PhD studentship: History of Science in C19 Ireland
A three-year PhD studentship is available from September 2003 for a
project on the history of science in nineteenth-century Ireland. The
studentship is funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities
and Social Sciences, as part of a project on Networks of Science and
Culture in Ireland at the Department of History, National University of
Ireland, Galway. The project is organised in collaboration with Queen’s
University, Belfast, and the student will work with staff from Galway
and Belfast. The primary supervision will be in Galway, where the
student will be based in the Centre for the Study of Human Settlement
and Historical Change.
The studentship of Euro 15,500 per annum is to cover fees at the home/EU
level and maintenance.
The student will work on the impact of the foundation of the Queen’s
Colleges (1845) on the role and influence of the sciences in Irish
culture. The early science professors are currently known for their
research work (if any) in their fields of expertise. This project aims
to uncover their role in their local and national cultures. The precise
direction taken by the project will depend on the student, but it could
involve studying the professors’ involvement in public lecturing or
journalism; their engagements with local industries or institutions; the
career destinations of their students; or their links with museums, or
the instrument trade. The activities of the professors, and their
networks of friends, employees and graduates, should provide a focus for
a rounded account of the sciences in the new colleges.
Details of the History Department can be found at
http://www.nuigalway.ie/history. Details of the Centre can be found at
http://www.nuigalway.ie/cshshc.
Applicants should have a good first degree (upper second or better)
and/or an appropriate Masters degree, with training in either the
history of science and technology, or Irish history. Applicants should
send a curriculum vitae, a covering letter and the names of two referees
to Dr Aileen Fyfe, Department of History, National University of
Ireland, Galway. Informal inquiries can be made to Aileen Fyfe,
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THE CLOSING DATE IS WEDNESDAY 5TH JUNE 2003
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Dr Aileen Fyfe
Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
[until August]
University of Cambridge
Old Press Site
Cambridge CB3 9EW
tel 01223 760485
tel 01223 766886 (reception, for messages)
fax 01223 765276
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Dept. of History
National University of Ireland, Galway
Galway
Ireland
tel +353 91 524411 ext 3791
fax +353 91 750556 http://www.nuigalway.ie/history/fyfe/
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