UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE – PH.D STUDENTSHIP IN HISPANIC STUDIES 2011

Applications are invited for one fully-funded PhD studentship for the period 1 October 2011 to 31 September 2014, working under the supervision of Professor Alison Sinclair (Spanish and Portuguese) in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. The studentship offers tuition fees and a maintenance grant in accordance with Research Council eligibility criteria, which means that the studentship is not available to citizens of non-EU countries.

This award has become available as a result of the award of a 2011 AHRC grant (AH/I003088/1) for the project ‘Wrongdoing in Spain 1800-1936: Realities, Representations, Reactions’, based in the University of Cambridge. The project will involve conferences, workshops, and publications in which the prospective PhD student (and a post-doctoral Research Associate, also to be appointed) will participate. The successful applicant will be in a thriving graduate research community in Hispanic studies and in modern historical and cultural studies at Cambridge.

Eligibility : Applicants should have completed a Master’s degree in a relevant discipline, and have attained a mark of distinction.

Application Procedure : Applicants are asked to submit a cv, and sample piece of written work. They are also asked to propose a research topic within the scope of the project. They should submit this proposal on one side of A4. Topics proposed are expected to fall within the framework of the project and/or drawing on the pliegos sueltos. Some general approaches and possible topics are indicated below.

Crime and the fictional imaginary in Spain ‘Against wrongdoing’: discourses of warning and admonishment in the writings of wrongdoing Patterns of response to delitos de sangre (violent crime) in Spain 1800-1900. The aesthetics of wrongdoing: excitement and incitement Crime, city and country Imaginaries of retribution and come-uppance ‘Against agency’: original sin, heredity, the environment in fiction and non-fiction

Limit of Tenure: 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2014

Quote Reference: GS07747, Closing Date: 7 March 2011.

How To Apply : Applications should be made to the Board of Graduate Studies (on-line – see: www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/prospec/apply/index.html) and the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages (on paper) simultaneously by the closing date. Details of how to apply and which documents to submit are listed on the Faculty webpages (see: www.mml.cam.ac.uk/gradstudies/applying/phd.html).

When sending the application to the Faculty and to the Board of Graduate Studies, it is important that applicants mark the envelope and top right corner of the application form ‘Wrongdoing in Spain’ and indicate that the start date is 1 October 2011 on the application form. Applicants should also email the MML Graduate Office (mml-graduate-studies@lists.cam.ac.uk) indicating that they have sent an application to the Faculty to be considered for these awards.

Contact :
Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages,
University of Cambridge,
Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge,
CB3 9DA

Email : as49(AT)cam.ac.uk

Contact Number : (121) – 01223 335000

Source : http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/jobs/wrongdoing_phd.html