Applicants are invited for a UK/EU part-time or full-time PhD fees scholarship in English Literature or History/Politics, to start as soon as possible. In both cases, preference will be given to candidates seeking to work in areas from the nineteenth century to the present day.

The studentship will extend for up to three years (full-time) or six years (part-time), subject to satisfactory progress.

Details of staff research interests in the Department of History and Politics can be found at: http://www.hope.ac.uk/politics-history-/faculty-research-interests.html; details of staff research interests in the Department of English can be found at http://www.hope.ac.uk/staff-profiles/english-whos-who.html.

For further information about Arts and Humanities at Liverpool Hope University, please visit faculty WebPages: http://www.hope.ac.uk/artsandhumanities. Details of studying for research degrees at Liverpool Hope can be found at: http://www.hope.ac.uk/postgraduate-research-degrees/welcome-to-postgraduate-research-de...

To apply, you will be required to complete the University's Postgraduate Research application form; this, and further guidance to prospective students, are at: http://www.hope.ac.uk/postgraduate-research-degrees/forms.html.

For any further information on the application procedures, or to initiate informal enquiries, please contact the postgraduate research administrator, Liz Bugler (tel: 01512913482; e-mail buglerl@hope.ac.uk).

Completed applications should be received by 5.00 pm on Tuesday 15 September 2009, and returned to:

Liz Bugler,
Postgraduate Research Administrator,
Liverpool Hope, Hope Park, Liverpool L16 9JD
Telephone: 0151 291 3948, Fax: 0151 291 3852, Email buglerl@hope.ac.uk