The Department of Music at the University of Aberdeen welcomes PhD applications in the areas of musicology, ethnomusicology and composition. In particular, we are pleased to announce the next round of the New Kings Scholarships, hosted by the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture.

• The scholarships cover a fee waiver with an annual stipend of £6,000. 
• From 2021-22, we will consider all applicants regardless of their nationality. 
• There are two deadlines to meet: 
• The PhD application to the University Admission Portal should be submitted by 10 May 2021. 
• The New Kings Scholarship Online Application should be completed by 4 June 2021.

For more information, including further details on the eligibility, deadlines, required materials and the selection criteria and process, visit this page. It should have most of the information that the applicant needs to submit their application.

If you are interested in applying for one of these scholarships through the Department of Music or have any questions regarding PhD study, please contact the director of postgraduate research Dr. Suk-Jun Kim in the first instance: [log in to unmask]. You may also approach a potential supervisor at the department whose research interests relate to your own. For information on the research interests of individual staff members at the department, visit: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/music/people/academic-staff-104.php.

Please pass this message onto your colleagues, heads of department and students who may be interested in pursuing PhD study.

Best wishes

Matthew

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Dr Matthew Machin-Autenrieth (he/him/his)

Lecturer in Ethnomusicology

Department of Music, University of Aberdeen

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/matthew.machin-autenrieth

Principal Investigator for the ERC-funded project:

'Past and Present Musical Encounters across the Strait of Gibraltar'

www.musicalencounters.co.uk

Conference Liaison Co-Officer for the British Forum for Ethnomusicology