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The Universities of Exeter, Reading and Newcastle have received funding from the AHRC for a major project on?Bombing, States and Peoples in Western Europe 1940-1945, directed by Professors Richard Overy and Andrew Knapp and Dr Claudia Baldoli. It will be based in theCentre for War, State & Society, Department of History, University of Exeter. The aim of the research is to produce the first comparative analysis of the political and cultural responses to bombing operations carried out against targets in Britain, Germany, France and Italy between 1940 and 1945.The project will support two dedicated doctoral students, one based at Exeter and one at Reading. The principal method of investigation will be archive-based research supplemented by the exploitation of local historical studies, museums and permanent exhibitions, libraries and newspaper collections and, where appropriate, by recorded oral testimony. The research will also involve the selection of suitable documents, images, archive film, and possibly recorded oral testimony for a website exhibition. The exhibition and written outputs are designed to reach as wide a potential audience as possible and reflect the comparative nature of the proposal.Applicants must have at least an Upper Second-class honours degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate subject area. In addition, it is the normal expectation of the AHRC that candidates should have gained some formal postgraduate qualification. If they do not have such a qualification, they must show evidence of sustained experience beyond first degree level that is specifically relevant to the doctoral research project and which qualifies them, exceptionally, as prepared for doctoral research without prior formal postgraduate training.A recognised English language qualification (minimum IELTS 6.5, TOEFL 600) is required if English is not the candidate’s first language. In addition, the candidate for the Exeter-based post must have fluent German, and the candidate for the Reading-based post must have fluent French.The award will include EU/UK fees and standard AHRC stipend (?12,300) for 2 three- year full-time Ph.Ds.Students from outside the EU are eligible to apply but must be able to fund the additional cost of international fees.The Ph.D student will be located at the same institution as their primary supervisor, who will be one of the co-investigators on the project. The supervision team will most likely include at least one additional supervisor from amongst the co-investigators. The detailed topic of the Ph.D will be negotiated with the supervisors of the project.Reading-based studentship: childhood survivors of bombing in FranceThe Reading-based Ph.D. project is expected to concern the experiences of childhood survivors of Allied bombing in France. The student will be supervised by Professor Andrew Knapp, one of the two project co-investigators, who has had extensive experience of Ph.D. supervision over the past 12 years. The student will be attached to the Department of French Studies (http://www.rdg.ac.uk/french/), which is part of the School of Languages and European Studies, and will be associated with the Centre for the Advanced Study of French History (http://www.rdg.ac.uk/CASFH/), located jointly in the Departments of French Studies and of History. Additional supervision will be supplied by Dr Martin Parsons, director of the Research Centre for Evacuee and War Child Studies in the Institute of Education (http://www.extra.rdg.ac.uk/evacueesarchive/).The student will also be a member of the Graduate School in Arts and Humanities, and will be encouraged to take part in the Faculty’s research support activities and opportunities for research students supplied by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.The student will be a full member of the Bombing, States and Peoples project team. One or other of the Reading-based supervisors will be available fortnightly for supervisions of 1-2 hours. The supervision of the student is determined by the Code of Good Practice for the Supervision of Postgraduate Research Students, online at?http://www.admin.ax.ac.uk/academic/tls/tqa/pgsuper.htm.Both informal enquiries and formal applications should be made to Professor Andrew Knapp (a.f.knapp@reading.ac.uk and French Studies, University of Reading, PO Box 218, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AA, UK) with a covering letter stating why you are interested in this studentship (maximum two pages) and a full C.V. The closing date for applications is 10 September 2007. Candidates should also ask two referees to send references to Professor Knapp by this closing date. Interviews are expected to be held on 14 September 2007.Applicants must also apply for a Ph.D. in the Department of French Studies at the University of Reading (http://www.rdg.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp), and submit, with Professor Knapp, a formal application for an AHRC research grant.The Exeter-based studentship, which will be focused on a comparative study of the blackout in Britain and Germany, is being advertised separately. For informal enquiries please contact Professor Richard Overy ? email?R.Overy@exeter.ac.ukFor further information please contact the Co-Directors:Dr Frank Tallettf.tallett@reading.ac.ukDr Joel Felixj.m.felix@reading.ac.ukOr contact the School Postgraduate Administrator (Lisa Pickering)l.pickering@reading.ac.uk
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