WUN Illinois - Research Mobility Programme Fellows

The University of Illinois is proud to award the Research Mobility Programme funds for a period of study overseas for senior postgraduates and junior faculty to establish and cultivate research links at an institutional and individual level between the partners in Europe, North America, South East Asia and Australia. It is also intended to encourage the personal and academic development of individuals early in their research careers.

The Programme continues to elicit high-quality applications and enthusiasm from faculty and graduate students with almost 400 awards being made across the WUN partnership since the programme began in 2002. Below are the distinguished Illinois recipients of the RMP fellowships.

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Spring 2005

Engel, Laura – Educational Policy Studies
Study Abroad Exchange: University of Bristol
European Educational Space (EES) and national educational governance


2003-2004

Brackmann, Rebecca – English
Study Abroad Exchange: University of York
Summer 2004
Placing the Anglo-Saxon research of the Elizabethan antiquary Laurence Nowell in a historical context

Edwards, Jennifer – History
Study Abroad Exchange: University of York
Summer 2004
Communal Bodies: Violently Constructing Space, Gender, and Community in Medieval Poitiers’ Cult of Saint Radegund

Dwyer, Carola – Comp. Lit
Study Abroad Exchange: University of York
Fall 2004
German, English, and French literatures of the High Middle Ages-Arthurian romances

Nash, Kristen – English
Study Abroad Exchange: University of Southampton
Fall 2004
Role of Saint Katherine in “Mixed Life” in medieval England


2002-2003

Bradbury, Carlee – Art & Design
Study Abroad Exchange: University of York
December 2002 - April 2003
Medieval Studies and early Christian insular art

Kuiper, Jesse – Chemistry
Study Abroad Exchange: University of Leeds
Summer 2003
Heterometallic Oxidation Catalysis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Liu, Juewen – Chemistry
Study Abroad Exchange: University of Bristol
Smart Materials or Nanotechnology

Ripani, Laura – Economics
Study Abroad Exchange: University of Leeds
March 2003
Public Policy

Wittig, Victoria – Plant Biology
Study Abroad Exchange: University of Sheffield
March - April 2003
Modeling carbon uptake for prediction of future climates


Summer 2002

Starr, Rebecca – English
Study Abroad Exchange: University of Bristol
Anglo-Saxon Women Religious and Practitioners



Graduate Students from WUN Universities who have come to study at Illinois

  • Ella Searle (Art History) from Bristol in 2003
  • Valentina Mazzei (French) from Sheffield in 2003
  • Hannah Williams (History) from Manchester in 2005
  • Carolin Esser (Centre for Medieval Studies, York) in 2005
  • Emily Hutchison (Centre for Medieval Studies, York) in 2005
  • Abbie Gometz (History) from Leeds in 2006
  • Paul Martin Ploug Pedersen (History) from Manchester in 2006
  • Kathryn Green (History) from Manchester in 2007
  • Sian Prosser (French) from Sheffield in 2007
  • Laura Peelen (English) from Utrecht in 2007
  • Xavier Fresquet (French) from Sheffield (currently applying for 2009)