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Department of French, School of Language & Literature, University of Aberdeen
Start date: September 2012

Subject: Funded Studentships in French and Francophone Studies

We are delighted to invite applications for a three-year fully-funded AHRC doctoral studentship in French and Francophone Studies commencing September 2012. Awards cover fees (at UK/EU rates) and maintenance.

We are also pleased to offer two doctoral scholarships of £3,300 per year (the equivalent of UK/EU fees) for up to four years.

Aberdeen has again been ranked the no.1 French department in Scotland according to the RAE exercise in 2008, and among the top 5 in the UK in terms of the proportion of publications, and the quality of the research environment and esteem indicators that have been classified as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.

We were also given top marks of 100% in a recent National Student Satisfaction Survey.
The Department of French provides a dynamic and friendly research environment that has been rated as providing excellent training and supervision.  We have a broad range of research interests and depth of experience in postgraduate supervision, and we are particularly committed to interdisciplinary research.  We would welcome joint research proposals involving other disciplines.

Our main areas of research strength include:

Modern French Literature and Thought
Comparative Literature
Contemporary French Politics and Society
Francophone Literature and Film
The Enlightenment and Radical Philosophy
16th -and 17th -century Emblem Studies
Medieval Studies
Francophone and Global Colonialism
Haitian Revolutionary Studies

Please contact Prof Michael Syrotinski (m.syro@abdn.ac.uk) with expressions of interest by Friday 27 March. N.B. In order to be eligible for consideration for a studentship, you must already have been accepted for a PhD at Aberdeen. Application forms can be downloaded at the following sites:
A number of awards, ranging from bursaries to fees plus maintenance are also available on a competitive basis from the College of Arts and Social Sciences at Aberdeen. For more details click on:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cass/graduate/funding/funding

AHRC application form and information on how to apply:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cass/graduate/ahrc/index.php

Aberdeen University application form:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/sras/postgraduate/apply

 

RAE2008: French department at Aberdeen University again ranked one of the leading departments in the UK for research!

• The French department has once again done exceptionally well in the latest national Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). Just as in 2001, French has again been ranked the no.1 department in Scotland, and  =4th in the UK along with Cambridge in terms of the proportion of publications, and the quality of the research environment and esteem indicators that have been classified as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’

• We are the only French department in the UK outside of Oxford and Cambridge to have maintained its high-ranking position in two successive RAE rounds (One of only 4 departments to have achieved 5*A in 2001, and =4th in 2008). For the full results see http://www.hero.ac.uk/rae/ (RAE2001) and http://submissions.rae.ac.uk/results/outstore/RAEOutcomeF.pdf (RAE2008)

The French department at Aberdeen has also been given top marks of 100% in a recent National Student Satisfaction Survey.