POSTGRADUATE STUDENTSHIPS
Programme in Modern Russian Social or Economic History (3 years PhD or 1+3 MA or language training and PhD)
Department of History/ESRC Doctoral Training Centre, University of Nottingham
Applications are invited from suitably qualified UK/EU candidates for fully-funded places on a 3 or 1+3 year programme of study leading to a PhD in Modern Russian Social and/or Economic History (from the mid-19th century). Applicants will be expected to demonstrate an excellent record of academic achievement in history or a related discipline, and potential for completing an original and independent research project in modern Russian history, using social and/or economic historical methods of enquiry.
Candidates for a three year award will require prior knowledge of Russian language and socio-economic research methodologies is necessary. Candidates for a three year award will require prior knowledge of Russian language and familiarity with the use of socio-economic research methodologies in history. Candidates for a 1+3 year award require either competency in Russian language or a Masters qualification demonstrating competence in socio-economic research methods.
Successful candidates will enrol on the Russian and East European Studies Pathway of the University of Nottingham’s Doctoral Training Centre (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/esrc-dtc).
The Russian and East European Studies Pathway 1+3 progamme can provide either one year of Russian language training to bring beginners to a level of competency adequate for conducting primary research using original-language sources (to PG Diploma level); or one year of combined disciplinary, interdisciplinary and generic social science research training (to MA level); and three years of supervised research, supported by further training, on an original topic in Russian social and/or economic history (to PhD level). Those with both Russian language competency and an MA may apply for a 3 year funded programme of studies.
Possible areas for research include, but are not limited to:
• Late tsarist economic and social development.
• The impact of the First World War on Russian society and the economy.
• Economic and social aspects of the Russian Revolutions (1905 and 1917).
• Russian society during the Civil War: mobilization and resistance.
• Reconstruction and development under the New Economic Policy.
• Social and economic aspects of Stalinism, including industrialization and urbanization, collectivization, population displacement and the Gulag.
• The impact of the Second World War on Russian society and the economy.
• Soviet social and economic change from Lenin to Gorbachev.
The deadline for applications is Friday 6 June 2014. If you are interested in applying, please contact either Dr. Sarah Badcock ([log in to unmask]) or Dr. Nick Baron ([log in to unmask]) of the Department of History, University of Nottingham (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history), as soon as possible for further details of the pathway progamme and to discuss possible research topics.
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