PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY TO BARBARA BRADBY [log in to unmask] Date sent: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 14:34:45 +0100 From: Barbara Bradby <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Research Assistant (Studentship) Research Assistant (Studentship) I am currently seeking a Research Assistant to work on a project on Global Music Networks, part of a wider research programme on Global Neworks located in the Institute for International Integration Studies at Trinity College, Dublin. The person appointed will be expected to carry out research on the global social networks created around music by immigrant communities in Ireland. The research could be around 'real' or 'virtual' networks, or both. It will involve both library research and ethnographic research. The person appointed will also be expected to participate in wider team activities of the Global Networks project. The appointment is for one year full-time or two years half-time. The person appointed will be encouraged to enter the PhD programme in the Department of Sociology, in which case they can be paid in the form of a tax-free Studentship. The amount of the Studentship is approximately 14,000 euros (or 7,000 euros over two years half-time.) The appointment comes with a desk in the IIIS, a newly built workspace in the same complex as TCD's copyright deposit library in central Dublin.. The person appointed should have a good first degree in Sociology, Anthropology, Ethnomusicology or Popmusicology, and be able to demonstrate research skills suitable for the project. For further details, please email me at [log in to unmask] Date of this posting: 13 October 2004 ******************* Dr. Barbara Bradby Department of Sociology Trinity College Dublin 2 Ireland Tel: 00-353-1-6081296 Fax: 00-353-1-6771300 Dr Ronit Lentin Course coordinator, MPhil in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Department of Sociology, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. Tel: 353 1 6082766. Fax: 353 1 6771300. Email: [log in to unmask] http://www.tcd.ie/Sociology/mphil/mphil.htm