Ph.D. Studentship
Siberian Ethnoarchaeology
Baikal Archaeology Project
University of Aberdeen
Application Deadline: Sunday, 30 April 2006
For further information, please go to:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci/about/baikal.php
The Baikal Archaeology Project (http://baikal.arts.ualberta.ca/), in
association with the Social Sciences Research Council of Canada and the
College of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Aberdeen (UK)
invites applications for a four year research assistantship tenable at
the Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen.
As part of the post, the successful candidate will be expected to
conduct a minimum of 12 months ethnoarchaeological fieldwork in the Lake
Baikal region with rural Evenki, Buriat, or Russian Old-Settler
communities. The candidate will also be able to integrate and
communicate the results of their research to an international
interdisciplinary team of researchers working in the region including
archaeologists, paleoenvironmentalists, and ethnohistorians. The
research assistantship is nominally rated at ten hours of work per week
on a topic that leads to the candidate's Ph.D. dissertation. The
successful candidate will also have to be admitted to the graduate
programme at the University of Aberdeen. The candidate will join a
vibrant community of students, post-doctoral fellows, and lecturers at
the University of Aberdeen working both in Siberia and across the
circumpolar North. Ethnoarchaeology for this assistantship is understood
broadly. It does not restrict itself to shallow excavation but also
includes all aspects of the living use and organization of space and
landscape in the region. Candidates with a knowledge of Russian, or an
aboriginal language of Siberia, will have an advantage in this
competition.
To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a two page statement of
interest which specifies your research topic and how it fits into the
overall vision of the Baikal Archaeology Project to:
Dr. David G. Anderson
Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen
E-mail: David.Anderson [at] abdn.ac.uk
Interested candidates are strongly advised to read the information
available at:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci/about/baikal.php
Information on the graduate programme at the University of Aberdeen is
available at:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/anthropology