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> From: Peter Hulme <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:51:18 AM Europe/London
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fully-funded Ph.D. Studentships
> Reply-To: Peter Hulme <[log in to unmask]>
>
> American Tropics: Towards a Literary Geography (University of Essex)
>
> Two fully-funded Ph.D. studentships are offered for 2007-2010 as part
> of "American Tropics: Towards a Literary Geography". American Tropics
> is
> a project to study the literary geography of its given area through a
> series of detailed case studies of particular places within that area.
> The area referred to as “American Tropics” is an extended Caribbean,
> taking in the southern USA, the eastern littoral of Central America,
> and
> northern South America, as well as the Caribbean islands. The four
> current investigators are working on New Orleans, the border between
> Haiti
> and the Dominican Republic, Oriente (Cuba), and the Putumayo (Upper
> Amazon). Two Ph.D. students associated with the project will choose
> complementary places from within the general area as their thesis
> topics.
> These doctoral students will form an integral part of a research team,
> providing a stimulating and supportive environment in which to
> complete a
> thesis.
>
> The studentships will provide full fees and living expenses for three
> years (exactly equivalent to AHRC studentships), as well as financial
> support for research in the relevant area of study. Eligibility is
> limited to those able to apply for full funding from the AHRC doctoral
> students award scheme (see
> http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/apply/postgrad/postgrad_details_d/
> eligibility.asp).
> Applicants must apply for admission to the Department of Literature,
> Film,
> and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex before 28 February 2007,
> indicating their interest in this project, and must apply directly to
> the
> AHRC for their doctoral studentships. Details of how to apply to Essex
> can be found at http://www.essex.ac.uk/literature/pg/. Details of the
> AHRC doctoral students award will be on the AHRC website in early
> January
> 2007: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/ahrb/website/. The deadline for AHRC
> forms to
> be handed in to the Department is 23 March 2007. There is no separate
> application form for the American Tropics studentships. Applicants
> will
> be invited for interview towards the end of May 2007.
>
> Anybody interested is strongly advised to look at the website:
> http://www.essex.ac.uk/literature/American_Tropics/index.htm and to
> contact Peter Hulme ([log in to unmask]) well in advance of the end of
> February.
>
___________________________________________
Ian Cook
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
Cultural Geography Editor, Geography Compass
School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences
The University of Birmingham
Birmingham B15 2TT
UK
Tel: 0121 4146262 Fax: 0121 4145528
www.gees.bham.ac.uk/people/index.asp?ID=118
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