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From: David Lambert [[log in to unmask]]
Please bring this to the attention of any potential applications.
AHRC Collaborative PhD Studentship Available
"Imperial coaling: Steam-power, the Royal Navy and British imperial coaling
stations, c.1870-1914"
Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD studentship, funded by the UK's Arts
and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). This project is concerned with the
expansion of a steam-powered Royal Navy from the second half of the 19th century
and the wider geopolitical, technological, cultural and social ramifications
across the British Empire. These include both changes in how the empire was
understood and represented in the metropole, and the consequences in colonial
stations and naval bases that felt the local effects of the demands of imperial
coaling. The studentship is a further collaboration between the Department of
Geography, Royal Holloway, and the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
The student will be jointly supervised by Dr David Lambert, Reader in Historical
Geography at Royal Holloway, and Dr Robert Blyth, Curator of Imperial and
Maritime History at the National Maritime Museum. The successful candidate will
be based at Royal Holloway, University of London, and will participate in all
training courses and review procedures for postgraduate students in the
Department of Geography and the College's Graduate School. The student will
receive further training at the National Maritime Museum, have direct access to
its collections and the opportunity to work with exhibitions, collection
management or community outreach teams.
Applicants should be holders of a good first degree (at least 2:1 or equivalent)
from any university in a relevant arts, humanities or social science subject
(e.g. Geography; History; English Literature; Anthropology; Sociology etc.). A
relevant MA, completed or close to completion, is also expected. Some
familiarity with maritime, imperial and/or naval history will be advantageous.
The studentship is funded by the AHRC under its Collaborative Doctoral Award
scheme. The studentship will cover the cost of tuition fees for UK or EU
students, plus an annual maintenance award for home students (£15,790 in
2009-10). The studentship isa tenable for up to three years (full-time),
subject to academic progression. Note that AHRC regulations restrict the award
of full stipend plus fees to UK candidates who have lived in the UK for three
years prior to the date of application. Candidates from other EU countries may
be eligible for a fees only studentship.
Further information about the doctoral studentship can be found here:
http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/Lambert/Imperial_coaling_AHRC_studentship.pdf.
For informal inquiries, please contact David Lambert at [log in to unmask]
. For general information about applying, see:
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Graduate-School/pages/prospective.html.
All candidates must apply on-line:
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Registry/Admissions/applyonline.html. Submit personal
details and those of two referees, and upload a CV and a response to the project
proposal, including relevant experience and particular interests (two pages
maximum). Please specify 'AHRC CDA studentship on Imperial coaling' in section
E of the form.
Deadline for receipt of applications (including two references) is Friday 4th
June 2010. Interviews will be held in mid-to-late June at the National Maritime
Museum.
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Dr David Lambert
Reader in Historical Geography
Royal Holloway, University of London
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