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<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>MA and PhD Studentships in Kurdish
Studies</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Centre for Kurdish Studies</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>School of Humanities and Social Sciences
incorporating the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Closing date for completed applications is 13 June
2008</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The School of Humanities and Social Sciences at
the University of Exeter invites applications for MA and PhD studentships in the
field of Kurdish Studies commencing in October 2008.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The awards have been made available through a
grant awarded to the Centre for Kurdish Studies by the Kurdistan Regional
Government of Iraq. It is anticipated that a minimum of three PhD and three MA
studentships will be available for the 2008/9 academic year.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>PhD applicants</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Your research project may be in any discipline of
the humanities and social sciences as applied to the study of the Kurds and
Kurdistan, including (but not limited to) political science, history, geography,
sociology, language and literature, religious studies, anthropology, and gender
studies.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Applications are invited from suitably qualified
graduates - you should have or expect to have at least a 2.1 degree, and
preferably have a Masters degree or equivalent.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>MA applicants</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Applications are invited from suitably qualified
graduates - you should have or expect to have at least a 2.1 degree in a
Humanities or Social Science discipline.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Studentship details</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The studentships (for both PhD and MA) cover the
cost of tuition fees (at both home and international levels) and provide a
maintenance grant worth<SPAN class=945081614-13032008> </SPAN>around* £7,250 a
year*.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Applicants should submit a formal application to
the University of Exeter for either the MA or PhD in Kurdish Studies. In
addition, they should send a CV, two academic references and, for PhD
applicants, a research proposal</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>to:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Ms Laura Scrivens, CKS Secretary</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>(e-mail l.scrivens@exeter.ac.uk, telephone +44 (0)
1392 269250.</FONT></P>
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size=4>____________________________________________</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Gareth Stansfield PhD FRSA<BR>Professor of Middle
East Politics<BR>Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies<BR>School of Humanities
and Social Sciences<BR>University of Exeter<BR>Tel: 0044 (0)1392 264105<BR>Mob:
0044 (0)7764 499727</FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>