Dear list members,
Please see attached advert for details of a fully-funded PhD opportunity
at the University of Edinburgh. Please circulate details of this
studentship to any soon-to-be-graduating Masters students and other
likely applicants.
http://www.bshs.org.uk/ahrc-phd-studentship-at-university-of-edinburghroyal-botanic-garden-botanical-education-and-civic-science
Please note that the deadline for applications is 17 June 2013.
Best wishes,
Will
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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH/ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH
‘BOTANICAL EDUCATION AND CIVIC SCIENCE: THE WORK OF JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR
(1808–1874)’
FULLY-FUNDED AHRC PhD STUDENTSHIP
Applications are invited for an AHRC-funded PhD, a Collaborative
Doctoral Award (CDA), supervised jointly by the University of Edinburgh
(Geography, School of GeoSciences) and the Royal Botanic Garden
Edinburgh. The subject of this Studentship is ‘Botanical Education and
Civic Science: The Work of John Hutton Balfour (1808–1874)’. The project
will be co-supervised by Professor Charles W J Withers (University of
Edinburgh) and Dr Henry Noltie (RBGE). The studentship, which is funded
for three years full time equivalent, will begin in September 2013.
The Studentship
The studentship will focus on the life and work of John Hutton Balfour
(1808-1874) and the making of the modern botanical sciences as a form of
civic science. John Hutton Balfour was an enormously influential figure
and is under-studied by modern scholars. His work in promoting botany as
a civic science through the RBGE, his foundation of the Edinburgh
Botanical Society, his national and international correspondence, his
innovative teaching and educational fieldwork and his pioneering
research, together with his distinct views on religion and opposition to
Darwinian thinking, all mark him as a remarkable botanist, and reveal
the RBGE to be a key site for the making of botanical science as a form
of civic culture. Balfour’s extensive correspondence is largely
unexamined. Balfour’s teaching materials represent novel, yet
under-studied, forms of instruction. The successful applicant will work
on these and other materials to explore the promotion of botany as a
civic science and a form of public education.
How to Apply: Intending applicants should have a good undergraduate
degree, or Masters, in geography, botany, history of science or history,
and will need to satisfy AHRC eligibility requirements. Ideally, you
will have experience of relevant research methods (advanced research
training is a required element of the studentship). Applicants should
submit a two-page curriculum vitae, with a brief letter outlining your
qualification for the studentship, and the names and contact details of
two academic referees to: Professor Charles W J Withers, Geography,
School of GeoSciences, Drummond Street, University of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh EH8 9XP ([log in to unmask]) no later than 17 June 2013.
Interviews, which will be held in Edinburgh (University and RBGE), are
scheduled to take place on 28 June 2013.
For further information regarding the studentship, please contact
Professor Charles W J Withers ([log in to unmask])/ 0131 650 2559,
or Dr Henry Noltie (H. [log in to unmask])/ 0131 248 2936.
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Dr William Hasty
Lecturer in Human Geography
School of GeoSciences
University of Edinburgh
Drummond Street
Edinburgh
Scotland EH8 9XP
+44 (0) 131 650 2526
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Twitter: @Hasty_Tweets
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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