14 PhD positions

As part of a national programme of humanities research, 14 PhD fellowships will be awarded in the National University of Ireland, Galway. These are four-year scholarships of fees plus €16,000 per annum.

Several have a focus on French Studies (see in partciluar Project 3 on 'Texts, Transmission and Cultural Change')

Texts, Contexts, Cultures at NUI Galway

The Texts, Contexts, Cultures programme at NUI Galway will be hosted in the Moore Institute. The closing date for applications is 14 March 2008. Fourteen doctoral scholarships are available within five thematic projects: 1. Protecting the Inscribed Stones of Ireland: A National Survey, Digitisation Project, and Case Study PhD 1: Establishment of electronic database of Irish inscribed stones (ref. TCCNUIG01) PhD 2: Prosopographical analysis of inscribed stones and their contexts (ref. TCCNUIG02) PhD 3: Study of a defined database of Irish inscribed stones (ref. TCCNUIG03) Contact: Prof. Dáibhí Ó Cróinín(daibhi.ocroinin@nuigalway.ie) 2. Columbanus' Life and Legacy: Archaeology, Editions and Images PhD 1: Archaeology and digital survey of Columbanian foundations in France (ref. TCCNUIG04) PhD 2: Pilgrims, Ideas, Images (ref. TCCNUIG05) Contact: Conor Newman (conor.newman@nuigalway.ie) or Dr Mark Stansbury (mark.stansbury@nuigalway.ie) 3. Texts, Transmission and Cultural Exchange: Case Studies and a Database of European Narratives and Images 1500-1900 PhD 1: Literature of advice on travel 1500-1900 (ref. TCCNUIG06) PhD 2: French consular reportage and travel writing 1660-1800 (ref. TCCNUIG07) PhD 3: Cross-cultural encounters in the French Mediterranean (ref. TCCNUIG08) Contact: Dr Daniel Carey (daniel.carey@nuigalway.ie) or Prof. Jane Conroy (jane.conroy@nuigalway.ie) 4. Culture and Power in Ireland: A Database with Literary/Historical Studies of Irish Landed Estates PhD 1: Role of the Irish landed estate agent (ref. TCCNUIG09) PhD 2: Role of the Irish landed estate in the construction of social and cultural order (ref. TCCNUIG010) PhD 3: Elite views on cultural revival: the correspondence of revivalist landed families in the West (ref. TCCNUIG11) Contact: Prof. Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh (gearoid.otuathaigh@nuigalway.ie) 5. Globalisation, Empire and Culture: An Electronic Archive and Analyses of Texts, Media and European Imperialism PhD 1: Spiritual aspects of empire: congregation of Vincent de Paul and missionary Catholicism (ref. TCCNUIG12) PhD 2: Imperial policy and popular theatre in Ireland, Canada and US, c. 1886-1914 (ref. TCCNUIG13) PhD 3: Irish media, decolonisation and empire in the 20th century (ref. TCCNUIG14) Contact: Dr Lionel Pilkington (lionel.pilkington@nuigalway.ie)