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Wow, this would have been right up my alley with my Postgraduate Diploma subject focus. Not so much now as my PhD is in quite a different area. But surely topical to British Pagans "Honoring the Ancient Dead" and all..? ~Caroline Tully. From: Sociology of Religion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gordon Lynch Sent: Thursday, 22 April 2010 10:28 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Seeing the sacred in the museum - AHRC CDA doctoral studentship available 'Seeing the sacred in the museum: exploring the significance of religious and secular subjectivities for visitor engagment with religious objects' Centre for Religion and Contemporary Society, Birkbeck College, University of London, in collaboration with the British Museum The aim of this doctoral project will be to explore the ways in which visitors engage with religious objects at the British Museum, focusing particularly on whether it is possible to identify ways of seeing or engaging with objects that relate more generally to religious and secular subjectivities. Drawing together current research in material religion and museum visitor research, the award-holder will undertake original empirical work that will both add to our understanding of the performance of religious and secular subjectivities in public cultural spaces as well how museum evaluation work might engage in new ways with religious dimensions of visitor experience. The studentship is available from 1 October 2010, and the award-holder will benefit from the wide range of postgraduate support available at Birkbeck as well as from the experience of working closely with colleagues at a world-leading museum. The studentship covers full fees and a maintenance allowance at standard AHRC rates for central London institutions. Potential applicants should check their eligibility for the award before submitting their application at http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Documents/Guide%20to%20Student%20 Eligibility.pdf The deadline for completed applications is 1 June 2010, with interviews planned to take place before the end of June. For further details about the studentship (including how to apply), go to http://www.bbk.ac.uk/crcs/postgraduate/BM_CDA_studentship Gordon Lynch Professor of Sociology of Religion and Director of the Centre for Religion and Contemporary Society Birkbeck College University of London 26 Russell Square London WC1B 5DQ +44(0)20 7631 6658 http://www.bbk.ac.uk/crcs