DURHAM UNIVERSITY - FUNDING FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES IN PHILOSOPHY AND IN
HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE


The following funding opportunities are available for postgraduate
students beginning degree courses in autumn 2011:



·         1 AHRC Doctoral Award

·         1 AHRC MA Award

·         A number of Durham Doctoral Studentships (distributed throughout
all departments in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities)

·         A number of MA Scholarships (distributed throughout all
departments in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities)

·         2 PhD studentships offered by the European Research Council to
support the project 'Sastravid: A New Paradigm for the Study of Indian
Philosophy'. For further information, please contact Dr Jan Westerhoff
(j.c.westerhoff@durham.ac.uk).

·         2 one-year Wellcome studentships for students wishing to study
the history of medicine as part of Durham's MA in the History and
Philosophy of Science and Medicine. The first award is to the value of
£10,000; the second to the value of £5000. The closing date for
applications is 28 February 2011.

·         The Philosophy Department is also able to offer a number of
£1000 and £2000 Bretherton Scholarships for 2011-12, which will be awarded
to outstanding PhD applicants who have no other external source of
funding.



Information on the AHRC awards, the Durham Doctoral studentships and the
MA Scholarships including guidelines for applying, will be made available
shortly at http://www.dur.ac.uk/arts.humanities/funding_opportunities/


For further information on any of the above awards, please contact
Jonathon Gilderoy, Postgraduate Secretary, on +44 [0]191 334 6553 or
philosophy.pgsec@durham.ac.uk



THE DEPARTMENT

Situated in the centre of a beautiful, historic city, the Department of
Philosophy has a thriving postgraduate community, one of the largest in
Britain. Our 17 full-time members of staff and 6 research fellows have
interests and expertise in an exceptionally broad range of topics, from
applied ethics to the philosophy of action, from Buddhist philosophy to
aesthetics, and in the History & Philosophy of Science & Medicine. For
more information, please see http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/



THE DEGREE PROGRAMMES



We offer four postgraduate degrees:



·         PhD (http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/postgrad/research/)

·         Taught MA in Philosophy
(http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/postgrad/taught/taughtphil/)

·         Taught MA in the History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine
(http://www.dur.ac.uk/hpsm.ma/)

·         Graduate Diploma in Philosophy
(http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/postgrad/taught/diploma/)



POSTGRADUATE OPEN DAY




If you would like to visit our Department, do come along to our
Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 9th February 2011. If you wish to
attend this event, or would like more information on it, please contact
Jonathon, our Postgraduate Secretary, Department of Philosophy, Durham
University, 50 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HN, UK; +44 [0]191 334 6553;
philosophy.pgsec@durham.ac.uk








Rachel Simpson

Administrator/Outreach Officer

Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease
Wolfson Research Institute
University of Durham
Queen's Campus
University Boulevard
Stockton-on-Tees

TS17 6BH



Tel: 0191 3340700

Email: rachel.simpson@durham.ac.uk

Office hours:

Monday 9.00 am - 2.30 pm

Tuesday 9.00 am - 2.30 pm

Wednesday 10.00 am - 2.30 pm