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The University of Edinburgh’s School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures is delighted to announce a range of studentships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The University is part of a consortium of eight Higher Education institutions which has been awarded funding from the AHRC to support postgraduate studentships and training in the Arts and Humanities in Scotland. The consortium expects to grant around 40 studentships in 2014-15 across the range of Arts and Humanities subjects.The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures provides a stimulating and supportive research environment across a wide range of subject areas, and it also offers a number of exciting cross-disciplinary PhD programmes. The School will consider applications for AHRC awards in a range of subject areas including Middle Eastern Studies.(Other subjects are: Creative Writing, English Literature, Film History, Theory and Criticism, French Studies, German Studies, Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, Italian Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Russian Studies, Scandinavian Studies, Asiatic and Oriental Studies, Scottish Studies and Translation Studies.)EligibilityApplicants must be students from the UK or EU countries and satisfy the eligibility criteria of the AHRC. Successful applications for nomination are likely to hold a first class honours undergraduate degree and/or have demonstrated a distinction level of performance in a master's degree.Open DayThe School Postgraduate Open Day will be on 22 November, and prospective students are very welcome to attend and meet potential supervisors. For details, see http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/open-day/on-campus-open-day/llcApplyingCompleted PhD applications should be made online by 3rd January 2014 in order to ensure that your PhD application is processed in time for consideration within a very tight selection timescale. To apply online, follow the link below: http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/applyingWe will also ask you to apply separately for the AHRC scholarship by 10th January 2014. Further details of how to apply for the scholarship will follow shortly.Please direct any enquiries about this award to: llc.pgadmissions@ed.ac.uk.For further information about postgraduate study in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, see http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/graduate-school.For further information about Islamic &#38; Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh, see http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/islamic-middle-eastern