Postgraduate Scholarships in Central and East European Studies

UK. University of Glasgow.

Suitably qualified applicants from any branch of the Social Sciences and Humanities are invited to apply for 11 fully-funded PhD studentships, 2 MSc scholarships and 2 Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) scholarships in any of the following key research themes related to current and past developments in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe and the former USSR:

• Aspects of identity and culture and their social, political and economic implications
  • Economic and social transformation
  • Political transformation and international relations
  • Literary, cinematic and cultural developments
  • The politics of language.

The PhD studentships provide funding for up to 5 years, and offer 3 years of doctoral supervision plus training in research methods and language (Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Serbian-Croatian, Uzbek, Slovene, Slovak, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Estonian). Studentships may be held at any of the CRCEES partner institutions, and cover tuition fees, plus annual stipend of £12,300. Where relevant, students registered for a PhD at one partner institution may undergo research methods and/or language training at another.

Applications are also invited for two scholarships (tuition fees plus stipend of £12,300) for the MSc in Russian, Central and East European Studies, and two scholarships for the intensive Postgraduate diploma (PgDip) in Russian language, both offered at the University of Glasgow.

Applicants should send a covering letter, CV, two references and a 1,000-word research proposal (for PhD studentships) to Sarah Lennon at:

CRCEES, c/o Department of Central and East European Studies, University of Glasgow, Hetherington Building, Bute Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RS (s.lennon@lbss.gla.ac.uk; 0141 330 5259)

Application deadline 4 August 2006. Awards are subject to standard ESRC eligibility rules.