Fwd: Funding for postgraduate study at Sheffield

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>The following may be of interest to SHERA members.
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>FUNDING FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDY
>Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
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>Bakhtin Centre
>University of Sheffield
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>TWO PROJECT STUDENTSHIPS
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>1. A White Rose studentship for the project
>  'Post-War Soviet Visual Culture'.
>The research carried out by the holder of this studentship will
>centre on the work of Leningrad artist Aleksandr Laktionov and its
>reception. Supervision will be by Dr Susan Reid (Department of
>Russian
>and Slavonic Studies, University of Sheffield) and Dr David Jackson
>(School of Fine Art, University of Leeds).
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>The studentship provides UK/EU tuition fees and a stipend of
>£10500 p.a. (rising in line with AHRB/Research Council
>recommendations). The  funding is available for UK/EU-based
>students entering in the 2004/05 academic year.
>NOTE: Candidates not ordinarily resident in the UK or the
>European Union are also welcome to apply but will be expected to
>contribute at least £3000 a year for three years to the cost of
>tuition fees.
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>The closing date for applications for this studentship is 28 May
>2004.
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>Informal enquiries to Dr Susan Reid ([email protected]).
>For further information and an application pack, please contact Dr
>Simon Beecroft, Graduate Research Office, The University of
>Sheffield.
>tel +44 (0) 114 222 1417, fax +44 (0) 114 222 1420, email
>[email protected]
>http://www.shef.ac.uk/pgresearch/students/studentships/white_rose
>.html
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>2. The following funding is available for UK/EU-based students
>entering in the 2004/05 academic year.
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>A studentship associated with the AHRB-funded project 'The
>rise of sociological linguistics in the Soviet Union, 1917­
>1938: institutions, ideas and agendas', located in the Bakhtin
>  Centre and directed by Dr Craig Brandist. The holder of this
>studentship will research the development of the philosophy of
>language and semiotics in the State Academy for Research in the
>Arts (GAKhN), focusing on the history of the institution, its research
>projects, on the approaches that arose and on their influence on the
>development of Soviet thought about language. Further details about
>this studentship, which provides UK/EU
>  tuition fees and a stipend of £10500 p.a. (rising in line with
>AHRB/Research Council recommendations), may be found at
>  http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-
>C/bakh/sociolinguistics.html#studentship
>Interested candidates are invited to contact Dr Craig Brandist
>([email protected]) for more information.
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>The closing date for applications for this studentship is 1 June 2004.
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>GENERAL INFORMATION
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>A brochure giving details of taught and research degrees in
>the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, and of
>  application procedures, may be downloaded from
>  http://www.shef.ac.uk/russian/graduate/index.html
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>A brochure giving details of research opportunities in the
>Bakhtin Centre, and of application procedures, may be
>  downloaded from
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>http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/bakh/gradinfo.html
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>Enquiries concerning opportunities in the Department other than
>studentships 1 and 2 above should be directed to the Graduate
>Selector for both the Department and the Centre, Professor David
>Shepherd.
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>David Shepherd
>Professor of Russian, Department of Russian & Slavonic Studies
>Director, Bakhtin Centre University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TN UK
>Tel. +44 (0)114 222 7401 Fax +44 (0)114 222 7416 E-mail
>[email protected]
>http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/bakh/david- shepherd.html
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>Dr. Susan E. Reid
>Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
>University of Sheffield
>Arts Tower
>Western Bank
>Sheffield
>S10 2TN
>Tel: 0114 222 7400 (secretary)
>      0114 222 7410 (direct line)
>Fax: 0114 222 7416
>email: [email protected]