AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Studentship
Shifting Landscapes: Mapping the Intellectual Writing Traditions of Islamic Southeast Asia
The British Library and SOAS are pleased to invite applications for a three year AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership PhD Studentship, available from 24 September 2018. This doctoral award is funded through the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) under its Collaborative Doctoral Programme. The thesis will be jointly supervised by Dr Mulaika Hijjas of the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistic at SOAS and by Dr Annabel Teh Gallop, Head of the Southeast Asia section at the British Library.
Applications are invited for one doctoral studentship tenable at SOAS for 3 years full time (or the equivalent part time) starting on 24 September 2018. This scholarship is offered in collaboration with the British Library, and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
The successful candidate will undertake a thesis that centres on analysis of collections of manuscripts written in Arabic script from Southeast Asia that have been digitised through the Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) at the British Library. The thesis will be jointly supervised by Dr Mulaika Hijjas of the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at SOAS and by Dr Annabel Teh Gallop, Head of the Southeast Asia section at the British Library.
Applicants should have, or be about to complete, a Master’s degree in a relevant discipline, and must have knowledge of Malay/Indonesian and/or Arabic, and ideally proficiency in reading Arabic script.
Applicants are required to meet the UK Research Councils’ standard UK residency criteria (please refer to p.17 of the RCUK website for further details). The studentship includes a generous research expenses allowance and related benefits at the British Library,
For the details and application procedure you can took a look on the website of SOAS. Enquiries and further details: Dr Mulaika Hijjas mh86@soas.ac.uk or Dr Annabel Teh Gallop annabel.gallop@bl.uk
Deadline for applications: 17:00 (UK local time) on Monday, 9 April 2018.