Dear colleagues,
I would be most grateful if you could draw the following M.A. / Ph.D.
research opportunity to the attention of any suitably-qualified
students.
With thanks and best wishes,
Innes Keighren
***Candidate invited to apply for AHRC Block Grant & ESRC CASE
doctoral funding with Royal Holloway, University of London and the
Alpine Club for M.A./Ph.D. research on mid-twentieth century female
mountaineering***
The Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London and
the Alpine Club are looking for an outstanding candidate to apply with
them for its AHRC block grant (+3) and/or to the ESRC South East
Doctoral Training Centre for a CASE award to fund a part or full-time
1+3 (Masters for those without one + PhD) or +3 (for those already
with appropriate Masters).
The Alpine Club—the world's first mountaineering club—houses an
archival collection documenting over 150 years of alpinism. The
student will have access to the Alpine Club’s extensive archival
holdings—textual, photographic, and film—relating to a series of
"women-only" high-altitude expeditions in the mid-twentieth century.
Further information
AHRC Block Grants at RHUL:
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/studyhere/researchdegrees/feesandfunding/scholarships/ahrc.aspx
Information on the South East Doctoral Training Centre:
http://southeastdtc.surrey.ac.uk/
Information on The Alpine Club in Hoxton, London: http://www.alpine-club.org.uk
Information on RHUL Geography: http://www.rhul.ac.uk/geography/home.aspx
Information on RHUL doctoral co-supervisor Dr Katherine Brickell:
http://www.katherinebrickell.com
Information on RHUL doctoral co-supervisor Dr Innes M. Keighren:
http://www.www.inneskeighren.com
Application procedure
Candidates must meet the following criteria to apply:
- Only Home and EU students are eligible to apply (due to AHRC & ESRC
stipulations).
- EU students must have been resident in the UK for more than 3 years
on 30 September 2013.
- Have, or be projected to achieve, a first-class social science
undergraduate degree or at least a 2:1 if the candidate is undertaking
or has undertaken a relevant Masters degree.
- Have prior academic knowledge of one or more of the following areas:
historical and/or cultural geography, gender, women’s studies, leisure
and sport.
- Be able to work collaboratively on the proposal with RHUL in
December 2012 and January 2013.
- Be able to take up the funding, if awarded, in September 2013.
Interested candidates should send the following documents to
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30 November 2012:
- CV
- Scan of degree transcript or (if still completing an undergraduate
degree) an indication of grades achieved in first- and second-year
courses.
Any general questions can also be directed to Drs Brickell and Keighren.
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Dr Innes M. Keighren
Lecturer in Human Geography
Department of Geography
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham Hill
EGHAM
TW20 0EX
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