From: "S.E.Reid" <[log in to unmask]>
FUNDING FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDY
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
and
Bakhtin Centre
University of Sheffield
TWO PROJECT STUDENTSHIPS
1. A White Rose studentship for the project
'Post-War Soviet Visual Culture'.
The research carried out by the holder of this studentship will
centre on the work of Leningrad artist Aleksandr Laktionov and its
reception. Supervision will be by Dr Susan Reid (Department of
Russian and Slavonic Studies, University of Sheffield) and Dr David
Jackson (School of Fine Art, University of Leeds).
The studentship provides UK/EU tuition fees and a stipend of
£10500 p.a. (rising in line with AHRB/Research Council
recommendations). The funding is available for UK/EU-based
students entering in the 2004/05 academic year.
NOTE: Candidates not ordinarily resident in the UK or the
European Union are also welcome to apply but will be expected to
contribute at least £3000 a year for three years to the cost of
tuition fees.
The closing date for applications for this studentship is 28 May
2004.
Informal enquiries to Dr Susan Reid ([log in to unmask]).
For further information and an application pack, please contact Dr
Simon Beecroft, Graduate Research Office, The University of
Sheffield. tel +44 (0) 114 222 1417, fax +44 (0) 114 222 1420,
email [log in to unmask]
http://www.shef.ac.uk/pgresearch/students/studentships/white_rose
.html
2. The following funding is available for UK/EU-based students
entering in the 2004/05 academic year.
A studentship associated with the AHRB-funded project 'The
rise of sociological linguistics in the Soviet Union, 1917-
1938: institutions, ideas and agendas', located in the Bakhtin
Centre and directed by Dr Craig Brandist. The holder of this
studentship will research the development of the philosophy of
language and semiotics in the State Academy for Research in the
Arts (GAKhN), focusing on the history of the institution, its research
projects, on the approaches that arose and on their influence on the
development of Soviet thought about language.
Further details about this studentship, which provides UK/EU
tuition fees and a stipend of £10500 p.a. (rising in line with
AHRB/Research Council recommendations), may be found at
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-
C/bakh/sociolinguistics.html#studentship
Interested candidates are invited to contact Dr Craig Brandist
([log in to unmask]) for more information.
The closing date for applications for this studentship is 1 June 2004.
GENERAL INFORMATION
A brochure giving details of taught and research degrees in
the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, and of
application procedures, may be downloaded from
http://www.shef.ac.uk/russian/graduate/index.html
A brochure giving details of research opportunities in the
Bakhtin Centre, and of application procedures, may be
downloaded from
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/bakh/gradinfo.html
Enquiries concerning opportunities in the Department other than
studentships 1 and 2 above should be directed to the Graduate
Selector for both the Department and the Centre, Professor David
Shepherd.
David Shepherd
Professor of Russian, Department of Russian & Slavonic Studies
Director, Bakhtin Centre University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TN
UK
Tel. +44 (0)114 222 7401
Fax +44 (0)114 222 7416
E-mail [log in to unmask]
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/bakh/david-
shepherd.html
Dr. Susan E. Reid
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
University of Sheffield
Arts Tower
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
Tel: 0114 222 7400 (secretary)
0114 222 7410 (direct line)
Fax: 0114 222 7416
email: [log in to unmask]
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