NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH
JOHN AND PAT HUME SCHOLARSHIP IN CLASSICS OR FRENCH
This notice supersedes previous notices announcing this award.
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 Scholarship, beginning in September 2007 and tenable for up to three years.
The John and Pat Hume 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 Classics are expected to have attained a high level of competence in Greek and/or Latin and to be able to demonstrate the capacity for high-quality research at PhD level. The Department can offer supervision in a wide range of areas. It has particular strengths in late Antiquity and the ancient novel, but other areas of special interest include Greek tragedy, Latin poetry, Greek and Roman social and cultural history, Roman Italy, and Hellenistic and Neoplatonic philosophy. Further information on the Department of Ancient Classics may be obtained from the University website at http://ancientclassics.nuim.ie/
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, the religious culture of seventeenth-century France, 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/
Before making a formal application, candidates are required to make contact with the relevant department in order to discuss their suitability for registering for a PhD. Candidates for the Scholarship in Classics should address their enquiries to either Professor David Scourfield (david.scourfield@nuim.ie) or Dr Mark Humphries (mark.humphries@nuim.ie) in the Department of Ancient Classics. Candidates for the Scholarship in French should address their enquiries to Professor Ruth Whelan (ruth.whelan@nuim.ie) in the Department of French.
Applications should be made on the prescribed application form, which may be downloaded from the Office of Research and Graduate Studies website at http://graduatestudies.nuim.ie/ The terms and conditions relating to the John and Pat Hume Scholarships are also available for downloading from this website. The closing date for the receipt of applications, which must be submitted in hard copy to the Office of Research and Graduate Studies (see application form) is Wednesday 13 June 2007.