Dear all,

I'd be grateful for your help in bringing this opportunity to the attention of faculty and students in your institution.   Please do cross-post where relevant.


3-year PhD Scholarship in African Studies at the University of Birmingham (Arabic Sources for West African History, West African Manuscripts in the British Library).

Applications are invited for a three-year African Studies PhD scholarship between the University of Birmingham and the British Library, to start in September 2013. The AHRC-funded scholarship is awarded for research and cataloguing related to the British Library's collection of West African Arabic manuscripts and its forthcoming exhibition: 'West Africa: Cultures of the Word'. This could also include research on relevant digital collections of West African Arabic manuscript material held by the Endangered Archives Programme.   See http://eap.bl.uk/downloads/studentship.pdf for full details and how to apply.   Closing date is 21  June 2013.

With regards,

Debbie Cox


Dr. Debbie Cox
Curator of Arabic Collections
British Library

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