Scholarships at Bangor University
Modern/Contemporary History and Identity
Award
PhD Research Bursary
Supervisors/Schools:
Dr Andrew Edwards (School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology)
Dr Dinah Evans (School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology)
Professor Duncan Tanner (School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology)
Description of project areas:
Bangor is one of the strongest universities in the UK for research
in contemporary history (i.e. the period since c. 1970), with a history
of substantial projects and postgraduate activity. In conjunction with
the supervisory team, the successful applicant will construct a project
on an aspect of Welsh history/identity in the modern or contemporary
period. Topics may also be concerned with Wales as part of Britain,
or Wales as influenced by wider European trends or Wales compared to
other Celtic countries. Projects which parallel the interests of the
supervisory team may have an advantage. Examples include WW2 and its
impact; political identities; political change; gender history; youth
movements, sport and popular culture; linguistic and regional trends
within Wales and other countries.
Supervisory Team
The supervisory team is responsible for a cluster of postgraduate students. It has also devised, led and delivered postgraduate training in contemporary history for students across the UK. Current PhD projects include an oral history project on English migrants to Wales since 1970; Generational changes in identity: Italians in Britain and Wales since 1945; the media and devolution; the decline of slate communities since the 1960s; political change in rural Wales 1945-75; the British left and anti-Americanism c. 1939-1964; feminism and Labour politics 1964-1979.
Dr Andrew Edwards is primarily interested in modern Welsh and British history. He has written on various aspects of political change after 1945 including devolution and Welsh nationalism. He also specializes in oral history and is a regional networker (Wales) for the Oral History Society. He is currently working on a book which looks at the history of Welsh devolution after 1945.
Dr. Dinah Evans is primarily interested in modern British and Welsh history, especially the impact of the Second World War on political, urban and educational history. She is currently working on a book on post WWII Swansea.
Professor Duncan Tanner is primarily interested in modern Welsh and British History, particularly the History of the Labour Party, although he has also written on Thatcherism, devolution and Welsh Language policy. He is the main editor of the OUP journal Twentieth Century British History and currently serves as the University’s Director of Research.
For full details of the terms and conditions of this award see.
Queries prior to a formal application should be addressed to:
Dr Andrew Edwards (a.c.edwards@bangor.ac.uk)
Application:
The application deadline is noon on Friday 30 April 2010. For more information on how to apply, please visit here
Applicants will be contacted during the month of June 2010 with information relating to their submissions.
