Dear colleagues,
With apologies for cross-posting.
We are excited to announce the details of a collaborative AHRC-funded PhD entitled ‘Exploring the Importance of Provenance in Oral History Collections’. The project will be jointly supervised by the British Library Oral History team and the Department of Information Studies at UCL. Applications are now open and close on the 8th April 2024.
More information below, full details including application instructions is available on the UCL website. Please read the application information carefully – do not use the ‘apply now’ button on the listing.
Job details: PhD Studentship, AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) - ‘Exploring the Importance of Provenance in Oral History Collections’ (ucl.ac.uk)<https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?nPostingId=9173&n…>
University College London (UCL) and the British Library are pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentship from 1 October 2024 under the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme. This research will examine the importance of documenting provenance for archived oral history collections by exploring the value of records of provenance to archivists and oral history researchers, and how making such records available to researchers could enhance understanding of oral history interviews and the historiography of the discipline.
This project will be jointly supervised by Dr Andrew Flinn (Reader in Archive Studies and Oral History) and Dr Hannah Smyth (Lecturer in Archives and Records Management) in the Department of Information Studies at UCL (UCL:DIS) and by Dr Madeline White (Curator Oral History) and Mary Stewart (Lead Curator Oral History) at the British Library. The student will spend time with both UCL and the British Library and will become part of the wider cohort of AHRC CDP funded PhD students across the UK. UCL and the British Library are keen to encourage applications from a wide range of students and particularly welcome those currently underrepresented in doctoral student cohorts.
Informal Enquiries If you are interested in applying, you are welcome to contact the following for an informal discussion about this opportunity: Dr Andrew Flinn (a.flinn(a)ucl.ac.uk) and Dr Madeline White (madeline.white(a)bl.uk<mailto:madeline.white@bl.uk>)
Best wishes
Marco
Dr Marco Humbel (he/him)
Research Fellow in Participatory Research and Collections as Data
UCLDH Associate Director (ECR)
Department of Information Studies, UCL
Email: marco.humbel.17(a)ucl.ac.uk<mailto:marco.humbel.17@ucl.ac.uk>
Web: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/67801-marco-humbel/about