NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH
JOHN AND PAT HUME SCHOLARSHIP IN CLASSICS OR FRENCH
The Department of Ancient Classics and the Department of French at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, invite applications from qualified candidates for a John and Pat Hume Research Scholarship, beginning in September 2007 and tenable for up to three years.
The John and Pat Hume Research Scholarships at NUI Maynooth are open to full-time research students intending to pursue a PhD. The award comprises the payment of fees at EU level plus a maintenance sum of €5,000 per year for a maximum of three years. In the case of the Scholarship in Classics or French, the successful candidate may also be invited to undertake teaching in the Department concerned; payment for such teaching will be made at the University's fixed hourly rates for occasional staff, up to a maximum of €3,000 per year.
One Scholarship only will be awarded in 2007, and it will be awarded in either Classics or French. Applicants should normally have a distinguished academic record at the BA and MA levels, though outstanding candidates currently in the final year of their BA degree are also encouraged to apply.
Applicants for the Scholarship in French are expected to have attained a high level of competence in the French language, and to have resided for a minimum of one year in France or a French-speaking country. Candidates are also expected to be able to demonstrate the capacity for high-quality research at PhD level. The Department can offer supervision in a number of areas, but staff have particular strengths in seventeenth-century studies (including the Huguenot Refuge and migration to and from Ireland), twentieth-century studies (including women's writing and the Catholic novel), autobiographical writing, and translation studies. Further information on the Department of French may be obtained from the University website at http://french.nuim.ie/
Applications by e-mail, which should consist of a curriculum vitae, a statement of between 300 and 500 words outlining the area in which the applicant envisages undertaking PhD work, and a covering letter, with the names and postal and e-mail addresses of two academic referees, should be sent to:
Professor Ruth Whelan
Department of French
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Maynooth
Co. Kildare
Ireland
to arrive by 15 May 2007
Informal enquiries may be made by e-mail to Professor Whelan at ruth.whelan@nuim.ie