The University of Winchester will have a number of fully-funded PhD studentships, attached to Research Centres, available from September 2008 for three years. Subject areas are listed below. Candidates should have, or expect to obtain, a first class or upper second class degree and a Masters degree in a relevant subject area.
Education in Western Philosophy
Inclusive Education
Early Years Pedagogy
Learning and Teaching Science
Sustainability and Education
The Sybil Campbell Library: gendering the cultivated mind
Travel and Communication in Anglo-Saxon Wessex
The Queen's Lands c.1300-1503
Post-Medieval Winchester
Hayling Island Iron Age and Romano-Celtic Temple
Winchester's Medieval Leper Hospital
The Archaeology of Eighteenth-Century Hampshire Houses
Geoarchaeological Modelling of Stratigraphy in Winchester
Landscape Archaeology of Medieval Ethiopia
St Ethelburga’s PhD Studentship in Reconciliation and Peace (see below)
The successful candidate will work with the St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace (http://www.stethelburgas.org/) as well as engaging in their research.
Possible areas for research include:
- The impact, effectiveness and limitations of truth and reconciliation processes (TRCs) around the world.
- How reconciliation is understood and practiced in different faith traditions.
- Contemporary forms of non violent action and peaceful protest (reappraising the legacy of Gandhi, King).
- The development and erosion of European concepts of religious tolerance.
- The influence of Christian fundamentalism in conflict situations (e.g. Africa, Middle East).
- The politics of communities in which different faiths have co-existed for substantial periods (e.g. Andalucia, Jaffa).
For application forms and further information please contact:
Chrissie Ferngrove
Research & Knowledge Transfer Co-ordinator
The Research & Knowledge Transfer Centre
University of Winchester
Winchester SO22 4NR
(Please state which subject area you are interested in)
Tel: 01962 827483
Email: Chrissie.Ferngrove@winchester.ac.uk
Closing date for applications: 30 May 2008
Interviews to be held: week commencing 23 June 2008
