{"id":4916,"date":"2023-11-29T15:13:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T15:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=4916"},"modified":"2023-11-29T15:13:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T15:13:19","slug":"bars-presidents-fellowship-2024-awarded-to-dr-yasser-shams-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=4916","title":{"rendered":"BARS President&#8217;s Fellowship 2024 awarded to Dr Yasser Shams Khan\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In June 2020, the British Association for Romantic Studies&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=3075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced its unequivocal support of the Black community<\/a>, its condemnation of all forms of racism and its commitment to practical action. In response to the enduring and systemic damage caused by racism, the BARS Executive commenced a programme of initiatives focused on the histories and literatures of People of Colour. Among these initiatives is the BARS President\u2019s Fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are delighted to&nbsp;announce&nbsp;that the recipient of the BARS President\u2019s Fellowship 2024 is Dr Yasser Shams Khan, who is based at Qatar University. Yasser\u2019s project is titled, \u2018Staging the Orient: A Study of Oriental Scenography on the Romantic Stage\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=4696\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for more information on the BARS President\u2019s Fellowship scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerard McKeever<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BARS Bursary Officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>28 November 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2020, the British Association for Romantic Studies&nbsp;announced its unequivocal support of the Black community, its condemnation of all forms of racism and its commitment to practical action. In&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=4916\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":""},"categories":[7,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4916"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4920,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916\/revisions\/4920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}