Dear colleagues,
I’d be grateful if you could forward details of this full scholarship to
any interested MA students?
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AKY472/phd-studentship-confronting-traumatic-past
s-in-contemporary-comparative-world-literatures/
PhD Studentship: Confronting Traumatic Pasts in Contemporary Comparative /
World LiteraturesUniversity of Leeds - School of Languages, Cultures and
SocietiesQualification type:PhDLocation:LeedsFunding for:UK Students, EU
StudentsFunding amount:£4,100 to £14,057 MaintenanceHours:Full Time
Closes:1st June 2015
Funding for: Home/EU students with a BA 2.1 or equivalent and MA or
equivalent in relevant subject. If English is not the first language, then
candidates must also meet the University’s English language requirements:
IELTS 6.5 with not less than 6.0 in any component. Also, good reading
knowledge of German and another foreign language or English.
Funding amount: Full fees and full maintenance funding (fees - £4,100
maintenance - £14,057).
In addition to this, the successful applicants will each have access to a
research allowance minimum of at least £1000 in each of the three years of
the scholarship.
Further Information
The full scholarship advertised here is attached to ‘Traumatic Pasts,
Cosmopolitanism, and Nation-Building in Contemporary German and South
African Literature’, a major three-year research project led by Professor
Stuart Taberner (German) and funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The project
is also part of the Leeds-based Transnational Holocaust Memories network
(http://arts.leeds.ac.uk/transnationalholocaustmemory/).
The PhD project will compare and contrast literary texts from Germany (or
another German-speaking country) and one other country confronting a
traumatic past (e.g. post-dictatorship Central and South America,
post-independence North Africa, the Middle East, Japan, post-communist
Eastern Europe, post-WWII western Europe, South Africa, post-imperial
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, etc.).
Applicants will be invited to design their own PhD project and research
proposal. Applicants wishing to compare two literatures not including
German may also be considered, although a strong case would need to made
to ‘fit’ with the overall research project. Please contact Professor
Stuart Taberner ([log in to unmask]) for more guidance, if needed.
With thanks,
Stuart Taberner
German
On 15/04/2015 13:52, "Stuart Taberner" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Dear colleagues,
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>At the risk of blowing our Leeds trumpet too loudly, at least some of you
>may be interested in this short video about our AHRC-funded exhibition
>‘Germany’s Confrontation with the Holocaust in a Global Context’ on its
>travels in South Africa. If nothing else, it’s fascinating to hear young
>South Africans ruminate on the legacy of apartheid and on how SA is
>dealing (or not dealing) with its past compared to Germany.
>
>The link, to be pasted into browsers, is:
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>fb.me/7fHihOlsc
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>All best wishes,
>
>Stuart Taberner
>German
>Leeds
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