The Friends of the Scots Brigade stimulate research on the Scots Brigade and its wider significance in the early modern period. As a result, a biennial thesis awards will be rewarded to the best bachelor or master thesis of the two preceding years. The award is a prize of €500,- for the best bachelor thesis and €1000,- for the best master thesis together with the publication of your paper on our website – if you desire.

For the call for submissions on the Bachelor thesis award of 2022, click here

Requirements

• The Scots Brigade has a significant role in your thesis.
  • A list with potential topics can be found here
• The thesis is submitted before 30 September 2022.
  • Send a digital copy to: scots-brigade@outlook.com
• The thesis can be written in both Dutch or English

Jury

• Prof. dr. Ben Schoenmaker. Professor by special appointment of Military History at the Leiden institute for History and Director of the Dutch Institute of Military History
• dr. Roelof van Gelder. Historian.
• dr. Erik Swart. Historian and post doctoral researcher Justus Liebig – University in Giessen (Germany)