Programa Oficial de Posgrado Asia Oriental

 Funding for Doctoral Research in Japanese Studies at the University of

Manchester


The North West Doctoral Training Centre, jointly run by the
Universities of Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester, is offering 3 PhD
studentships in Language-Based Area Studies, in fields which include
East Asian Studies and Japanese Studies. These are open to Home and EU
students. In addition to which the University of Manchester is
allocating about 40 President Doctoral Scholar (PDS) awards to
outstanding applicants across the Humanities. Approximately 20 of
these PDS awards will top up an AHRC or ESRC award by an additional
£1K, to raise the overall level of funding to £14, 590. A further 20
awards will be awarded to Home, EU and International applicants
without AHRC or ESRC awards and will include tuition fees and an
annual allowance of £13, 590.

Successful candidates will be based at the University of Manchester.
The University has wide-ranging expertise in contemporary East Asian
Studies with relevant members of staff based across the Faculty of
Humanities, particularly in the School of Languages, Linguistics and
Cultures; and the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures. We will be
able to offer supervision on a wide range of topics on modern and
contemporary Japan, including: media, culture, gender, medicine, education, politics
and history.

The deadline for applications to the President Doctoral Scholar (PDS)
Award is the 1st March 2012. The deadline for the application for the North West DTC
studentships is 25 March, 2011. UK and EU applicants are advised to apply for both
awards in order to be eligible for both an ESRC and a PDS award. Application for a
place on a PhD program should be made by
mid-February at the latest, in order to be meet further deadlines for
funding in March. Applicants are advised to make contact with faculty
members who are potential supervisors in advance of formal
application.

For description of the funding please go to

http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/

For informal inquiries, please contact: Doctor Sharon
Kinsella, School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, at
sharon.kinsella@manchester.ac.uk