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North West ESRC Doctoral Training Centre
Social Anthropology Pathway
PhD CASE Studentship
Diagnosing the ‘Cancer-Patient-In-Liverpool’: A Cultural Excavation of the Classificatory Moment
The Position
The Department of Public Health and Policy at the University of Liverpool is looking for a full-time +3 or 1+3 PhD candidate to undertake a CASE studentship funded through the Social Anthropology Pathway of the North West Doctoral Training Centre in collaboration with the Department of Anthropology, The University of Manchester and University Hospital, Aintree.
The student will primarily be based at the University of Liverpool, undertaking research on the classificatory practices of cancer diagnosis in Liverpool. The student will be supervised by Dr. Ciara Kierans (Medical Anthropologist, University of Liverpool), Professor Jeanette Edwards (Department of Anthropology, University of Manchester).
The studentship is available to cover UK/EU fees and an annual Research Council maintenance grant. Rates for the academic year 2015-16 will be as follows (subject to confirmation from the ESRC): Maintenance Grant £14,210, plus access to a Research Training Support Grant.
Person Specification
The studentship provides funding on a +3 or 1+3 basis. To qualify, the applicant must have a 1st or 2:1 in (social anthropology) or a related social science subject (e.g., sociology, science and technology studies) at undergraduate level. For +3 only applicants, you must hold a Master’s degree (or be close to completion) which has sufficient research methods training to enable PhD study. The project will be ethnographic in character and will require the student to have experience/interest in ethnographic methods and approaches alongside an understanding of related ethical and theoretical concerns.
Eligibility
All UK citizens, and EU citizens who have been resident in the UK for the last 3 years, are eligible for fees and full maintenance grant. EU citizens not resident in the UK are eligible for fees only. Please see: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/_images/ESRC-Postgraduate-Funding-Guide-DTCs_tcm8-28310.pdf<https://owa.liv.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=q9_jCrvNHkijzWxBds7Xzr_ZmXLMBtIIm_zrFliOA99Abw8SvIsYUooSq-ERRc81u_iWDkF1_oU.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.esrc.ac.uk%2f_images%2fESRC-Postgraduate-Funding-Guide-DTCs_tcm8-28310.pdf>
TO APPLY: To apply, please send your CV, a supporting letter detailing how your education, training, experience and interests prepare you for this studentship, the names of two referees and evidence of undergraduate/postgraduate final grades to Dr. Ciara Kierans. For more information, please contact Dr. Kierans at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. The deadline for applications is Monday, 11th of May. Interviews will be held on Wednesday, 20th of May, 2015.
Focus of the Studentship
This project takes the diagnosis of cancer as a particular medical and cultural problem. It will study the ways in which specific places – i.e., Liverpool – have become bound up with the production of new socio-diagnostic categories – i.e., the Cancer-Patient-In-Liverpool. Late in 2013, various news media ran a series of reports labelling Liverpool ‘the capital of cancer in the UK’. The underpinning statistics show the city and region to have an overall rate of cancer incidence 25% above the national average. This figure, when disaggregated, shows profound socio-economic disparities in both morbidity and mortality terms. The Cancer-Patient-In-Liverpool is thus an inherently cultural and political-economic category, one which positions the diagnostic encounter – that between doctor and patient – as a critical site of understanding, interpretation and action.
Dr. Ciara Kierans
Senior Lecturer in Medical Anthropology,
Institutional Lead for the Northwest Doctoral Training Centre,
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, N.U.I. Maynooth, Ireland.
Department of Public Health and Policy
Institute of Psychology, Health and Society
University of Liverpool
3rd Floor, Whelan Building
Quadrangle
Brownlow Hill
Liverpool L69 3GB
Tel: +44 [0] 151 7945594 / Fax: +44 [0] 151 794 5602
Website: www.liverpool.ac.uk/PublicHealth<http://www.liverpool.ac.uk/PublicHealth>
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