The University of Edinburgh’s School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures is delighted to announce a range of studentships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The University is part of a consortium of eight Higher Education institutions which has been awarded funding from the AHRC to support postgraduate studentships and training in the Arts and Humanities in Scotland. The consortium expects to grant around 40 studentships in 2014-2015 across the range of Arts and Humanities subjects.
The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures provides a stimulating and supportive research environment across a wide range of subject areas, and it also offers a number of exciting cross-disciplinary PhD programmes. The School will consider applications for AHRC awards in the following subject areas:
Creative Writing
English Literature
Film History, Theory and Criticism
Languages: French Studies, German Studies, Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, Italian Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Russian Studies, Scandinavian Studies
Asiatic and Oriental Studies
Scottish Literature
Scottish Studies
Translation Studies
Eligibility
Applicants must be students from the UK or EU countries and satisfy the eligibility criteria of the AHRC. Successful applications for nomination are likely to hold a first class honours undergraduate degree and/or have demonstrated a distinction level of performance in a master's degree.
Applying
Completed PhD applications should be made online by 3rd January 2014 in order to ensure that your PhD application is processed in time for consideration within a very tight selection timescale. To apply online, follow the link: www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/applying
Further information
General enquiries: llc.pgadmissions@ed.ac.uk
Enquiries about the Italian programme: f.pedriali@ed.ac.uk
Further information about postgraduate study in the School: www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/graduate-school
Federica G. Pedriali
Professor of Literary Metatheory and Modern Italian Studies
Head of Italian Studies
Director Edinburgh Gadda Projects
Director ISRC Italo-Scottish Research Cluster
School of Literatures Languages and Cultures
University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9JX
Scotland UK
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