Studentships

The University’s ESRC DTC offers three pathways:

• A 2+3 programme, i.e. including full Russian language and social and economic history methods training (years 1-2), followed by three years of doctoral study;
• a 1+3 programme, for those who already have Russian language to degree level but need MA-level training in socio-economic research methods before embarking on doctoral research; and
• a +3 programme for those who already possess Russian language and MA-level training in social science methods, and are qualified to start the PhD immediately.

Candidates for the 2+3 and 1+3 programmes should be predicted or have achieved a 1st class or high 2:1 Honours degree in History, Politics, Economics, Russian Studies or a related discipline. Those applying for the +3 programme should additionally be predicted or have a high Merit or Distinction at MA/MSc level.

For further information, please download the flyer and see the Nottingham ESRC Doctoral Training Centre website.

The DTC deadline for applications is 1 March 2013.

Please see the details of how to apply, including forms for your information.

The project

The PhD project forms one strand of a major collaborative project to be launched in spring 2013 on ‘Private Life Under National Socialism’ led by the Institute for Contemporary History Munich-Berlin (Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin) in cooperation with the German Historical Institute in Warsaw and the University of Nottingham. Under National Socialism, the bourgeois model of ‘private life’ was confronted with the regime’s claims upon the private sphere. The regime sought to determine the scope and nature of the ‘private sphere’ and to what extent it was tolerated, constrained or eradicated according to political and ideological categorizations of social groups and individuals. The purpose of the overall project is to investigate how the relationship developed between private aspirations and the National Socialist regime’s insistent claims upon the private sphere. The overall project will comprise five separate sub-projects including two postdoctoral projects based in Munich and three PhD projects, two of which will be based in Munich and one in Nottingham. Themes of the Munich-based sub-projects are private life as revealed in court proceedings; pregnancy and motherhood; the home leave of Wehrmacht soldiers; and private life in the ghetto. http://www.ifz-muenchen.de/das_private_im_ns.html

The studentship

The PhD studentship offered as part of this project at the University of Nottingham will start on 1 October 2013 and be supervised by Professor Elizabeth Harvey. The focus of the PhD studentship will be the nature and scope of ‘German’ private life in occupied Poland and the ways in which it was encouraged, permitted, constrained and intruded upon. The project will examine norms, expectations, aspirations and experiences in relation to different groups within the heterogeneous population categorized as German in occupied Poland and will focus particularly in the annexed territories earmarked for Germanization including the Reichsgau Wartheland.

The successful candidate will be based in Nottingham but will have the opportunity to take part in collaborative events and team meetings at the Institute of Contemporary History in Munich. The studentship is full-time for three years and offers PhD fees and a stipend at European Union rates. Applicants must have a first-class or high upper second-class honours degree or equivalent qualification in history. It is expected that applicants will have a relevant Masters degree with merit or distinction (or equivalent) or be able to show evidence that they will achieve this result by October 2013. Applicants must be fluent in English and German and a knowledge of Polish is desirable. Non-native speakers of English must demonstrate their competence in English in line with the School of Humanities requirements, please see the applying information from the Department of History website. 

How to apply

Applicants should submit a CV, an application form including a statement outlining their interest in the project  and PDF copies of degree certificates and, if necessary, language qualifications to Amanda Samuels by noon on Friday 15 March 2013. They should provide the names of two academic referees and send the reference form to each referee, who should complete this and send it to Amanda Samuels by Friday 15th March 2013.

Following the selection process the successful candidate will be required to apply formally for a place for PhD study at the University of Nottingham, and on taking up the studentship they will be expected to take part in the PhD training programme provided.

Applicants may apply for both the Institute for Contemporary History studentships and for the University of Nottingham studentship, but if they do apply for both, they must submit a separate application to each institution.

For informal enquiries please contact Prof Elizabeth Harvey.

Eligibility:

• Must be either starting PhD studies September 2013 or be a current research student
• Full-time and part-time
• Must have a fee status of either UK or EU (EU subject to residency status)
• Must hold an offer of a place to study in the Department

Please see below for details on how to apply.

Eligibility:

• Must be starting PhD studies in September 2013
• Full-time only
• Must have a fee status of either UK or EU
• Must hold an offer of a place to study in the Department

Please note that applying for studentship funding and for a place to study are two separate processes. You must be holding an offer of a place to study in order to be eligible to apply for studentship funding.

To apply for a place to study, please use the University’s online system. You need to do this as soon as possible to ensure that you have a copy of the University’s offer of a place to study prior to the funding application deadline.

Please submit this application at least one month before the funding deadline to ensure that it can be considered and processed in time.

Please note: references only need to be submitted when you apply for a place to study – you do not need to submit them again when applying for studentship funding.

For this reason, please ensure that your referees are aware that what they write will also be used to assess your funding application. Please note that if you are a current first-year student applying for funding for the remainder of your study, new references must be submitted.

Candidates need to email a completed Studentship Funding application form which can be downloaded from the Graduate School website and a copy of the University’s offer of a place to study to Amanda Samuels.

Please note that applicants will need to make themselves available for possible interview (in person or by telephone) during week commencing 4th March 2013.

All forms must be received by 12.00 noon on Friday 1 March 2013.

Eligibility:

• Full-time only
• Must have a fee status of either UK or EU
• Must hold an offer of a place to study in the Department

Please note that applying for studentship funding and for a place to study are two separate processes. You must be holding an offer of a place to study in order to be eligible to apply for studentship funding. To apply for a place to study, please use the University’s online system.

You need to do this as soon as possible to ensure that you have a copy of the University’s offer prior to the funding application deadline. Please submit this application at least one month before the funding deadline to ensure that it can be considered and processed in time.

Please note: references only need to be submitted when you apply for a place to study – you do not need to submit them again when applying for studentship funding.

For this reason, please ensure that your referees are aware that what they write will also be used to assess your funding application. Please note that if you are a current first-year student applying for funding for the remainder of your study, new references must be submitted.

Candidates need to email a completed Studentship Funding application form which can be downloaded from the Graduate School website and a copy of the University’s offer of a place to study to Amanda Samuels. 

All forms must be received by 12.00 noon on Friday 1 March 2013.