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PhD studentships available
15 June 2011
The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and The British Postal Museum Archive (BPMA) are offering two three-year (or five-year part-time) Collaborative Doctoral Awards PhD studentships 2011-14 to work on the history of the 19th-century Post Office.
These build on a unique partnership between the IHR and BPMA which has already supported three PhDs. The two PhDs will be jointly supervised by Professor Miles Taylor (IHR) and Dr Adrian Steel (BPMA). The project will be based at the IHR with the major part of the research carried out at the BPMA.
The studentships will commence on 1 October 2011. The value of the award is £15,590 for a full-time student. Part-time applications will be considered. University of London tuition fees are covered.
Applications for these two awards should be made to the IHR via the Secretary to the Higher Research Degrees Committee, Ms Elaine Walters: www.history.ac.uk/students/apply. The closing date is 1 July 2011. Please address your completed applications with research proposals to Elaine at Institute of Historical Research, University of London, Senate House, North block, London, WC1E 7HU. Application forms can be downloaded here from http://www.sas.ac.uk/apply.html. Applications for this competition are subject to the entry criteria for research degrees for the School of Advanced Study.
Applicants may be invited for interview. For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Taylor via 0207 862 8755 or IHRDIR@sas.ac.uk
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