PhD Studentship in Islamic Maritime traditions of the Red Sea and the Arabian and/or Persian Gulf, UK

MARES Project: PhD Studentship in Islamic Maritime traditions of the Red Sea and the Arabian and/or Persian Gulf, Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies, University of Exeter

The Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies is offering one full-time three-year PhD studentship to start in October 2009.

Applicants are invited for a doctoral research studentship in the discipline of Maritime Ethnography or Islamic Archaeology or Islamic History. The doctoral student will be joining a collaborative project funded by a generous grant from the Golden Web Foundation. She/he will be expected to undertake research work with Professor Dionisius A. Agius in the research project entitled MARES - a multidisciplinary, multi-period project focusing on the maritime traditions of the peoples of the Red Sea and Arabian or Persian Gulf.

Candidates should have a good honours degree and a Masters degree in a relevant subject (anthropology, ethnography, history, archaeology). Knowledge of Classical Arabic and Spoken Arabic and/or Classical and Modern Persian is desirable.Successful candidates receive a stipend plus tuition fees (provision for fieldwork and research expenses will be made to cover the costs of travel to and from the UK relating to this project).

Funding applies to: EU applicants (including UK)

Academic contact: For information relating to this post visit the MARES project website www.projects.exeter.ac.uk/mares; Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies website, www.exeter.ac.uk/iais and Professor Agius’ staff profile www.exeter.ac.uk/iais/staff/agius

Administrative contact and how to apply:

The deadline for application and proposal is 30 April 2009. Applicants should apply through the normal university application process indicating on their application form that they wish to be considered for this studentship. Information about how to apply to the University can be found at www.exeter.ac.uk/postgraduate.

Administrative enquiries can be made via Sarmi Ghosh, Postgraduate Research Administrator, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tel: +44 (0)1392 26 4019; email: s.ghosh@exeter.ac.uk .