graduate scholarship

Fri Feb 4 20:15:52 UTC 2011

     *University of Cambridge, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. *

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PhD STUDENTSHIP 2011-2014 IN SLAVONIC STUDIES

Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship (EU/UK rate**)
covering the period 1 October 2011 to 31 September 2014, working under the
supervision of Dr. Alexander Etkind in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval
Languages.  This award has become available as a result of a HERA grant
(Humanities in the European Research Area) for the collaborative research
project “Memory at War: Cultural Dynamics in Poland, Russia, and Ukraine”,
and additional support from the Cambridge Home and EU Scholarship Scheme
(CHESS).  Successful applicants for these awards are expected to begin PhD
study on 1 October 2011.

Qualification requirements

Candidates should hold a Master's degree (or equivalent) in a relevant
field, such as Slavonic Studies, Political Science, History, History of Art,
etc. They should demonstrate a good command of one of three Slavonic
languages (Polish, Russian, or Ukrainian), a reading knowledge of another of
these languages (or eagerness to acquire this knowledge at Cambridge), and
excellent writing skills in English. Experience in journalism, arts, or
information technologies is a bonus. Eligible candidates must submit an
advanced proposal of research relevant to the “Memory at War” project.

Closing date

7th March 2011.

New Admission Applicants

Applications should be made on-line to the Board of Graduate Studies (see:
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/prospec/apply/index.html) and
the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages (see
http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/gradstudies/applying/phd.html) simultaneously in
the normal way by the closing date.

When sending the application to the Faculty and to the Board of Graduate
Studies, it is important that applicants mark the envelope and top right
corner of the application form “HERA” and indicate that the start date is 1
October 2011 on the application form. In the Research Statement, candidates
are required to outline their original research proposal and explain how it
will fit the Project, “Memory at War: Cultural Dynamics in Poland, Russia,
and Ukraine” (see www.memoryatwar.org). Applicants should specify Dr.
Alexander Etkind as supervisor on their application forms and are encouraged
to contact Dr. Etkind (ae264 at cam.ac.uk) to discuss the HERA project,
Cambridge College selection, and their applications.  Applicants should also
email the MML Graduate Office (mml-graduate-studies at lists.cam.ac.uk)
indicating that they have sent an application to the Faculty to be
considered for these awards.

The HERA project

The Joint Research Program, “Memory at War: Cultural Dynamics in Poland,
Russia, and Ukraine,”  explores the on-going dynamics of cultural forms of
memory and the interactions of these forms inside and across Poland,
Ukraine, and Russia. Inheriting tortured memories of World War II and Soviet
socialism, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine are actualizing their post-traumatic
energies in remarkably different and increasingly antagonistic ways. The
project offers a new metric for measuring the profound changes that these
countries have undergone since the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Introducing
the concept of the memory event (a re-discovery of the past that creates a
rupture with its accepted representation), the project examines (i) how
myriad texts and artifacts of various cultural genres – novels, films,
history textbooks, government decrees, monuments, and blog posts – perform
memories of the traumas of the twentieth century; (ii) how artists, critics,
bloggers, or historians in one country challenge, provoke, or imitate their
counterparts in another country by virtue of this performance; (iii) how the
nation-state participates in the public sphere by promoting, revising, or
censoring these memories; and (iv) how the transnational dynamics of culture
– particularly the prospect of a united and uniting Europe – affect the
prospects of peace for the participants in the Memory War. For details, see
www.memoryatwar.org

**

      *Overseas applicants* can apply but should note that the funding is at
the Home/EU rate, therefore they will have to secure additional funding in
order to accept the studentship.

*Dual nationalities*   Applicants with dual nationality, who want to be
classed as Home/EU students, should consult the Board of Graduate Studies
website for eligibility criteria:
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/funding/costs/status.html. There
are a number of requirements that must be met in order to be eligible for
Home or EU fees. Students must meet the requirements of both 'settled
status' and 'ordinary residence': * Settled status/nationality means that
students must be nationals of the UK or another EU country, or have the
right of permanent residence or indefinite leave to remain in the UK ie they
must not be subject under immigration laws to any restriction on the period
for which they may stay in the UK. Students may also be the 'relevant family
member' of an EU national (a relevant family member is generally a spouse or
civil partner, a direct descendant, or a dependant). *  ‘Ordinary residence'
means that in addition, students must also have been ordinarily resident in
the UK, the EEA (defined as the EU together with Iceland, Lichtenstein and
Norway), Switzerland or the Overseas Territories for the three years prior
to the start date of the course for which they are applying, and that
residence should not have been wholly or mainly for the purposes of
receiving education.  If an applicant has both EU nationality and overseas
nationality, the applicant must still meet the criteria for ordinary
residence in order to be classified as a home student.

*Visa applications*  Those students who require visas in order to study at
Cambridge should note that the Faculty cannot assist in any part of the
process.  Instead, the first point of contact must be the visa section of
the Board of Graduate Studies website:
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/intnlstud/index.html It should
be noted that the visa application process is a necessarily long process and
applicants for these awards are expected to begin PhD study on 1 October
2011.  The University of Cambridge Points Based Immigration Office contacts
are as follows:

Catherine Fage, PBI Officer (email catherine.fage at admin.cam.ac.uk, tel 01223
765114)

Samantha Howes, PBI Assistant  (email samantha.howes at admin.cam.ac.uk, tel
01223 337984)

Maria Wylie, PBI Assistant (email maria.wylie at admin.cam.ac.uk, tel 01223
760199)

Students should only contact the PBI office if their questions and queries
are not adequately answered by the Board of Graduate Studies web section
above.

-- 
Alexander Etkind
Reader in Russian Literature and Cultural History
Cambridge University
Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, CB21ST
Principal Investigator, "Memory at War"
www.memoryatwar.org

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