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’
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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@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@ucl.ac.uk<mailto:marco.humbel.17@ucl.ac.uk>
Web:
https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/67801-marco-humbel/about