Doctoral Opportunities
Department of Archaeology
The Department of Archaeology is delighted to announce the allocation of up to four Durham Academic Scholarships starting in October 2008 for the following programme: PhD Archaeology (Full-time)
Durham hosts one of the largest Archaeology Departments in Europe, offering an outstanding range of research and teaching expertise. Our research is global, and ranges from early hominids to post-Medieval archaeology, with strengths in Bioarchaeology, European Prehistory, the worlds of Rome and Egypt, the Middle East and South Asia, and Medieval Europe. Durham graduates are some of the most sought after in the UK, offering a range of knowledge; skills and experience developed by excellent teaching, internationally- rated research and superb student support services.
Each new Scholarship will be associated with an approved research topic that is aligned to the Department research strategy, examples of which are given in the attached list. The list is not exclusive and other approved topics may be available. Each scholarship will contribute to the cost of tuition fees at the Home/EU rate (£3300) for the first year of study. There is an additional research training allowance of up to £200 according to the requirements of the project.
If you are interested in applying for one of our new Scholarships:
Further information:
Send an email to the PG Admissions Secretary and ask for further details of the topic(s) of interest - you will be contacted by the relevant academic supervisor.
To apply:
• If you have not applied for a place at Durham, express your interest in the Durham Academic Scholarship on the Durham on-line application form and include on the form the following:
A 500 word ‘Case for Support' stating your distinctive academic and wider abilities and explaining why you are suitable to the research topic selected, focusing on knowledge, experience, academic qualifications, field track record and skills specific or generally applicable to the project. You must also clearly demonstrate your capability for research.
An outline (the form has space for up to approx. 3000 words) your plans for resourcing the remaining period of study, either the remainder of your doctoral studies or future doctoral study.
• If you already hold an offer of a place at Durham (or have submitted an application) , send a letter to the PG Admissions Secretary expressing your interest in the Durham Academic Scholarship and include the Case for Support and the Outline as indicated above (up to approx. 3000 words).
Contact
The Postgraduate Admissions Secretary
Tel. 00 44 (0)191 334 1109 (Mon-Fri am), Fax: 00 44 (0) 191 334 1101;
email: pgarch.admissions@ durham.ac. uk
Or visit our web site at
http://www.dur. ac.uk/archaeolog y/
The closing date for applications is 1st June 2008
Topics for PhD research include:
Detecting human movement through the landscape in the Fragile Crescent of the Near East (TJW)
Settlement and landscape in the Caspain sea lowlands of NE Iran (Gorgan Plain) (TJW)
Landscape and settlement archaeology of the landholdings of the Community of St Cuthbert (DP)
Quernstones and the theory of settlement mobility (CJS)
Using ancient rats as proxies for past human dispersal: a geometric morphometric study of rats from Island South East Asia and Oceania (KD)
Religion and economy: a view from Roman North Africa and the Near East (AL)
Use and reuse of statues in Late Antiquity (AL)
Plants and people in the North Atlantic Norse Archaeology (MC)
Durham Antiquarian: the influence of Thomas Wright (1711-1786) (PRC/CPG)
Chalcolithic - EB ceramics from Tell Nebi Mend, Syria (GP)
The Palaeolithic Individual in Context (MJW)
A Social and Cultural History of the Antonine Wall and Roman Binchester: a vicus in context (RH)
Stamping significance: early stamps, stamp-seals and pintaderas in Eurasia in the 8th-3rd millennia BC (RGS)
Cultural and economic connectivities of rural landscapes in the Western Mediterranean (REW)
The cultural construction of islandscapes in South-Central Mediterranean prehistory (RGS)
Landscapes of religion and belief in the north sea world, c. 400 - 1100 AD (SJS)
Infrared thermography: application to the structural analysis of historic buildings (IKB)
The chronology of bricks in medieval buildings - detecting re-use (IKB)
Farmers, Monks and Warriors: The changing nature of life at Bamburgh Castle and environs as seen through animal remains (KD)
Buddhist monasticism in Early South Asia: reclusives or redistributors? (RAEC)
(The initials of the lead supervisor are given in parentheses)
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