2013 PhD Position in Archaeology at Uppsala University, Sweden
Uppsala University offers PhD Position in Archaeology at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History. Post-graduate training encompasses four years. Applicant should have a first degree encompassing at least 180 credits, and has been awarded a degree at advanced level (MA/MSc or equivalent) with a major in Archaeology or a cognate subject. International Students can apply for this PhD Position. The application deadline is July 15, 2013.
Study Subject(s): PhD Position is provided in the field of archaeology. This archaeological project will focus on documenting the evidence for continuity and change in food production strategies and settlement patterns around Lake Baringo during major climatic change coeval with the Medieval Warm Period & Little Ice Age in Europe. Particular attention will be directed at determining whether these climatic stresses resulted in social-ecological collapse/restructuring, or alternatively promoted development of greater societal resilience to climate change through changes in subsistence strategies, exchange networks and relations of production.
Course Level: PhD Position is available for pursuing PhD degree level at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History.
Scholarship Provider: Uppsala University. The first three years are financed by the REAL project . The fourth year is financed through funding from the Historical-Philosophical Faculty.
Scholarship can be taken at: Sweden
Eligibility: –Applicant must have a first degree encompassing at least 180 credits, and b) has been awarded a degree at advanced level (MA/MSc or equivalent) with a major in Archaeology or a cognate subject.
-An applicant may also be considered qualified if s/he has acquired the corresponding competence in other ways. Additionally, for this position the applicant must have no more than four years (fulltime equivalent) of postgraduate research experience by the time of appointment.
-To be admitted to the doctoral level, the applicant must have basic eligibility and the special privileges Faculty may have prescribed, and assessed have the ability otherwise required to benefit from the program.
-General admission is required to have a degree at advanced level, completed courses totaling at least 240 credits, including 60 credits at the graduate level, or in any other way in or out of the country acquired the equivalent knowledge.
-The person before 1 July 2007 met the basic eligibility for admission to Postgraduate, i.e. program of at least 120 points or equivalent knowledge acquired in some other way in Sweden or abroad, are also then considered eligible for admission to postgraduate studies, however, until the end of June 2015.
-Specific eligibility requires a degree at advanced level, in the main field archeology, or have the equivalent knowledge, acquired within or outside the country.
Scholarship Open for International Students: International Students can apply for this PhD Position ( to fulfil Marie Curie mobility requirements applicants at the time of recruitment by the host organisation must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Sweden for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the commencement of the award in October 2013).
Scholarship Description: This archaeological project will focus on documenting the evidence for continuity and change in foo
production strategies and settlement patterns around Lake Baringo during major climatic change coeval with the Medieval Warm Period & Little Ice Age in Europe. Particular attention will be directed at determining whether these climatic stresses resulted in social-ecological collapse/restructuring, or alternatively promoted development of greater societal resilience to climate change through changes in subsistence strategies, exchange networks and relations of production. PhD-candidates in this multi-partner project will be part of a network of early stage researchers and senior researchers involving several European and African universities and institutions (Uppsala University; University of York; University of Stockholm; University of Cologne; Ghent University; Ecole des hautes en sciences sociales, Paris; University of Warwick; Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi; University of Dar es Salaam) as well as industry partners. A number of shared, cross-disciplinary doctoral courses and training events will be organised within the project.
Number of award(s): Not Known
Duration of award(s): Post-graduate training encompasses four years.
What does it cover? During the first three years, additional funding is available for travel, fieldwork and conference participation. The first three years are financed by the REAL project (see below). The fourth year is financed through funding from the Historical-Philosophical Faculty.
Selection criteria: Applicants will be assessed according to the following criteria:
-practical experience and academic background of relevance for the project, e.g. experience of archaeological survey and excavation work in Eastern Africa, or in a comparable rural environment
-quality of outline proposal in terms of originality, feasibility, theoretical framing and methods
-knowledge of scientific theory and method of relevance to the research project (e.g. environmental archaeology, landscape archaeology, historical ecology, archaeology of pastoralism),
-analytical ability and skills in writing, as demonstrated by the submission of written work for assessment by the appointments panel
-additional skills and expertise pertinent to the project (e.g. archaeological GIS; zooarchaeology; geoarchaeology; knowledge of KiSwahili; previous field research in the study area/s)
-references from two academic referees closely familiar with the applicant’s work.
Notification: Not Known
How to Apply: The mode of applying is online.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is July 15, 2013.
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