Announcement- PhD Studentship at University of Nottingham

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POSTGRADUATE STUDENTSHIPS

Programme in Modern Russian Social or Economic History (3 years PhD or
1+3 MA or language training and PhD)

Department of History/ESRC Doctoral Training Centre, University of Nottingham

Applications are invited from suitably qualified UK/EU candidates for
fully-funded places on a 3 or 1+3 year programme of study leading to a
PhD in Modern Russian Social and/or Economic History (from the
mid-19th century). Applicants will be expected to demonstrate an
excellent record of academic achievement in history or a related
discipline, and potential for completing an original and independent
research project in modern Russian history, using social and/or
economic historical methods of enquiry.

Candidates for a three year award will require prior knowledge of
Russian language and socio-economic research methodologies is
necessary. Candidates for a three year award will require prior
knowledge of Russian language and familiarity with the use of
socio-economic research methodologies in history. Candidates for a 1+3
year award require either competency in Russian language or a Masters
qualification demonstrating competence in socio-economic research
methods.

Successful candidates will enrol on the Russian and East European
Studies Pathway of the University of Nottingham’s Doctoral Training
Centre (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/esrc-dtc).

The Russian and East European Studies Pathway 1+3 progamme can provide
either one year of Russian language training to bring beginners to a
level of competency adequate for conducting primary research using
original-language sources (to PG Diploma level); or one year of
combined disciplinary, interdisciplinary and generic social science
research training (to MA level); and three years of supervised
research, supported by further training, on an original topic in
Russian social and/or economic history (to PhD level). Those with both
Russian language competency and an MA may apply for a 3 year funded
programme of studies.

Possible areas for research include, but are not limited to:

·       Late tsarist economic and social development.

·       The impact of the First World War on Russian society and the economy.

·       Economic and social aspects of the Russian Revolutions (1905 and 1917).

·       Russian society during the Civil War: mobilization and resistance.

·       Reconstruction and development under the New Economic Policy.

·       Social and economic aspects of Stalinism, including
industrialization and urbanization, collectivization, population
displacement and the Gulag.

·       The impact of the Second World War on Russian society and the economy.

·       Soviet social and economic change from Lenin to Gorbachev.

The deadline for applications is Friday 6 June 2014. If you are
interested in applying, please contact either Dr. Sarah Badcock
(sarah.badcock at nottingham.ac.uk) or Dr. Nick
Baron(nick.baron at nottingham.ac.uk) of the Department of History,
University of Nottingham (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history), as
soon as possible for further details of the pathway progamme and to
discuss possible research topics.



Dr Sarah Badcock
Associate Professor
Department of History
Sarah.Badcock at nottingham.ac.uk

Co-editor, Revolutionary Russia

Office hours in semester 2
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Soviet Russia' Special issue of Europe Asia Studies, 65 (9) 2013.Out
now!
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ceas20/65/9#.Upcuv8TIag4

My contribution to this issue, 'From villains to victims: Experiencing
illness in Siberian exile' is available on open access:
http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint//full

Politics and the people in Revolutionary Russia now available in paperback:
http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/twentieth-century-european-history/politics-and-people-revolutionary-russia-provincial-history




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