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Jacobite Studies Trust Fellowship in University of London in History-2011, UK

/ February 13, 2011 Leave a Comment

The IHR administers two six-month Fellowships each year on behalf of the Jacobite Studies Trust. Their purpose is to enable the Fellows to undertake historical research into the Stuart dynasty in the British Isles and in exile, from the departure of James II in 1688 to the death of Henry Benedict Stuart in 1807. This may also include work on their friends and supporters, their activities, their influence, their views, ideologies, artefacts and works of art; and the political, diplomatic, military, religious, intellectual, and cultural context in which they lived.These Fellowships are open to:

  1. current doctoral students who have been registered on their programme for at least three years full-time or six years part-time at the beginning of the session in which the awards are to be held.
  2. holders of doctorates awarded within two years of the beginning of the session in which the awards are to be held, who are working in the research area of the Trust, as outlined above.

Applications are encouraged from all suitably qualified candidates without regard to nationality or academic affiliation. The value of the stipend for each six-month Fellowship will be £7,500. The Fellowships are non-residential, and will be tenable from 1 October 2011.At the discretion of the Director of the IHR, Fellows may engage in teaching or other paid work for up to six hours a week (note however that some categories of non-national may need to obtain a work permit in order to undertake this).  Fellows will also be required to submit a brief report to the Director on their achievements while holding the Fellowship and the subsequent progress of their career before the end of December 2012.Applications must be made on the prescribed form and accompanied by a summary of the doctoral thesis (up to 750 words), a 1-page CV, and a statement of intended research to be undertaken during the term as Fellow (up to 1,000 words).  Once the initial round of selection has been concluded, short-listed applicants will be invited to an interview at the IHR, which is likely to be held in April.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 11 February 2011

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Jacobite Studies Trust Fellowship in University of London in History-2011, UK

/ February 10, 2011 Leave a Comment

The IHR administers two six-month Fellowships each year on behalf of the Jacobite Studies Trust. Their purpose is to enable the Fellows to undertake historical research into the Stuart dynasty in the British Isles and in exile, from the departure of James II in 1688 to the death of Henry Benedict Stuart in 1807. This may also include work on their friends and supporters, their activities, their influence, their views, ideologies, artefacts and works of art; and the political, diplomatic, military, religious, intellectual, and cultural context in which they lived.These Fellowships are open to:

  1. current doctoral students who have been registered on their programme for at least three years full-time or six years part-time at the beginning of the session in which the awards are to be held.
  2. holders of doctorates awarded within two years of the beginning of the session in which the awards are to be held, who are working in the research area of the Trust, as outlined above.

Applications are encouraged from all suitably qualified candidates without regard to nationality or academic affiliation. The value of the stipend for each six-month Fellowship will be £7,500. The Fellowships are non-residential, and will be tenable from 1 October 2011.At the discretion of the Director of the IHR, Fellows may engage in teaching or other paid work for up to six hours a week (note however that some categories of non-national may need to obtain a work permit in order to undertake this).  Fellows will also be required to submit a brief report to the Director on their achievements while holding the Fellowship and the subsequent progress of their career before the end of December 2012.Applications must be made on the prescribed form and accompanied by a summary of the doctoral thesis (up to 750 words), a 1-page CV, and a statement of intended research to be undertaken during the term as Fellow (up to 1,000 words).  Once the initial round of selection has been concluded, short-listed applicants will be invited to an interview at the IHR, which is likely to be held in April.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 11 February 2011

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PhD Research Scholarship in Anthropology/Archaeology/History, JCU, Australia

/ January 25, 2011 Leave a Comment

This multi-disciplinary project will provide a systematic history of ethnographic collecting in the Wet Tropics of North Queensland. Covering the period from the 1870s to the present, it will explore the diverse ways in which Aboriginal people, collectors and museums have expressed their interests and property rights in the collected artefacts. It will also analyse the ways in which Aboriginal people of the Wet Tropics have vested these artefacts with their regional and other identities. By doing so, it will shed new light on current debates about the ownership and value of Indigenous artefacts and contribute to the development of innovative ways of presenting Indigenous peoples’ connections with their material cultural heritage.
Expectations:
The successful applicant will have an academic background (Honours degree or higher) in one or more of the disciplines of anthropology, archaeology or history. She or he will join the multi-disciplinary research team listed above, and will be enrolled as a PhD candidate at
James Cook University, based at either the Townsville or Cairns campus. He or she is expected to participate in research team meetings and contribute to the success of the overarching research project.
The applicant will define his or her own PhD topic within the parameters of the project as a whole. Potential PhD topics include, but are not limited to: histories of local indigenous museums in the Wet Tropics; histories of property claims as they relate to transactions in indigenous artefacts from the Wet Tropics; analyses of specific collections or categories of artefacts deriving from the Wet Tropics. Interdisciplinary topics are particularly encouraged but single-discipline topics are also welcome.
Value: A stipend of $22,500 per annum (tax free) for three years plus $7000 project support.

Scholarship Application Deadline:14 February 2011

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