LINGUIST List 29.4057
Thu Oct 18 2018
Support: Applied Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; History of Linguistics; Sociolinguistics: PhD, University of Westminster
Editor for this issue: Becca Morris <beccalinguistlist.org>
Date: 18-Oct-2018
From: Petros Karatsareas <P.Karatsareas
westminster.ac.uk>
Subject: Applied Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; History of Linguistics; Sociolinguistics: PhD, University of Westminster, UK
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Web Address:
https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-colleges/college-of-liberal-arts-and-sciences/school-of-humanities Level: PhD
Institution/Organization: University of Westminster
Duties: Research,Teaching
Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; History of Linguistics; Sociolinguistics
Description:
The University of Westminster is now part of the Technē AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership. The DTP has 57 PhD studentships to give out each year over the next three years (beginning in Sept 2019) in the areas of the arts and humanities. UK applicants are eligible for full studentships. EU students are eligible for fees but not maintenance. Overseas students are not eligible for techne scholarships. See
http://www.techne.ac.uk/ for further details.
Here is how the Technē DTP describes its remit in terms of subject coverage:
“The technē Doctoral Training Partnership provides support across the full range of arts and humanities disciplines, including practice and performance-led research study, in, for example, dance, design, photography and art, also museum studies and conservation, as well as the highest levels of practice in analysis, critical thinking, theory and writing, from archaeology and cultural geography to literature, linguistics, classics and theology. Our member universities share a commitment to excellence in specialist areas key to the future of creative economies: design; performance; digital futures; heritage within and beyond the humanities; critical thinking and analytic skills.”
The Westminster Forum for Languages and Linguistics would particularly welcome applications from prospective PhD candidates in our specialist areas in sociolinguistics and historical linguistics:
– Historical study of the English Language
– Language and gender
– Language contact including creole languages
– Migration, exile, language and spaces
– Multilingualism including community/heritage languages
There is an open evening for interested students at the University of Westminster (115 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6UW) on 1 November from 17:30 to 20:00.
Interested applicants are encouraged to get in touch with the School PhD Coordinator, Dr Helen Glew, at H.Glew
westminster.ac.uk.
Applications Deadline: 21-Feb-2019
Web Address for Applications:
https://www.westminster.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/how-to-apply-for-a-research-degree Contact Information:
Dr Helen Glew
H.Glew
westminster.ac.uk
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