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FYI - there are perhaps potential links with migration topics: AHRC-funded studentships at Royal Holloway: History and Historical Geography of British imperialism Dear all, Could you please let any suitable candidates know about the following funded PhD opportunities at Royal Holloway this year (commencing September 2010). We are particularly keen to attract applicants who want to work on the history of British imperialism, from interdisciplinary, comparative and/or postcolonial perspectives. Royal Holloway has an AHRC Block Grant award of 4 studentships in the areas of History and Historical/Cultural Geography. These pay full fees and maintenance for three years leading to a PhD. The Departments of Geography and History are world renowned centres of research, with large and lively communities of postgraduates. Students have access to some of the richest facilities for historical research anywhere in the world: in addition to the College's substantial library collections, there are the National Archives, British Library, libraries of the University of London and the Institute of Historical Research. Royal Holloway also has an active interdisciplinary Postcolonial Research Group, which hosts researchers from across the world. The AHRC research council studentships have the standard UK/EU qualification criteria. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and College studentships, as well as only fees-only awards, for PhD research are also available. Details of the awards are available from: http://www.rhul.ac.uk/graduate-school/AHRC_BGP/AHRC_index.html The closing date for applications for funding is 8th March 2010 - but interested candidates should get in touch well before that date with Dr Zoë Laidlaw ([log in to unmask]) and Dr David Lambert ([log in to unmask]) to discuss potential projects and maximize their chances. The fields for the AHRC awards were very competitive last year. Dr Zoë Laidlaw Senior Lecturer in British Imperial History Author of Colonial connections, 1815-45: Patronage, the information revolution and colonial government (Manchester University Press, 2005) Department of History, http://www.rhul.ac.uk/history/ E-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Web-site: http://www.rhul.ac.uk/history/people/laidlaw_z.html Dr David Lambert Reader in Historical Geography Co-editor of Colonial lives across the British Empire: Imperial careering in the long nineteenth century (Cambridge University Press, 2006) Department of Geography, http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/ E-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Web-site: http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/Lambert/ - - - Dr David Lambert Reader in Historical Geography Department of Geography Royal Holloway, University of London Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX Tel : +44 (0)1784 443640 Fax : +44 (0)1784 472836 http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/lambert/ Colonial lives across the British Empire <http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521847704> (Cambridge University Press, 2006), edited with Alan Lester White creole culture, politics and identity during the age of abolition <http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521841313> (Cambridge University Press, 2005) <https://webmail.dmu.ac.uk/exchange/KBurrell/Drafts/FW:%20AHRC-funded%20studentships%20at%20Royal%20Holloway:[log in to unmask]>