17.664, Support: Endangered Langs & Cultures: PhD Student, UK

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Subject: 17.664, Support: Endangered Langs & Cultures:  PhD Student, UK

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Date: 02-Mar-2006
From: Bruce Connell < bconnell at yorku.ca >
Subject: Endangered Languages and Cultures: PhD Student, University of Kent, UK 

	
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Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:01:48
From: Bruce Connell < bconnell at yorku.ca >
Subject: Endangered Languages and Cultures: PhD Student, University of Kent, UK 

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Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:02:10
From: Bruce Connell < bconnell at yorku.ca >
Subject: Endangered Languages and Cultures: PhD Student, University of Kent, UK 
 

Institution/Organization: University of Kent 
Department: Anthropology 
Level: PhD 
Duties: Research 
Specialty Areas: Anthropology and Linguistics


Description:

Two PhD studentships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council are
offered at the University of Kent, Canterbury, one in Anthropology and one in
Linguistics, as part of a larger project to study and document endangered
languages and cultures in the Nigeria-Cameroon borderland. The linguistics PhD
will undertake the primary linguistic documentation of two endangered languages;
the Anthropologist will focus on the cultural ecology of language loss among the
same groups.

Applicants must have completed a first or upper second class honours degree or
its equivalent, and/or a Masters degree, in Anthropology or Linguistics by the
starting date. No prior experience of research in Africa is necessary.

Starting date: 1st September 2006 (possibly earlier)

To be eligible for funding, applicants must also fulfil AHRC requirements: EU
citizens will be eligible for a full award as long as they have been resident in
the UK for the previous three years. An EU citizen who does not fulfil the
residency condition will be eligible for a fees only award.

Applications (including references) must be received by 10 April 2006;
interviews will be held during the week beginning 22 May 2006.

Interested applicants may apply online at
http://www.kent.ac.uk/studying/postgrad/gradapply.html

or request a Higher Degree Application Form from the 
Recruitment and Admissions Office
University of Kent at Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NZ, UK
Tel: (44) (0)1227 824040 (24 hr answerphone)
Email: recruitment at ukc.ac.uk; URL: http://www.ukc.ac.uk 

or from  the Admissions Secretary,
Department of  Anthropology,
Marlowe Building, 
University of Kent at Canterbury. Kent CT2 7NR UK

Tel: (44) (0) 1227 764000 ext. 7928 Fax: (44) (0) 1227 827289 
Email: anthro-office at ukc.ac.uk

For more information see http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/dz/AHRC_Languages/index.html
or contact Bruce Connell: B.A.Connell at kent.ac.uk 
or David Zeitlyn: : D.Zeitlyn at kent.ac.uk 


Web Address for Applications:
http://www.kent.ac.uk/studying/postgrad/gradapply.html 

Applications are due by: 10-Apr-2006 

Contact Information: 

Dr Bruce Connell 
B.A.Connell at kent.ac.uk





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