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ESRC White Rose Network Funded PhD Studentships
Research Network:
Reshaping Multiculturalism through Cultural Practices
Applications
are invited for three fully funded doctoral studentships, within an ESRC-funded
research network involving Sheffield, Leeds and York Universities (which
comprise the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre). The network, entitled Reshaping Multiculturalism through
Cultural Practices, will investigate the ways in which multiculturalism
– as a set of ideas and ideals, practices and policies – is being reshaped by
those who are most affected by it: cultural minorities. The projects will
investigate cultural practices through which ethnic, linguistic and religious minority
groups are working through problems and challenges associated with
multiculturalism. The projects are defined openly at this stage, to allow
students the opportunity to shape their own projects, while working within a
coherent network with shared interests and a collective focus on
multiculturalism.
Each of
the three studentships will be based at one of the three universities within
this network but will actively engage with the other universities within
this Doctoral Training Centre network, which includes Sheffield, Leeds and York
Universities.
Project
1: Multiculturalism, Gender and Sexuality. This project is based at
Sheffield University in the Department of Geography. The supervisory team will
include Richard Phillips (Sheffield, Geography) and Yasmin Hussain (Leeds, Sociology
and Social Policy) and Baroness Haleh Afshar (York, Politics). For more information, please contact Professor
Richard Phillips ([log in to unmask]) and, for help with the application process (for a place in
the Geography PhD programme), contact the Postgraduate Administrator ([log in to unmask]).
Project 2: Multiculturalism, Culture and Controversy. This
project is based at York University in the Departments of Politics, where the
successful applicant will be registered, and English. The supervisory team will include Claire
Chambers (York, English), Matthew Festenstein (York, Politics) and Richard
Phillips (Sheffield, Geography). For more information, please contact Dr Claire Chambers ([log in to unmask]) and, for help with the application process (for a place in the Politics PhD programme),,
contact the Postgraduate Admissions Team ([log in to unmask]).
Project 3: Rethinking
Multiculturalism from Below: Encounters in Everyday Spaces. This
project is based at Leeds. The supervisory team will include Paul Bagguley (Leeds,
Sociology and Social Policy) and Patricia Noxolo (Sheffield, Geography). For more information, please contact Dr
Paul Bagguley ([log in to unmask])
and, for help with the application process
(for a place in the Sociology and Social Policy PhD programme), contact
the Postgraduate Administrator ( [log in to unmask] ).
Application Procedure: These +3 studentships offer full
funding for three years; candidates must have a Bachelors Degree in a relevant
discipline and must have completed a Masters Degree with research training
before beginning this doctoral programme (in October 2013). The deadline for
application for these scholarships schemes is 15 March 2013. Candidates must
fully complete application for admission to the institution at which they would
be based, including upload of both references, specifying this Network and
Supervisor on the application, and also emailing the lead supervisor to state
that you wish to be considered within this scheme. Candidates may apply for
more than one of the three projects specified here by applying to more than one
of the institutions as explained above.