Miklos were awarded funds towards their new translation of Beowulf into Hungarian, an exciting project which will bring this text to a new audience.
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"The Lynne Grundy Memorial Trust is playing an important role in opening doors for its recipients - myself included - which would otherwise remain closed." (Award Winner 2006)
The winners of the Lynne Grundy Memorial Trust Awards for 2006 were:
, a PhD student from Cambridge was awarded funds to allow her to travel to London and Paris to study manuscripts for her comprehensive interdisciplinary study of St Margaret of Antioch.
r, half way through his PhD studies at Manchester University, was awarded funds to enable him to travel to London and Oxford to study manuscripts essential to his work on punctuation and other marks made by the Exeter scribe.
, in the third year of her PhD at Sheffield was awarded funds to enable her to travel to Iceland to present her paper on the application of technology to the survey of medieval traditional narration, with special reference to St Patrick, to the 'Geography and Saints Cults' conference at Holar in Iceland in June 2006.
, at the mid point of her PhD at Cardiff was awarded funds to enable her to work full time on an important project contributing to the safeguarding of AngloSaxon archeological monuments.
, studying for her PhD at Glasgow was awarded funds to enable her to present her new research in a paper on the lacunae in the Exeter Book to the Selim XVIII Conference at Malaga with the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature.
was awarded funds towards the publication in book form of her recently awarded PhD from Durham University on the use of Doomsday signs in AngloSaxon England, and Continental cross-fertilization of ideas.
In 2005 the Trust was able to make seven awards, the extra ones thanks to generous donations by the International Society of AngloSaxonists, and the Teachers of Old English in Britain and Ireland. Each award went to an outstanding scholar: to of King's College London to pay for illustrations for his forthcoming book on AngloSaxon society;
to from Dublin towards her costs in attending the ISAS conference in Munich and studying the Life of St Martin manuscripts there;
to from the Sorbonne for travelling to London to study Boethian manuscripts in the British Library;
to from King's College London to pay for setting up a digitised marking-up scheme for encoding narrative structure in languages other than English, specifically for her project in Greek language laments, but with wide applications for the analysis and conservation of all verbal art texts;
to from Dublin towards completing his significant research in Beowulf studies;
to from Glasgow to present her paper at the Leeds IMC on cognition and writing in AngloSaxon England;
and to from Budapest, to travel to the Leeds IMC to give her paper, to buy much-needed books for her department, and to make the work of her Hungarian Old English studies group known to the wider community.
In 2004 we made awards to from Cardiff towards completing her thesis on Tolkein's use of Old and Middle English texts;
from Royal Holloway towards presenting her paper on the Exeter Riddles at the Leeds IMC;
and to from York towards her expenses in presenting papers at the Leeds and Kalamazoo congresses.
In 2003 the awards were to from Royal Holloway towards presenting her paper on Judith at the Leeds Medieval Congress in July 2003;
towards her international rate fees for her DPhil on AngloSaxon verse in Auden and 20th C poetry;
towards her PhD at York on the symbolism of birds in AngloSaxon art;
towards her Cambridge DPhil on Aelfric;
and to develop his Newcastle PhD on AngloSaxon monsters and devils, for publication.
In 2002 we made awards to: from Belfast, studying Bede, for books and attending the Leeds IMC;
from Leeds, towards presenting her paper and sessions at the Kalamazoo IMC;
from King's College London, also giving a paper at Kalamazoo on Aelfric;
and , also from King's, towards publishing her book on 10th Century England.
In 2001 the awards we made included those to from Manchester towards giving a paper at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan, on AngloSaxon books and their readers;
and from Leeds, also for attending a conference and giving a paper at New York.
In 2000, our award winners included Felix Nobis from Cork, towards funding his one-man show of Beowulf at the Edinburgh Festival;
Dr. Susan Thompson, towards the publication of her book on Anglo Saxon Royal Diplomas;
Dr. Wendy Collier from Manchester, towards revision of her groundbreaking research on the Tremulous Worcester Hand;
and to Christina Lee from Manchester, towards completing her thesis.
In 1999 we made the first award to M. Bradford Bedingfield from Oxford towards completing his thesis on Dramatic Preaching and Ritual in late AngloSaxon England.
Each of these award winners presented us with an exemplary application, and ample evidence of the importance of their work and the real contribution they are making to the body of knowledge in the field. But we were most impressed by their real commitment and determination in the face of sometimes extreme difficulties. It can't be easy to complete the research necessary for a PhD while working full-time in a betting shop or waiting tables, but our applicants annually renew our faith in the future of the arts and give us stirring examples of determination to succeed in their chosen field. We trustees feel honoured to be able to pass on our donors' support of their important work, and to give them some well-deserved encouragement.
"I hope to be able to return the Trust's kindness in the form of a donation once I am in a position of full-time employment. The Trust's award is certainly taking me a few steps closer to this goal." (Award Winner 2006)
In addition, we have helped several students in plain financial
difficulty, and we regard this aspect of the Trust's work
as very important. Most of our applicants are self-funding,
relying on part-time work to fund their studies, and the level
of commitment they show is deeply impressive. Our grants are
relatively small, but funds towards, for example, conference
attendance can make an enormous difference to a career. Most
of our award winners keep in touch; most have found their
prospects significantly improved through the help of the Trust.
It's a very exciting time in the field of AngloSaxon Studies,
and the Trust's academic supporters constantly express their
pleasure in the new work being done, and their appreciation
of the Trust's contribution to the discipline.
We feel very priviledged to be able to further such incredibly
exciting and valuable work in memory of Lynne. Her commitment
to her students and to helping people realise their potential
has not been forgotten, and is still making a difference to
so many people.
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