2014-15 AHRC awards at the University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh's School of Literatures, Languages and
Cultures is delighted to announce a range of studentships funded by
the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The University of Edinburgh
is part of a consortium of eight Higher Education institutions which
has been awarded funding from the AHRC to support postgraduate
studentships and training in the Arts and Humanities in Scotland. The
consortium expects to grant around 40 studentships in 2014-15 across
the range of Arts and Humanities subjects, including German.
Colleagues in the German department at Edinburgh are able to offer
supervision on a very broad range of topics including Medieval
literature; German literature and mental health as well as disability
studies; theatre and film; censorship; German-Jewish and
German-Turkish writing; Holocaust writing and translation;
travel/migration writing and cultural exchange; and gender and
masculinity studies. Our innovative Edinburgh German Yearbook, planned
and edited within the section and published by Camden House in the
USA, attracts high-profile academic contributors with their
cutting-edge research. Postgraduates in German founded and regularly
edit the School's peer-reviewed postgraduate journal, Forum
(http://www.forumjournal.org/site/).
Edinburgh has excellent library resources, with access to the National
Library of Scotland - a copyright library - as well as the University
Library. The University Library holds the Karin McPherson collection
of GDR literature, which comprises some 1000 volumes and is accessible
for research purposes.
Eligibility
Applicants must be students from the UK or EU countries and satisfy
the eligibility criteria of the AHRC. Successful applications for
nomination are likely to hold a first class honours undergraduate
degree and/or have demonstrated a distinction level of performance in
a Master's degree.
Open Day
The School Postgraduate Open Day will be on 22 November, and
prospective students are very welcome to attend and meet potential
supervisors. For details, see
http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/open-day/on-campus-open-day/llc
Applying
Completed PhD applications should be made online by 3rd January 2014
in order to ensure that your PhD application is processed in time for
consideration within a very tight selection timescale. To apply
online, follow the link below:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/applying
We will also ask you to apply separately for the AHRC scholarship by
10th January 2014. Further details of how to apply for the scholarship
will follow shortly.
Please direct any enquiries about this award or postgraduate study in
German at Edinburgh to Dr Laura Bradley ([log in to unmask]).
For further information about postgraduate study in the School of
Literatures, Languages and Cultures, see
http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/graduate-school.
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Dr Laura Bradley
Senior Lecturer in German
University of Edinburgh
Division of European Languages and Cultures
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9JX
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