Dear colleagues,

I would be most grateful if you could bring to the attention of
suitably-qualified candidates the following fully-funded Ph.D.
studentship in historical geography/print culture at Royal Holloway,
University of London.

Due to AHRC stipulations, full funding is available only to UK
citizens and citizens of the EU resident in the UK for at least three
years by September 2014.

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Geography in Dialogue: Print Culture at the Royal Geographical Society
(with IBG), c. 1830-c. 2000

Royal Holloway, University of London / Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

Fully-funded AHRC PhD studentship

Applications are invited for an AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral
Award (PhD studentship) to work on the publication history of The
Geographical Journal--the journal of record for geography in the
United Kingdom throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries.

This studentship is one of four PhD awards made by the Collaborative
Doctoral Partnership managed jointly by the Royal Geographical Society
(with IBG) and the Royal Society (see http://www.rgs.org/AHRC-CDA).
The project will be supervised by Dr Innes M. Keighren & Professor
Klaus Dodds (RHUL), and Dr Catherine Souch (RGS-IBG). The studentship,
which is funded for three years full-time equivalent, will be
available from September 2014.

The Studentship

The project focuses on the authorship, editorship, publication,
circulation, and reception of The Geographical Journal (under its
various titles) between 1831 and 2000. Drawing upon the rich archival
collections of the Society, the project will investigate the
significance of the journal both to the Society and to the larger
disciplinary audiences it reached and represented. More generally, the
role of print culture in forging and informing disciplinary
communities will be of interest.

There will be considerable scope for the successful candidate to
develop the project in a variety of ways, but attention to the
journal's editing, production, circulation, and reading practices will
be of central concern.

Relevant research questions might include: What genres of geographical
writing were encouraged or discouraged by individual editors of the
journal? When and how did peer-review emerge? How was this process
managed? What were the economics of the journal's publication? What
was its print run and cost? How did these vary across time? How did
the technologies of print facilitate (or frustrate) certain kinds of
geographical publishing? Who were the journal's readers? To where and
to whom were copies of the journal sent and gifted? To what extent did
the journal publish the work and communications of non-UK geographers?
How did the journal engage audiences beyond the academy? How did it
seek to inform the public about geographical issues and debates?

How to Apply

Applicants should have a good undergraduate degree in geography,
history, literary studies or other relevant discipline, and will need
to satisfy AHRC academic and residency eligibility criteria, including
the requirement that candidates should normally have or be studying
for a Masters or equivalent postgraduate qualification (full details
provided in the AHRC's Student Funding Guide 2013-14
[http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Student-Funding-Guide.pdf]).
Preference may be given to applicants with prior experience of
archival research, although others are encouraged to apply.

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae together with a cover
letter outlining their qualifications for, and interest in, the
studentship as a single Word document of no more than four pages in
length. The names and contact details of two academic referees should
also be supplied. Applications should be sent by email to the primary
academic supervisor, Dr Innes M. Keighren ([log in to unmask]),
by no later than 12 March 2014.

Interviews will be held at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
in London on 21 March 2014.

For further information concerning the project, please contact either
Dr Innes M. Keighren ([log in to unmask]) or Dr Catherine Souch
([log in to unmask]).

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With thanks and best wishes,

Innes
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Dr Innes M. Keighren
Lecturer in Human Geography

Department of Geography
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham Hill
EGHAM
TW20 0EX

Book Reviews Editor, Journal of Historical Geography

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