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                                                              AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Studentship

Imperial coaling: Steam-power, the Royal Navy and British imperial coaling stations, c.1870-1914

Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD studentship, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).  This project is concerned with the expansion of a steam-powered Royal Navy from the second half of the 19th century and the wider geopolitical, technological, cultural and social ramifications across the British Empire.  These include both changes in how the empire was understood and represented in the metropole, and the consequences in colonial stations and naval bases that felt the local effects of the demands of imperial coaling.  The studentship is a further collaboration between the Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, and the National Maritime Museum.

HMS ‘Alexandra’ leaving Malta, by G. Gianni (c.1888) © National Maritime Museum, London

The student will be jointly supervised by Dr David Lambert, Reader in Historical Geography at Royal Holloway, and Dr Robert Blyth, Curator of Imperial and Maritime History at the National Maritime Museum.  The successful candidate will be based at Royal Holloway, University of London, and will participate in all training courses and review procedures for postgraduate students in the Department of Geography and the College’s Graduate School.  The student will receive further training at the National Maritime Museum, have direct access to its collections and the opportunity to work with exhibitions, collection management or community outreach teams.

Coal whippers, by William Lionel Wyllie (1887) © National Maritime Museum, London

Applicants should be holders of a good first degree (at least 2:1 or equivalent) from any university in a relevant arts, humanities or social science subject (e.g. Geography; History; English Literature; Anthropology; Sociology etc.).  A relevant MA, completed or close to completion, is also expected.  Some familiarity with maritime, imperial and/or naval history will be advantageous.

The studentship is funded by the AHRC under its Collaborative Doctoral Award scheme.  The studentship will cover the cost of tuition fees for home or EU students, plus an annual maintenance award for home students (£15,790 in 2009-10) and further support from the National Maritime Museum.  The studentship is tenable for up to three years (full-time), subject to academic progression.  Note that AHRC regulations restrict the award of full stipend plus fees to UK candidates who have lived in the UK for three years prior to the date of application.  Candidates from other EU countries may be eligible for a fees only studentship.

Further information about the doctoral studentship can be found here:

For informal inquiries, please contact David Lambert at d.lambert@rhul.ac.uk.

For general information about applying, see:
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Graduate-School/pages/prospective.html

All candidates must apply on-line:
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Registry/Admissions/applyonline.html.

Candidates should submit personal details and those of two referees, and upload a CV and a response to the project proposal, including relevant experience and particular interests (two pages maximum).  Please specify ‘AHRC CDA studentship on Imperial coaling’ in section E of the form.