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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Ireland: University of Dublin, Trinity College Postgraduate Fellowship "Reconstructions of the Gothic Past"

Funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Salary: €16,000 p.a. plus TCD registration fees (EU level) for a higher degree.

Duration of the award: 36 months, subject to the standard yearly review

Starting Date : 1 st September 2008

An opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified graduate to undertake research towards a M.Litt / PhD on a topic associated with the project ‘Reconstructions of the Gothic Past'. This post is funded by the IRCHSS and has three distinct strands (a) Irish Gothic architecture in the middle ages, and (b) the uses and exploitation of Gothic buildings in post medieval times and (c) approaches to conservation and presentation since the nineteenth century, one of which will form the core theme of the successful candidate's research. Applicants should have an excellent primary degree in a subject relevant to the study of architectural history.

Further information about the IRCHSS research project is available from the project webpage: http://www.tcd.ie/History_of_Art/rgp/index.php

Letters of application together with a curriculum vitae , a recent specimen of writing (not more than 3000 words), and the names and contact information of two referees should be sent to:

Professor Roger Stalley,
Department of History of Art,
Trinity College ,
Dublin 2,
Ireland .

Submissions are acceptable by electronic means: rstalley@tcd.ie

Interviews are expected to take place in June or early July.

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