Dear all,
Apologies for cross-posting.
Some of you may have heard of the 5 newly-created HEFCE/SHEFC/ESRC/AHRC centres of excellence in language-based area studies. One of these centres, the Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES) based at the University of Glasgow, draws in geographers at Nottingham and Newcastle with interests in the post-socialist/post-Soviet world (Adam Swain, Sarah O'Hara, Alex Jeffrey, Nick Megoran and Alison Stenning) and thus offers opportunities for PhD and postdoctoral projects on the geographies of Russia, Central and Eastern Europe and the former USSR.
We are keen to encourage excellent applicants in geography and/or working on collaborative, interdisciplinary projects with a geographical perspective, in line with the themes outlined below. Successful applicants could expect to spend some time at more than one of the partner institutions receiving both language and research training in advance of embarking on their specific research project.
Formal applications must be directed to Glasgow (see below) but informal, initial enquiries can be directed to any of the Nottingham and Newcastle staff involved. Our research interests and contact details are available on our respective websites (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/ and http://www.ncl.ac.uk/geps/).
More details on the studentships and fellowships are available below.
Please do contact us if you are interested in the Centre - or have students who may be interested.
Best wishes,
Alison Stenning
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Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES)
A consortium of the Universities of Glasgow, Nottingham, St Andrews, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Paisley and Strathclyde.
PhD, Masters/PgDip Scholarships and Postdoctoral Fellowships
Suitably qualified applicants from any branch of the Social Sciences and Humanities are invited to apply for 11 fully-funded PhD studentships and two one-year postdoctoral fellowships in any of the following key research themes related to current and past developments in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe and the former USSR:
Aspects of identity and culture and their social, political and economic implications
Economic and social transformation
Political transformation and international relations
Literary, cinematic and cultural developments
The politics of language.
The PhD studentships provide funding for up to 5 years, and offer 3 years of doctoral supervision plus training in research methods and language (Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Serbian-Croatian, Uzbek, Slovene, Slovak, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Estonian). Studentships may be held at any of the CRCEES partner institutions, and cover tuition fees, plus annual stipend of £12,300. Where relevant, students registered for a PhD at one partner institution may undergo research methods and/or language training at another.
Postdoctoral fellowships (£22,289 p.a.) will provide an opportunity for new researchers who have recently gained a PhD to disseminate research and to further improve their skills through specialized training. Fellows will be expected to make an active contribution to the work of CRCEES.
Applications are also invited for two scholarships (tuition fees plus stipend of £12,300) for the MSc in Russian, Central and East European Studies, and two scholarships for the intensive Postgraduate Diploma
(PgDip) in Russian language, both offered at the University of Glasgow.
Applicants should send a covering letter, CV, two references and - for PhD fellowships and postdoctoral fellowships - a 1,000-word research proposal to Sarah Lennon at the address below by 4 August 2006. Awards are subject to standard ESRC eligibility rules.
CRCEES, c/o Department of Central and East European Studies, University of Glasgow, Hetherington Building, Bute Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RS ([log in to unmask]; 0141 330 5259)
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