Enhanced
5-year Leverhulme Trust PhD Studentships at the University of Kent
*University of Kent* -Centre for the Political Economies of
International Commerce
The Centre for the Political Economies of International Commerce within
the School of History at the University of Kent will offer two enhanced
PhD studentships to work as part of a Leverhulme Grant team over five
years. The team will be lead by Dr Will Pettigrew. This team will
examine the seventeenth century histories of England’s overseas trade
companies in their domestic and global settings. For more information
about the proposed project see:
http://www.kent.ac.uk/history/projects/global-determinants.html
*The studentships are available to UK, EU, and non-EU students and will
cover tuition fees plus a maintenance bursary of £13,590 per year as
well as a substantial research budget and participation in a series of
international conferences from 2013 to 2018. Subject to satisfactory
progress these studentships will convert into two-year post-doctoral
research fellowships at an appreciably higher salary.*
Applications should consist of:
- An up-to-date CV
- A covering letter explaining your interest in the project and the
contribution you would make to the research team (including a statement
about your proposed research project). This letter must include the
applicant' s full name, address, telephone number and email address
-
A response (of up to 500 words) to the following question: *What can
the history of England’s overseas trading corporations teach us about
world history in the seventeenth century?*
- A response (of up to
500 words) to the following question: *How might the team format for
this grant (to include 1 lecturer, 2 post-doctoral fellows, 2 Phd
students, and a part-time administrator) best secure a lasting return on
the Leverhulme Trust’s large (£820,000) investment in this project?*
- Applicants should ensure that two academic referees reach the School of History at Kent by the deadline
- Applicants must also make separate application to the PhD programme
at Kent for entry in September 2013. Please visit Kent's postgraduate
pages<http://www.kent. ac.uk/courses/ postgrad/ apply/index. html> for further details.
