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Following the award of an AHRC collaborative doctoral studentship to Professor David Zeitlyn (ISCA) and Dr Heloise Finch-Boyer (National Maritime Museum) for ‘The Cultural Worlds of African Palm Oil: trade, consumption and museum collecting in Britain and Nigeria, 1850-1900, a 3-year fully funded AHRC studentship at Oxford will be available to the best-qualified candidate. The successful candidate will be expected to carry out research for a doctorate in anthropology, supervised by Professor David Zeitlyn and Dr Heloise Finch-Boyer. The student will undertake research at the National Maritime Museum and other London museums and archives, as well as fieldwork possibly in Koko, southwest Nigeria. Candidates should be able to demonstrate an interest in the study of British maritime history or African material culture and a commitment to ethnographic fieldwork in Africa. They should have a good Master’s degree and/or first degree in anthropology, Museum Studies or African Studies. A summary of the project is below
Please find further particulars here http://www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/fileadmin/ISCA/FUTURE_STUDENTS/Further_particulars_AHRC_Collaborative_doctoral_studentship.pdf
Applicants must follow the usual application rules for ISCA for admission as a PRS student (see http://www.isca.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students/admissions/application-process/) and will be offered a place at Wolfson College.
Applicants are bound by AHRC eligibility criteria: only EU citizens can be given awards and for a full award UK residency is required. Please see the Humanities Division and AHRC pages for detailed guidance on this.
The deadline for applications will be 31 May 2013 and candidates should be ready to be called for interview for the studentship in the first week of June in Oxford. It is expected that the successful candidate will take up the position in October 2013.
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