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April 20, 2011

[SSJ: 6633] East Asia Postgraduate Research Fellowship, University of Warwick, UK

From: Hughes, Christopher
Date: 2011/04/20

Dear SSJ Forum members,

I would like to inform you about a PhD scholarship opportunity at the University of Warwick, UK. I am pasting in the full details below. This scholarship includes full fees and a stipend for three years. Entry is for the academic year 2011/2012, although there is flexibility on entry dates. Home/EU and Overseas candidates are eligible. We are interested in attracting a range of interests on East Asia, but hope especially for applications related to Japanese politics and international relations. If anyone is interested, then I am happy to communicate informally with candidates.

I would be grateful if you could pass the information on to any good students, and also to your respective institutions.

Many thanks

Chris


East Asia Postgraduate Research Fellowship The Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) invites applications for one East Asia Postgraduate Research Fellowship to fund three years of doctoral research at the University of Warwick.

This doctoral research will form part of PAIS’s programme to consolidate the study of East Asia in the department and across the University. The successful candidate will be supervised by Professor Chris Hughes and another member of staff in PAIS. In addition to pursuing their own doctoral research, the holder of the Fellowship will be expected under Professor Hughes’s direction to form part of a research team and provide assistance in a range of activities to promote research on East Asia. PAIS has one of the largest concentrations in the UK of research expertise in the contemporary international and domestic East Asian politics.

Eligibility and Entry Criteria
The successful candidates should have an interest in the international and domestic politics of East Asia, broadly in one or more of the disciplines of Political Science, International Relations, International Political Economy, Security Studies, East Asian Studies, and Japanese Studies. Professor Hughes would particularly welcome applications in his research specialism of Japanese foreign and security policy, but also seeks applications in areas such as Japan-China relations, East Asian regional security more generally, and East Asian regionalism and political economy.

The fellowship will be competitive and is open to Home/EU and Overseas students. In addition, successful candidates should:
§ Have obtained at least an upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) from a recognised institution of higher education before 31 July 2010.
§ Note that possession of MA in a relevant discipline would also be an advantage.
§ Some pre-existing knowledge of East Asia.
§ Have the requisite standard of English.
§ Note that some ability in Japanese or another East Asian language would be useful.

The Award
The scholarship includes for the payment of full academic fees and a maintenance grant in line with the UK Research Council standard stipend (£13,925 for full-time award holders in 2011/2012) for three years.
Successful candidates may be asked in consultation with Professor Hughes to undertake up to 110 hours of assistance for the Department in a year. This assistance may take the form of research assistance, undergraduate teaching, or administrative duties.

How to Apply
Interested candidates are encouraged in the first instance to contact directly Professor Hughes (c.w.hughes@warwick.ac.uk) for informal discussions about their suitability and research plans.

Before submitting a Fellowship application, candidates should submit an application to the PhD programme. Please note that all supporting documentation for the PhD application must be received no later than Tuesday 14 June 2011; failure to provide documents on time will result in disqualification from the Fellowship competition.
The Fellowship application should be accompanied by a statement of around 1000 words detailing why your research project is appropriate for this fellowship, taking into account all of the items listed under Entry Criteria above. This statement should be attached to the form electronically and be in Word or pdf format.

The form, including the application statement, should be submitted no later than 6.00pm GMT on 31 May 2011.
Further details available at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/phd/funding/eastasia

Christopher W. Hughes
Professor of International Politics and Japanese Studies Head of Department, Politics and International Studies President, British Association of Japanese Studies

Co-Editor The Pacific Review
http://www.tandf.co.uk/Journals/titles/09512748.asp
Research website: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/staff/hughes

Department of Politics and International Studies University of Warwick Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
Tel: 44-(0)2476-572631
Fax: 44(0)2476-572548
c.w.hughes@warwick.ac.uk

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