Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce an opportunity for PhD funding in Late Antiquity from the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership <http://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk/>.The universities <http://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk/partners/university-partners/> within the DTP have a particular research strength in the study of the culture, history, literature and archaeology of Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, including the later Roman empire and its successor states, early Islam, and contacts between these territories and the wider world. We are therefore keen to encourage excellent applicants whose research interests fall within, or range across, a variety of academic disciplines, including Classics and Ancient History, Archaeology, Theology and Religion, Medieval History, Arab and Islamic Studies, and Celtic Studies.
The AHRC DTP Structure and Application Procedure:
The DTP as a whole will be offering up to 60 PhD studentships across all subjects in the Arts and Humanities for entry in September 2018. Eligible students <http://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk/studentship/>from the UK/EU will be required to identify two potential supervisors from different universities within the consortium. A list of academics with research interests in Late Antiquity and the early Medieval period is provided at the end of this email and applicants are encouraged to approach possible supervisors a.s.a.p. to find out whether they would be willing/able to take on the project, as well as for advice on shaping and refining PhD proposals. Applications for studentships will open on Monday 27th November and close on Thursday 11th January 2018.
Potential supervisors:
- Dr Nic Baker-Brian <http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/72997-baker-brian-nic> (Cardiff) Religion and society in Late Antiquity; Greek and Latin Patristic Literature; Gnostic and Manichaean Literature
- Professor Barbara Borg <http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/classics/staff/borg/> (Exeter) Greek and Roman art and iconography; Topography of Rome; Roman tombs and burial customs; art and text; Roman Egypt; relationship between Christians and non-Christians in Late Antiquity
- Dr Ken Dark <k.r.dark(a)reading.ac.uk> (Reading) Late Antiquity; the Byzantine world; early Christianity; Celtic Studies; social and economic organization and dynamics; archaeology; history
- Dr Arietta Papaconstantinou <http://www.reading.ac.uk/…/…/staff/a-s-papaconstantinou.aspx> (Reading) Late Antiquity; early Islam; Byzantium; economy and society; ethnic identity; ancient multilingualism; Egypt; papyrology; Greek epigraphy
- Dr Alan Ross <http://www.southampton.ac.uk/histo…/about/staff/ajr1r15.page> (Southampton) Late antique ‘pagan’ literature, particularly historiography and panegyric; the sons of Constantine and Julian the Apostate; political and intellectual history.
- Dr Emily Selove <http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/staff/selove/> (Exeter) Medieval Arabic banquet and comic literature; sexuality; medicine; magic; and the influence of ancient Greek and Roman literature on these traditions
- Dr Shaun Tougher <http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/73079-tougher-shaun> (Cardiff) Late antique and Byzantine politics and culture; Julian the Apostate; gender