3-year PhD studentship Indian Ocean prehistory

[N.L. Boivin]

Dear All,

Please find attached and below information about a 3-year PhD studentship 
in Indian Ocean prehistory that is being advertised as part of the new 
ERC-funded SEALINKS Project.

Please forward to any final year undergraduate or Masters level students 
who might be interested in applying, as well as any relevant lists.

Apologies for any cross-postings.

The deadline for application is April 17, 2008.

Sincerely,
Nicole Boivin





PhD Studentship in Indian Ocean Linguistic Prehistory



Applications are invited for an ERC-funded PhD studentship to investigate 
early plant and animal translocations in the Indian Ocean. The 3-year 
studentship will be based in the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology at 
the University of Cambridge. The studentship is offered as part of the 
SEALINKS Project, which is undertaking multi-disciplinary studies on the 
prehistoric emergence of long-distance maritime contacts in the Indian 
Ocean. The 5-year project will take a unique interdisciplinary approach to 
maritime prehistory, and is of particular interest to students whose 
interests bridge the humanities and natural sciences.

The aim of the PhD studentship is to study early biological translocations 
in the Indian Ocean through the collection of linguistic data on plants 
and/or animals, and its synthesis with relevant historiographic, 
archaeological and genetic findings. The student will undertake fieldwork 
in areas of interest, which may include East Africa, Madagascar, India 
and/or Southeast Asia. The student selected for the project will have the 
opportunity to help shape its particular direction and course, and will 
work closely with the project PI, Dr. Nicole Boivin (Leverhulme Centre for 
Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge) and key project 
partners, Dr. Dorian Fuller (Institute of Archaeology, UCL), Dr. Roger 
Blench (Mallam Dendo, Cambridge), Dr. Martin Walsh (Department of Social 
Anthropology, University of Cambridge), Prof. Dr. George van Driem 
(Humanities Faculty, Leiden University), and Dr. Sander Adelaar (Asia 
Institute, University of Melbourne).

Students should have a very good honours degree (at least a 2.1 or 
equivalent) or Masters degree in a relevant subject (e.g., historical 
linguistics, ethnobiology, anthropology or archaeology). Students with a 
background in historical linguistics are especially encouraged to apply. 
The project will involve extensive travel abroad, active fieldwork and 
library research.

The studentship covers the full cost of a home/EU student (tuition, college 
fees, and living expenses). Funding for fieldwork is also available. The 
successful candidate will subsequently be required to make a formal 
application for graduate studies to the University of Cambridge.

Start date: October 2008.

For further details see: 
http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~tcrndfu/sealinks/sealink1.htm


To apply, candidates should send a CV and cover letter outlining their 
background and interest in the project to Dr. Nicole Boivin 
(nlb20 at cam.ac.uk). Candidates should also arrange for two academic referees 
to send confidential letters of reference by the closing date. All 
material, including letters of reference, should be submitted by email as 
pdf documents.

Key words: Linguistics/Historical 
Linguistics/Ethnobiology/Archaeology/Anthropology.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 17 April, 2008.



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Nicole L. Boivin
Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies
University of Cambridge
The Henry Wellcome Building, Fitzwilliam Street
Cambridge, CB2 1QH
England
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