Studying at WISE

 

EU and International PhD Scholarships at the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull, UK

 

The Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation is one of the few research centres in the world that offers expertise on both historical and contemporary slavery. The Institute is particularly keen to encourage applications for Ph.D. scholarships (deadline of 12 March 2012 for study commencing in September 2012) in the following areas:

 

•             Historical Slavery in the Americas

•             The Abolition of Slavery and the Transition to Freedom

•             Memories, Legacies and Representations of Slavery and Abolition

•             Modern Slavery, Human Rights and Social Justice

 

A formal research proposal should be submitted with your application (1-2 sides of A4), outlining the scope of your proposed topic, underlying research questions, and rough chapter outlines.

 

For further details please visit http://www2.hull.ac.uk/student/graduateschool/phdscholarships/scholarshiplist.aspx#FASS

 

Further information on Masters programmes can be found here.

 

Details regarding undertaking a PhD at the Institute and information on current PhD students can be found here.