aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] [SEELANGS] Scholarships and Fellowships in UK

[Wendy Rosslyn <Wendy.Rosslyn@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK> (by way of Robert DeLossa)]

Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES)
A consortium of the Universities of Glasgow, Nottingham, St Andrews, 
Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Paisley and Strathclyde.

PhD, Masters/PgDip Scholarships and Postdoctoral Fellowships

Suitably qualified applicants from any branch of the Social Sciences 
and Humanities are invited to apply for 11 fully-funded PhD 
studentships and two one-year postdoctoral fellowships in any of the 
following key research themes related to current and past 
developments in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe and the former 
USSR:

   Aspects of identity and culture and their social, political and 
economic implications
   Economic and social transformation
   Political transformation and international relations
   Literary, cinematic and cultural developments
   The politics of language.

The PhD studentships provide funding for up to 5 years, and offer 3 
years of doctoral supervision plus training in research methods and 
language (Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Serbian*Croatian, Uzbek, 
Slovene, Slovak, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Estonian). 
Studentships may be held at any of the CRCEES partner institutions, 
and cover tuition fees, plus annual stipend of £12,300. Where 
relevant, students registered for a PhD at one partner institution 
may undergo research methods and/or language training at another.

Postdoctoral fellowships (£22,289 p.a.) will provide an opportunity 
for new researchers who have recently gained a PhD to disseminate 
research and to further improve their skills through specialized 
training. Fellows will be expected to make an active contribution to 
the work of CRCEES.

Applications are also invited for two scholarships (tuition fees plus 
stipend of £12,300) for the MSc in Russian, Central and East European 
Studies, and two scholarships for the intensive Postgraduate diploma 
(PgDip) in Russian language, both offered at the University of 
Glasgow.
Applicants should send a covering letter, CV, two references and * 
for PhD fellowships and postdoctoral fellowships * a 1,000-word 
research proposal to Sarah Lennon at the address below by 4 August 
2006. Awards are subject to standard ESRC eligibility rules.
CRCEES, c/o Department of Central and East European Studies, 
University of Glasgow, Hetherington Building, Bute Gardens, Glasgow 
G12 8RS (s.lennon@lbss.gla.ac.uk; 0141 330 5259)


Professor Wendy Rosslyn
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
University of Nottingham
Nottingham NG7 2RD
tel: 0115 951 5829
fax: 0115 951 5834

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