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Trees in Indigenous America in Historical and Biological Context

To celebrate the University's research successes, the University of Hull is offering one full-time UK/EU PhD Scholarship or International Fees Bursary for candidates applying for the following project

Closing date: - 2nd February 2015.
Studentships will start on 28th September 2015

The role of the environment within history is set to remain a key research area in the twenty-first century. At the same time, the thirst for obviously pertinent interdisciplinary analyses continues to grow. This project responds to both these concerns. It is a cross-Faculty interdisciplinary project that combines knowledge from biological and environmental science with historical and archival data in order to investigate the role and significance of trees and wood in American Indian colonial relationships. The project will bring specific scientific knowledge to bear upon the history of America's phenomenal depletion of ancient woodland from one billion acres at "discovery" to today's c.750 million acres of mostly young trees. It is intended that project will expand and fundamentally develop recent research by Eric Rutkow of Yale University on trees and their role in the formation of the American republic (American Canopy: Trees, Forests and the Making of a Nation, 2013) by foregrounding the centrality of the indigenous American dimension. The successful PhD candidate will be able to develop knowledge of trees and wood through investigation of themes including (but not restricted to): Trees and Wood within indigenous American technology and transport; Forests and American colonial warfare; Wood and the cultural specificity of tools; Forests and spiritual conflict and/or syncretism within colonial America; Key species: Cedar, Pine, Conifer; Pulp and the American newspaper trade. The project's supervisory team combines expertise from the University of Hull's Biological, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences Faculty with expertise in the Department of History. This project links directly with the University's Energy and the Environmental research theme.

www. hull.ac.uk/phd

In order to qualify for this scholarship you will require an undergraduate degree with at least a 2.1 and Masters, or equivalent in a relevant subject.
Full-time UK/EU PhD Scholarships will include fees at the 'home/EU' student rate and maintenance (£13,863 in 2014/15) for three years, depending on satisfactory progress.
Full-time International Fee PhD Studentships will include full fees at the International student rate for three years, dependent on satisfactory progress.
PhD students at the University of Hull follow modules for research and transferable skills development and gain a Masters level Certificate, or Diploma, in Research Training, in addition to their research degree.
Successful applicants will be informed of the award as soon as possible and by 17th April 2015 at the latest.

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