[Commlist] Fully-funded PhD opportunity at Dublin City University

I would like to draw attention to a fully-funded PhD opportunity being 
offered jointly by the Ireland India Institute and the Humanities and 
Social Sciences faculty of Dublin City University. A number of positions 
are available for research concerning India and South Asia.
For full details, please refer to advertisement below:

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BYY132/phd-scholarships

PhD Scholarships
Dublin City University - Ireland India Institute and Faculty of 
Humanities and Social Sciences
Qualification Type: 	PhD
Location: 	Dublin - Ireland
Funding for: 	UK Students, EU Students, International Students
Funding amount: 	€21,000 to €27,000
£17,713.50 to £22,774.50 converted salary*
Hours: 	Full Time
Placed On: 	25th February 2020
Closes: 	26th March 2020

Dublin City University’s Ireland India Institute in conjunction with DCU 
faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences invites applications for four 
PhD studentships, valued at between €21,000 and €27,000 pa, for up to 
four years.

We welcome high quality applications from those interested in working 
within the wide areas of expertise in the Faculty, but especially in the 
following topic areas:

    The connections between the Indian nationalist movement and the new 
Irish state, covering some or all of the period 1920 to 1980. Contact: 
Dr Daithi O Corrain, DCU School of History and Geography, 
(daithi.ocorrain /at/ dcu.ie)
    Peace and conflict studies – focused on one or more cases in the 
North East of India. (Contact: Prof. John Doyle  (john.doyle /at/ dcu.ie)
    Indian Politics / India’s Foreign Policy – focused on contemporary 
political issues and / or foreign policy. Contact Dr Jivanta Schottli 
(jivanta.schottli /at/ dcu.ie)
    Digital social media practices in contemporary elections: single 
country or regional South Asian focus or Changing image practices in 
South Asian news industries. Contact: Dr Saumava Mitra, School of 
Communications, (saumava.mitra /at/ dcu.ie) .
    Translator interaction with machine translation for Indian 
languages. Contact Dr Joss Moorkens, (joss.moorkens /at/ dcu.ie)
    Languages-in-education policy in India (contact Dr Jennifer Bruen, 
(jennifer.bruen /at/ dcu.ie))
    Writing India: English-language tales and novels between circa 1800 
to 1947 (contact Dr Sharon Murphy (sharon.murphy /at/ dcu.ie))
    Post-colonial connections: The English-language Indian novel and 
the Irish novel in the 20th century. (contact Prof. Derek Hand 
(derek.hand /at/ dcu.ie))

DCU has a strong focus on South Asia, with a vibrant PhD community 
specialising on the region. The University is the host and coordinator 
for a €3.9m EU funded “European Training Network”, called Global India, 
focused on India’s emerging international role, linking leading European 
and South Asian Universities and providing an excellent professional 
network for our PhD students. The University also hosts the annual South 
Asia Studies conference in Ireland, now emerging as one of the largest 
such events in Europe.

Criteria

The successful candidates must have a Masters degree in a relevant 
discipline, fluent English and excellent academic grades. International 
students will need to meet the university’s English language 
requirements. http://www.dcu.ie/registry/english.shtml . The PhD 
programme will provide significant mentoring support and therefore 
scholars must be resident in Dublin. All positions will begin on 1 
October 2020.

Informal Enquiries are welcomed and can be made to the nominated 
supervisors listed above or

    Professor Eileen Connolly, Director Ireland India Institute, 
E-mail: (india /at/ dcu.ie)
    Potential Supervisors listed above will be happy to facilitate 
discussion on draft research proposals.

Further information:

These projects will be hosted by the relevant academic schools and the 
chosen candidates will also work with DCU’s Ireland India Institute. 
Further details on

https://www.dcu.ie/humanities_and_social_sciences/index.shtml

https://irelandindia.ie

These PhD scholarships have a value of up to €21,000 to €27,000 (full 
fees either EU or non-EU rate, plus a living allowance of €16,000pa 
(usually tax free), for up to 4 years, subject to satisfactory progress. 
Students will also be provided with excellent supervision and strong 
professional mentoring along with their own workspace in a shared office.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 26 March 2020

Applications should be made to (India /at/ dcu.ie) and they should include

        a cv,
        a one page letter of application.
        the grades achieved in your Masters degree
        a research proposal (maximum 2000 words), setting out your 
research question, how the research relates to existing academic 
literature and a brief description of your proposed methodology.

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