*NEWS FLASH* We are inviting applications for a full-time AHRC and British Library funded Collaborative Doctoral Award commencing autumn 2013. We also have a further University of Essex Doctoral Scholarship for History available. For details of how to apply for these awards, please see below. The deadline for both these awards is 4pm, 12 June 2013.
Full or partial funding for postgraduate study may be available. Below is a list of possible sources of funding: please contact us for assistance in putting together funding applications or for further advice or information.
Although care is taken by the Department of History in compiling this information, it is for general guidance only and its contents are subject to change on a regular basis.
For further information about university scholarships please see our Scholarship Finder, or contact our History Graduate Administrator Lisa Willis, lwillis (non Essex users should add @essex.ac.uk).
Applications are invited for a full-time AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Studentship commencing autumn 2013 on Factories of Empire: The British in Baghdad and the Persian Gulf c.1620-1822.
Supervised by Dr Mark R. Frost from the Department of History, University of Essex and Dr Margaret Makepeace, Lead Curator of East India Company Records at the British Library, the successful candidate will be located at the Department of History, University of Essex and also play an active part in the British Library’s ongoing Gulf History Project. (Further information is available here: http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/Press-Releases/Transforming-our-understanding-of-Middle-Eastern-history-The-British-Library-and-Qatar-Foundation-unveil-project-to-digitise-half-a-million-pages-of-archive-material-5b8.aspx).
Beginning with an examination of the British Library’s East India Company Persia and Persian Gulf Factory Records, this three-year doctoral studentship will examine the British presence in Baghdad and the Persian Gulf during a crucial era of European expansion. It will address several key questions: what was the Gulf’s geo-political significance to an expanding British Empire? How did British activities in this region impact on wider circuits of commerce, religion and migration? How did East India Company officials and merchants engage with local mercantile communities, existing political elites and rival European powers? The successful candidate will also be encouraged to work with the British Library to develop new and innovative forms of public engagement.
The award pays fees and an annual maintenance grant (£13,726 for 2013-14) with the British Library contributing up to a further £1,000 p.a for approved research-related expenses. The usual AHRC eligibility rules apply to these studentships, including having an appropriate masters degree by October 2013 and meeting the AHRC's residential requirements.
The application form can be downloaded here and must be returned to the Graduate Administrator, Lisa Willis, lwillis@essex.ac.uk by the deadline.
The closing date is 4 pm on 12 June 2013. Interviews will be held at the University of Essex in Colchester on Monday 24 June 2013.
Informal enquiries should be made to Dr Mark R Frost (mrfrost@essex.ac.uk)
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This University of Essex Doctoral Scholarship is intended to support a talented PhD student to study History at the University. This award is available to a student who can demonstrate an excellent academic background and the potential for future achievement, as well as financial need. It is awarded for each year of study during the standard minimum period of enrolment for your degree, subject to satisfactory progress. Financial details as follows:
· University of Essex Doctoral Scholarship – worth £16,250 per year comprising fee waiver (or partial fee waiver for overseas students) to a maximum value of £4,000, living costs of £12,000 per year (consisting of a stipend and Graduate Teaching and Research Assistantship), plus a training bursary of £250 per year.
Further information and how to apply:
The scholarship is available to UK, EU and international full-time doctoral students. The deadline for applications is 4pm, 12 June 2013 and we will notify successful candidates by 18 June 2013.
The application form can be downloaded here and must be returned to the Graduate Administrator, Lisa Willis, lwillis@essex.ac.uk by the deadline. Please click here for full terms and conditions.
The University of Essex has a number of Masters and Doctoral Studentships awards through the AHRC Block Grant Partnership award scheme.
In order to be considered for AHRC funding through the University you need to have applied to study at the University of Essex (or be studying at the University but not entering your completion period in the same year as the award commences). Applicants should indicate on the application form that they wish to be considered for the AHRC funding opportunities. You will also have to complete an electronic AHRC application form which will be sent to you by the History Department Graduate Administrator. Students should submit the form in both electronic and hard-copy format. In addition to completing the form, students applying for a doctoral studentship will be expected to submit a 1000 word research proposal as further evidence of their suitability for the studentship.
The closing date for receipt by the History Department of the completed AHRC application form is 15 February 2013. Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
Value: £5000
The Steve Smith MA Scholarship worth £5000 will be awarded to one student following the Local History pathway, or planning to write a dissertation on a local history topic.
Please contact the Graduate Administrator Lisa Willis, lwillis (non Essex users should add @essex.ac.uk) for details on how to apply.
MA studentship application form (.word document)
We are offering two Department of History MA Scholarships of £5000, which are open to students applying for any of our taught MA programmes.
The Department of History is delighted to announce the creation of a new prize, The Ruth Bensusan Prize. Competition for the Prize of £750 is open to any female, final-year undergraduate student registered for a single or joint honours degree course at Essex University who has applied to take, and been accepted onto, one of the MA programmes offered by the Department of History. The successful candidate will be chosen following the Final Year Examination Boards in June 2010. There is no need to make a formal application, all eligible students will be considered unless they explicitly request otherwise.
Dr Ruth Bensusan (1877-1957) was a significant figure in the history of early 20th-century Colchester. A women's suffragist, Fabian socialist, and Colchester town councillor, Dr Ruth Bensusan was also one of only the second generation of women doctors. She campaigned to raise standards of health and welfare, especially of women and children, and was instrumental in the campaign to provide a maternity home in Colchester which resulted in the opening of an 8-bed maternity hospital in Lexden Road in 1932. This home was extended and altered so that by 1950 it could accommodate 52 women. This Prize in her memory has been made possible by the generosity of a bequest made by her son, John Bensusan-Butt. Competition for the Prize of £750 is open to any female, final-year undergraduate student registered for a single or joint honours degree course at Essex University who has applied to take, and been accepted onto, one of the MA programmes offered by the Department of History. The Prize will awarded to the applicant who has the best academic performance at BA level and is intended to help the student in question with her MA studies. The Prize winner will have to write a short report (one side of A4) at the end of her MA year, detailing the ways in which the Prize has assisted her in her MA studies (e.g.: by means of the purchase of books or materials, payment of travel expenses to libraries or archive etc.)
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