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PhD position with full funding for Social Anthropology available in Scotland...

From: Oomen, Janus [mailto:J.C.Oomen@uva.nl]
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Subject: [Hcbgroup] Phd anthropology positions researching Dutch or Israeli war veterans, University of Edinburgh, deadline 9 June 2014

 

http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/applicants/funding/phd_scholarship_social_anthropology

 

PhD Scholarships Social Anthropology

Two PhD Scholarships in Social Anthropology

1.    Dutch veterans' well-being, mental health and reintegration

2.    Israeli veterans' well-being, mental health and reintegration

School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh

These two awards are for PhD studentships examining combat veterans' well-being, mental health and reintegration. These full-time, fixed-term positions are available for 4 years, from September 2014 to August 2018.

Each PhD candidate will undertake ethnographic fieldwork with either Dutch or Israeli combat veterans.  The study will be part of a comparative, cross-national project funded by a European Research Council "starting grant" led by Professor Alexander Edmonds.  Using an anthropological approach, the project examines soldiers' mental health, well-being and reintegration.   

Award amount

·         4 year tuition fee waiver

·         4 year annual stipend of 16,000 GBP plus research expenses

Eligibility

We are looking for someone with an outstanding academic record who has done a Masters thesis or Honours thesis in medical or social anthropology (or related field) and has experience doing qualitative research.  They must be fluent in Dutch and English, or in Hebrew and English.  Knowledge of the military is desirable but not essential.  Any nationality may apply.

Application procedure

Applications should containing the following:

·         A cover letter of no more than 2 pages describing their research background and interest in the project

·         A CV, including names of 3 referees

The cover letter and CV should be combined into one document and emailed toL.Hunter@ed.ac.uk.  Queries about the studentship/research project should be sent to Professor Alexander Edmonds at aedmonds@exseed.ed.ac.uk

The deadline for submitting this application is June 9, 2014.

After being selected the candidate will still need to formally apply to the PhD program in Social Anthropology at the School of Social and Political Science:http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/prospective/phd_programmes/phd_in_social_anthropology

Link to Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh

http://www.san.ed.ac.uk/