British Society of Aesthetics
Phd Studentship Award
British Society of Aesthetics
PhD Studentship Award
The British Society of Aesthetics proposes to award up to one Ph.D. studentship full-time maintenance grant of £12,000 (or within the City of London or the Metropolitan Police district:
£14,000) plus tuition fees up to a maximum value of £3,500 from Sept. 2008 for up to 3 years.
The studentship is designed to support a promising philosopher in aesthetics and the philosophy of art of any nationality who does not have other means of support and to enable him or her to pursue full time doctoral research.
Candidates for the studentship should already be accepted on to a Ph.D. programme at a British university at the time of application, to research on a subject which falls under the traditional concerns of the British Society of Aesthetics.
It is a condition of application to the BSA that those eligible to do so are required to apply to the AHRC scheme and if successful should take up an AHRC award over the BSA scholarship.
It is envisaged that the successful candidate will complete a Ph.D. or be very close to completion at the end of the award period.
Application Deadline: 15th May 2008
Applications should consist of a CV, a statement of proposed research, a personal statement on how the proposed research relates to your previous philosophical career and interests.
Applicants must also ensure that two references are sent by the deadline for applications, 15th May 2008.
All of the above must be sent in electronic form (word or pdf) via email to:
Kathleen Stock, BSA Secretary k.m.stock@sussex.ac.uk
Applicants should also ensure that an official letter is sent confirming acceptance of the candidate on to the Ph.D. programme in the department in which the candidate proposes to hold the studentship.
This must either be sent in electronic form to Kathleen Stock as above or via post to:
Matthew Kieran
Chair, BSA
Dept. of Philosophy
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
Short-listed candidates will be invited to submit written work of up to 10,000 words shortly after this date.
The members of the Studentship Committee responsible for making a recommendation to the BSA are Matthew Kieran, Derek Matravers and Elisabeth Schellekens in consultation with outside parties.
The Secretary of the BSA will communicate the result of the competition to applicants by the end of July.
The BSA reserves the right not to make an award.