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:
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 for further details.
The deadline for receipt of completed
applications (including application to the PhD programme) is 28 March 2013. Interviews
will be held in Canterbury on 10
April. Informal enquiries about the studentships and the project may be
made to Dr Will Pettigrew: w.pettigrew@kent.ac.uk. Completed application forms
should be sent by email to Juliette Dack: J.C.Dack@kent.ac.uk via the
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