International Scholarships

Monday, April 30, 2007

[England] PhD Studentship in Ethonpolictics in a Globalised World - University of Exeter

Leverhulme Trust funded PhD Studentship School of Humanities and Social Sciences incorporating the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies

Closing date for completed applications is 1 June 2007

The School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Exeter invites applications for a Leverhulme Trust funded PhD studentship commencing in October 2007. The studentship is part of a wider Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Award granted to Dr Gareth Stansfield for a research project entitled Ethnopolitics in a Globalized World. The holder of the studentship will be a member of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS), and contribute to the establishment of the inter-disciplinary 'Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies' (EXCEPS).

Prospective applicants may consider a range of possible topics that fall within the broad field 'Ethnopolitics in the Middle East and Islamic World'.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified graduates - you should have or expect to have at least a 2.1 degree, and preferably have a Masters degree at distinction level or equivalent.

The studentship covers the cost of the home PhD tuition fees (£3300 in 2007/8) and provides a maintenance grant of £12,600 pa.

Applications in the form of a CV including the names and addresses of three referees, and a letter stating the research topics that you are interested in, should be made to

Dr Gareth Stansfield (e-mail g.r.v.stansfield@exeter.ac.uk, telephone +44 (0) 1392 264105).

Please contact: g.r.v.stansfield@exeter.ac.uk

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