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PhD Studentship:

Medicine, Emotion and Disease in History

The Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University  
of London is pleased to announce a PhD studentship to cover fees and  
maintenance from 2012 to 2015.

This three-year studentship comprises part of a five-year Wellcome  
Trust Enhancement Award in the History of Medicine to fund a research  
project ? ?Medicine, Emotion and Disease in History? ? which  
investigates how theories, experiences, and expressions of passions  
and emotions have developed in medical contexts since the sixteenth  
century.

The studentship is fully funded, providing a generous maintenance  
grant at the rate paid by the Wellcome Trust.  Fees are also covered  
by the Wellcome Trust, at the rate for home students. There will also  
be access to further funds for travel and research expenses.

The studentship will be awarded to an exceptional candidate proposing  
to undertake a programme of doctoral research connected to the aims of  
the project.  Applicants will normally have attained (or expect to  
attain by the end of 2011-12) a Masters qualification that will equip  
them to pursue doctoral research in this area.
The competition is open to applicants studying any historical period  
from the 16th century to the present.
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Applicants should apply simultaneously for admission to an appropriate  
Queen Mary PhD programme. An application form may be downloaded as a  
PDF or Word document; and on-line application is also possible. For  
further details of how to apply to Queen Mary, see:  
http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/applyresearchdegrees/index.html
Applications should include the following documents:

?	Completed application form
?	Transcript
?	Two References
?	Proof of English language ability for overseas applicants from  
non-English speaking countries
?	Curriculum Vitae (CV)
?	Research proposal (up to 1,500 words) ? outlining research questions  
and proposed sources, and explaining how the research will contribute  
to the aims of the project (see over).

It is intended that applicants wishing also to apply for general Queen  
Mary and/or AHRC PhD studentships will be able to use the same  
materials.  See:  
http://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/index.html
http://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/apply/index.html
All application materials should be sent to: The Admissions and  
Recruitment Office, Queen Mary University of London, E1 4NS
Closing Date: 31 January 2012
Applications received after this date will still be considered for  
admission but will be too late to be considered for the studentship  
competition. Short-listed candidates may be invited for interview.
Enquiries should be addressed to the Centre?s Research and Events  
Officer, Adam Wilkinson ([log in to unmask])



Further Details
Applicants are asked to explain how their proposed doctoral research  
will contribute to the aims of the Wellcome-funded project ?Medicine,  
Emotion and Disease in History?. The information on this page is  
intended to help applicants compose that statement. See also:  
http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/applyresearchdegrees/researchproposal/index.html
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The project is hosted by the Queen Mary Centre for the History of the  
Emotions, and the successful applicant for the PhD studentship will  
join this lively interdisciplinary research group. Supervision will be  
provided by one or more members of the Centre?s Steering Committee.  
Details of the Centre?s membership and activities can be found online:  
www.qmul.ac.uk/emotions
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The project explores historical connections between medicine, emotion  
and disease since the sixteenth century. One of its key aims is to  
understand how medical beliefs about passions and emotions fitted into  
broader scientific, social, legal, religious and cultural contexts. It  
pursues this aim by exploring the following three themes, across  
different periods and cultures:

Health and disease
How far have patients, practitioners and policy makers interpreted  
emotions as causes and symptoms of, or alternatively as cures for  
mental and bodily diseases? To what extent have passions themselves  
been considered diseases?

Experience and expression
How have ideas about emotional ?expressions? (broadly defined)  
developed and been used in medical and scientific contexts? How have  
bodily and psychological experiences been understood to be related to  
each other, by physicians and their patients? How have new  
investigative technologies shaped the vocabularies of emotion and  
expression?

Psychology and politics
How have the emotional states of social groups and populations been  
analysed? How have violent passions been investigated and controlled  
by the state, and how have positive emotions featured in public health  
strategies and policies?

Applicants should, in their research proposal, indicate how their  
proposed PhD project will contribute to one or more of these three  
themes.

Informal enquiries about this PhD studentship are welcome and should  
be directed to the Centre?s Research and Events Officer, Adam  
Wilkinson ([log in to unmask]) or to any member of the QMUL Centre  
for the History of the Emotions Steering Committee.