Dear CGF members,
I'd greatly appreciate your help in circulating details of this PhD studentship at University of Glasgow to potential applicants among current or former students.
Any enquiries should come my way.
Many thanks indeed,
Hayden
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Arts and Humanities Research Council - Collaborative Studentship
‘Handle with Care:
Developing Creative Strategies for “Difficult” Natural History Museum
Collections’
School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow and Glasgow
Museums/Glasgow Life
About the Award:
Following the award of an AHRC Collaborative PhD Studentship, the University
of Glasgow, in partnership with Glasgow Museums, is seeking to appoint a
suitably qualified applicant for a doctoral studentship for three years
commencing on 1 October 2011.
Principal supervisor: Dr Hayden Lorimer; 2nd supervisor: Professor Chris
Philo. Glasgow Museums
supervisors: Dr Helen Watkins; Richard Sutcliffe.
This collaborative doctoral project focuses on Glasgow Museums’
internationally significant collections of birds’ eggs and aims to locate them
within their wider cultural and historical settings of collecting, natural
history and wildlife crime. Analysing egg collections at Glasgow Museums
Resource Centre, alongside associated records, correspondence and contemporary
publications (focusing on the museum archives but also using parallel UK
collections), the studentship will explore how collections of birds’ eggs were
amassed by different personalities and practices in Britain and overseas; how
birds’ eggs circulated between private collectors and museum collections; and
how birds’ eggs have come to be regarded as difficult or problematic objects.
It will also consider how the location and management, and historical context
of egg collections have affected museum audiences' attitudes and perceptions.
The successful applicant will work closely with Glasgow Museums’ staff
involved in the management of the collection and planning of displays,
publications, learning activities and on-line material. In this way the student
will play an important part in improving knowledge about this significant
natural history collection and developing ways to open it up to wider
audiences, including visitors to Glasgow Museums; the scholarly community; and
the public at large.
The successful applicant will benefit from working within a lively,
supportive and expanding research environment in School of Geographical and
Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow.
This project will be of interest to applicants with backgrounds in a range
of disciplines and subject areas, including historical and cultural geography;
museum studies; history and sociology of science; environmental history, and
cultural history. Applicants should hold (or expect to achieve in 2011) a
Master’s degree and either a 1st Class or Upper 2nd Class Honours degree in a
relevant discipline.
For eligible candidates the award covers Home/EU tuition fees for three
years and provides a maintenance award of at least £13,590 per year for three
years (with an additional cash contribution of £3000 over three years from
Glasgow Museums (£1000 as maintenance + £2000 as project budget). The terms and
conditions of the award will be those of the AHRC’s postgraduate studentships.
Applicants must therefore have a relevant connection with the United Kingdom,
usually through residence.
For further information, or informal discussion about the position, please
contact: Dr Hayden Lorimer (email:
[log in to unmask]; tel: +44 (0)141 330
2509) or Professor Chris Philo (email:
[log in to unmask]; tel: +44 (0)141
330 4787).
How to apply
In order to apply you will need to supply the following:
· CV
· Covering letter (outlining
your academic interests, prior research experience and reasons for wishing to
undertake this project).
· An example of scholarly
work up to 4,000 words in length (e.g. coursework essay, or a dissertation
sample)
· Degree transcript (this
should be an interim transcript if you are still studying)
· 2 references (if your
referees prefer, they can email the reference direct to:
[log in to unmask])
The closing date for applications is 5pm Friday 17th June 2011.
Studentship interviews will be conducted on Thursday 30th June 2011.