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> *AHRC Collaborative PhD Studentship in the Institute of Railway
> Studies & Transport History (Department of History) and National
> Railway Museum*
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> *Picturing the railway passenger as customer in Britain: the Great
> Western Railway, 1903-39*
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> Applications are invited for one full-time PhD studentship in modern
> history, available from October 2008. This three-year studentship is
> fully funded (including all University fees and a tax-free maintenance
> grant) through the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards scheme, and
> managed by the University of York and the National Railway Museum
> (NRM). The student will be based in the Institute of Railway Studies &
> Transport History, a joint initiative of the Department of History and
> the NRM, and have full access to the Museum’s new research facilities
> as well as those offered by the University for postgraduate researchers.
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> This project explores the role played by photography in the commercial
> culture of one of Britain’s oldest and most financially successful
> railway companies, the Great Western Railway (GWR). The development of
> marketing, advertising and publicity were key tools in the emerging
> consumer society of Britain before the Second World War. The GWR was a
> leader in developing these techniques in relation to transport
> services, and an early, systematic and sustained user of photography
> for these and related purposes. The bulk of the research will use the
> NRM’s outstanding collection of original GWR photographic images along
> with the public materials these were used to produce. However there
> will be considerable scope for independent initiative on the part of
> the student. She or he will be expected to play an active role in the
> research community of the IRS&TH as well as more widely in the
> University and the NRM, including the dissemination of research
> findings in both scholarly and publicly accessible forms. There will
> be opportunities to assist in the content development of new
> exhibitions at the NRM.
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> The project will be jointly supervised by Professor Colin Divall
> (University of York) and Ed Bartholomew, Senior Curator Conservation
> and Collections Management (NRM).
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> Further details are available at:
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> http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/irs/irshome/academic/York%20CDA%20further%20details-1-1.htm
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> The studentship is open to UK citizens and to EU citizens who have
> been in full-time education in the UK for the last three years.
> Applicants must hold a good first degree in a relevant subject and
> normally hold, or expect to complete by September 2008, a master’s
> degree in a relevant field. Candidates who do not have a higher degree
> will be considered only if they can provide evidence of equivalent
> further study.
>
> Application forms http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/gso/gsp/apply plus two
> letters of reference should be sent to the Graduate Schools Office at
> the University of York to arrive no later than *Friday* *30 May 2008.*
> Under section 3 of the application form, ‘Outline of academic
> interests or proposed research topic’, applicants should make a
> 300-word statement of how their education and training to date will
> allow them to respond to the project agenda outlined in the further
> details.
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> Applicants may be called for interview in York at their own expense in
> June. Informal inquiries may be made to Prof. Colin Divall, University
> of York: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>; +44 (0) 1904 686229
> or 432990.
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