We have recently sent out a call for papers for our upcoming conference on the Royal collection of manuscripts at the British Library, which will take place in December 2011 (for more details and the call for papers, see our previous blogpost).   We are now pleased to announce that we have a bursary fund available, granted to us by AMARC (the Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections), to help defray expenses for travel and accommodation for student participants in the conference.  Any students interested in contributing to the Royal conference are requested to send a short abstract and a concise CV by 31 May 2011 to Dr Kathleen Doyle, Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts, [email protected], or The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB.