Description
The studentship is funded by a bequest to the University Development Trust and applications will be considered from candidates wishing to explore one of the following areas through original fieldwork:
· Crafts, e.g. boatbuilding in the North of Scotland
· Traditional music in Scotland, e.g. ballad singing
· Narratology, e.g. emigrant or diasporic narratives
The successful candidate will contribute to a diverse team of students and researchers in the Institute. The studentship covers tuition fees at Home/EU rate and includes an annual stipend, payable for three years, at a level above that provided by relevant UK Research Councils (£13,595 for 2011/12). The successful candidate will be required to undertake relevant archival work for the Institute equating to an average of six hours per week in term time.
The research will be supervised by Prof. Ian Russell, Director of the Elphinstone Institute, drawing on the support of other staff as well as the archival resources of the Institute and the University's Department of Historic Collections. There is also a postgraduate program of seminars in Anthropology, Ethnology, and Cultural History in which the successful candidate can participate.
Eligibility
This studentship is available to UK and EU nationals with Home/EU fee status.
Tom McKean
Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.
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