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Rubenstein, Steven <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Colleagues,
Could you share this with any exceptional undergraduates you know who
are interested in pursuing doctoral dissertation research in
Amazonia? I teach in the Latin American Studies programme of the
School of Cultures, Languages, and Area Studies at the University of
Liverpool. We have a limited number of grants to support graduate
training - in the past we have had one studentship funded by the ESRC
that covered our one-year MA programme (a "taught" programme) plus
our three-year MPhil/PhD programme (a "research" programme) (there are
some citizenship restrictions on the ESRC 1+3). We also have a Lucy
Newton studentship that provides 5,000 pounds/year for the three years
of our MPhil/PhD. programme. Awards are competitive and granted on
the basis of strong undergraduate marks, letters of recommendation,
and a compelling reearch proposal.
I invite proposals from students who would like to conduct research
among the Shuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon. The Shuar formed one of the
first indigenous federations in South America, and remain at the
vanguard of struggles against capitalism and the state. There are
many interesting and important research opportunities:
* Activities of extractivist industries (e.g mining and petroleum)/
Shuar resistance
* bilingual/bicultual education of children
* Shuar childhoods
* Shuar and the Plurinational Political Movement
* the relationship between Shuar and environmentalist NGOs
* Shuar immigrants in the United States
Ours is an interdisciplinary program. As an anthropologist I will
emphasize training in ethnographic methods, social theory, and
Amazonian ethnology. Students will have a second supervisor from
another discipline.
I invite inquiries from students from a wide range of relevant
disciplinary backgrounds and am willing to work with any qualified,
capable, and hard-working student to help craft a superior research
proposal.
My research interests are more fully described here:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/info/portal/pls/portal/tulwwwmerge.mergepage?p_template=sml&p_tulipproc=staff&p_params=%3Fp_func%3Dteldir%26p_hash%3DA700620%26p_url%3DLC%26p_template%3Dsml
Learn more about our department here:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/soclas/prospectivepg/index.htm
I would be especially grateful if this could be circulated among our
colleagues in the UK and EU.
Sincerely,
Steve
Dr. Steven Rubenstein
Reader in Latin American Anthropology
Director of the Research Institute of Latin American Studies
School of Cultures, Languages, and Area Studies
University of Liverpool
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