PhD studentship, History of Medicine & Ethnicity
Post duration: 3 years Working hours: Full timeThe Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick invites applications for a PhD studentship commencing in Autumn 2010. This studentship is part of our on-going Wellcome-funded Strategic Award, 'Situating Medicine: New Directions in the History of Medicine'. The successful candidate will work with Dr Roberta Bivins (who will supervise) and other Centre members to explore the impact and experiences of South Asia's medical diaspora - doctors, nurses, researchers, medical students and allied health professionals - in Britain, and particularly in the West Midlands during the post-war period. He or she will register for a PhD research degree in the History of Medicine; the research project may be tailored to particular ethnic or professional subgroups, but must address therapeutic cultures in both domestic and clinical settings.
This studentship offers its holder a unique opportunity to work with experts in the history of medicine, and simultaneously to develop expertise and a professional profile in the fields of global and social history and ethnicity studies.
The Centre:
The Centre for the History of Medicine (CHM) at the University of Warwick is an established centre of academic excellence within a thriving History department (ranked joint second in History in the latest UK-wide Research Assessment Exercise). The CHM has a strong track record of innovative research across the early modern and modern periods, with particular expertise in the history of medicine in the UK (Roberta Bivins, Hilarly Marland, and Mathew Thomson), Europe (Hilary Marland and Claudia Stein) and South Asia (David Arnold, David Hardiman and Sarah Hodges). More about the Centre, its staff and their research areas may be found here: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/chm
The Award:
The studentship is funded full-time for 3 years. The award covers Home/EU postgraduate fees (currently £3,390 per annum), and includes a stipend of £13,650 per annum (tax free, and rising in annual increments to £14,400 in 2012/13).
A full description of the project and details of how to apply may be accessed from our homepage at: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/chm
Informal inquiries about the project may be directed to Dr Roberta Bivins, at R.Bivins@warwick.ac.uk
Any other queries may be directed to the Centre Administrator, Ms Siobhan Watts, at S.Watts@warwick.ac.uk
The deadline for applications is 15th March 2010
Interviews will be held in March/April 2010.
Post based at: University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
Area of coverage: West Midlands, UK
Salary: Home/EU Fees + stipend of £13,650 pa (rising to £14,400
Further enquiries from: Siobhan Watts
Telephone: 02476 572601
Email: s.watts@warwick.ac.uk
Desired starting date: 01/10/2010
Application closing date: 15th March 2010
More information can be found at this link here.
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