>X-Sender: [log in to unmask] (Unverified) >Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 12:12:08 +0100 >To: HPS Discussion <[log in to unmask]> >From: Jim Secord <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Fellowships for PhD research at Kent >Sender: [log in to unmask] > >CENTRE FOR HISTORY & CULTURAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE >SCHOOL OF HISTORY >UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT CANTERBURY > >PhD Studentships > >Applications are invited for two AHRB-funded full time PhD >studentships (three years). One studentship will focus on the theme >of The Imperial Liners (1840-1914): a Cultural History and the other >on The Decline and Fall of the Merchant Sailing Ship (1845-1926). >Both topics relate closely to an AHRB large grant project entitled >The Ocean Steamship: A Cultural History of Victorian Maritime Power >1850-1914 directed by Professor Crosbie Smith at the University of >Kent. The project has also strong links with the University of >Liverpool (Dr William Ashworth) and the University of Aberdeen (Dr >Ben Marsden). The historiographical emphasis of the project as a >whole is on the cultural shaping of technological practices rather >than on traditional economic or business history. > >AHRB studentship eligibility criteria apply (e.g. candidates should >normally have, or be studying for, a Masters degree with the >expectation of completing the Masters degree prior to commencement >of the PhD). Applications from candidates with web authoring >experience (e.g. Dreamweaver) and/or database skills will be >especially welcome. > >Please send a CV, with two letters of academic reference and a >research proposal (up to 500 words and centred on one or other of >the above topics), to Professor Crosbie Smith, Ocean Project >Director, School of History, Rutherford College, University of Kent, >Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NX. > >Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Smith (email >[log in to unmask]) or to Dr Ian Higginson, Assistant Director (email >[log in to unmask]). > >Closing date: Friday 12 July 2002. > >The University of Kent is committed to implementing an equal >opportunities policy. Robert Maxwell Young [log in to unmask] http://www.human-nature.com