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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"
align="center"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Three year PhD Bursary
on ‘Narrative, the Documents of Life and Sociology’<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"
align="center"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Sociology & the
Centre for Narrative & Auto/Biographical Studies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"
align="center"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><b
style=""><span lang="EN-GB">University</span></b></st1:PlaceType><b
style=""><span lang="EN-GB"> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Edinburgh</st1:PlaceName></span></b></st1:place><b
style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">The <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Edinburgh</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> is one of the world’s
leading universities. <st1:City w:st="on">Edinburgh</st1:City> is one
of the most beautiful cities in Europe and has World Heritage status,
and it has an excellent range of facilities and standard of life, as
befitting the capital city of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region>. </span><span
style="" lang="EN">Edinburgh Sociology has been recognised both by
consistently excellent performance in a succession of RAE exercises and
in being awarded ESRC recognition and 1 + 3 PhD studentships in the
most recent ESRC recognition exercise, and it also has AHRC recognition
and holds AHRC studentships. The </span><span lang="EN-GB">Centre for
Narrative & Auto/Biographical Studies (NABS) is a highly active
virtual research centre with strong international connections. It runs
a programme of workshops, seminars and conferences, including an ESRC
Seminar Series on ‘<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Narrative
Studies in Interdisciplinary Perspective: </span></strong><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span
style="font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-GB">Theories, Methodologies and
Revisions’ and has a rapidly growing group of PhD researchers attached
to it.</span></strong><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style="" lang="EN">A three (3) year Bursary is available for
immediate start for a suitably qualified applicant to carry out a
doctoral project on a topic within the framework of ‘Narrative, the
Documents of Life and Sociology’. The Bursary will cover full-time
postgraduate fees for three years at the UK/EU level (it does not cover
overseas fees, or maintenance). Applicants should already hold a
Master’s degree which is either a ‘research training’ one or has been
carried out by a thesis rather than through taught courses, so that
they are exempt from the ‘research training year’.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="" lang="EN">A sociological interest in narrative and
the documents of life dates from at least the publication of Thomas and
Znaniecki’s <i style="">The Polish Peasant in Europe and America</i>
and arguably has even earlier origins, while there has been an enormous
resurgence of sociological interest in this area of activity over the
last two decades. Applications are sought from for innovative projects
concerned with any aspect of the sociological interest in narrative and
the documents of life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN">Applications should be made by email, attaching two files,
containing a CV and a research outline of the intended PhD project. The
research outline should follow the format specified at <a
href="http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/SSPSResearchDegreeAppFormGuidanceNotes_pdf.pdf">http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/SSPSResearchDegreeAppFormGuidanceNotes_pdf.pdf</a><span
style=""> </span>and contain the following: </span><span
style="color: black;" lang="EN-GB">1. An introductory statement
explaining the proposed research and why it is important. 2. An outline
of the key theory and research on the topic and how the proposed
research relates to it. 3. What themes, issues and questions the
research will explore. 4. The specific method or methods to be used –
and if the research is on a theoretical topic, what documentary methods
will be used to review and analyse the sources worked with. 5. A
comment on any ethical issues arising from the research. 6. A timetable
for the research, including the period of writing up. 7. Who the
research will be useful to and how.</span></p>
<p><span style="" lang="EN">The successful applicant will be jointly
based in Sociology and NABS and will join a thriving research
community, including a group of PhD researchers working on narrative
and auto/biographical topics. For further information on NABS, see <a
href="http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/NABS/">http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/NABS/</a><span
style=""> </span>while for more information on Sociology see <a
href="http://www.sociology.ed.ac.uk/">http://www.sociology.ed.ac.uk/</a>
and for more information on the Graduate School of Social &
Political Studies see <a href="http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/">http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="" lang="EN">The closing date for applications is <u>Friday
21 September at 4pm</u>. The successful applicant will be notified by
Wednesday 26 September and will be expected to register and start on
Monday 1 October. Applications with file attachments should be send to <a
href="mailto:liz.stanley@ed.ac.uk">liz.stanley@ed.ac.uk</a> as soon as
possible please.</span><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
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