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DURHAM UNIVERSITY - FUNDING FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES IN PHILOSOPHY AND INHISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINEThe following funding opportunities are available for postgraduatestudents beginning degree courses in autumn 2011:·         1 AHRC Doctoral Award·         1 AHRC MA Award·         A number of Durham Doctoral Studentships (distributed throughoutall departments in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities)·         A number of MA Scholarships (distributed throughout alldepartments in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities)·         2 PhD studentships offered by the European Research Council tosupport the project 'Sastravid: A New Paradigm for the Study of IndianPhilosophy'. For further information, please contact Dr Jan Westerhoff(j.c.westerhoff@durham.ac.uk).·         2 one-year Wellcome studentships for students wishing to studythe history of medicine as part of Durham's MA in the History andPhilosophy of Science and Medicine. The first award is to the value of£10,000; the second to the value of £5000. The closing date forapplications is 28 February 2011.·         The Philosophy Department is also able to offer a number of£1000 and £2000 Bretherton Scholarships for 2011-12, which will be awardedto outstanding PhD applicants who have no other external source offunding.Information on the AHRC awards, the Durham Doctoral studentships and theMA Scholarships including guidelines for applying, will be made availableshortly at http://www.dur.ac.uk/arts.humanities/funding_opportunities/For further information on any of the above awards, please contactJonathon Gilderoy, Postgraduate Secretary, on +44 [0]191 334 6553 orphilosophy.pgsec@durham.ac.ukTHE DEPARTMENTSituated in the centre of a beautiful, historic city, the Department ofPhilosophy has a thriving postgraduate community, one of the largest inBritain. Our 17 full-time members of staff and 6 research fellows haveinterests and expertise in an exceptionally broad range of topics, fromapplied ethics to the philosophy of action, from Buddhist philosophy toaesthetics, and in the History &#38; Philosophy of Science &#38; Medicine. Formore information, please see http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/THE DEGREE PROGRAMMESWe offer four postgraduate degrees:·         PhD (http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/postgrad/research/)·         Taught MA in Philosophy(http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/postgrad/taught/taughtphil/)·         Taught MA in the History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine(http://www.dur.ac.uk/hpsm.ma/)·         Graduate Diploma in Philosophy(http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy/postgrad/taught/diploma/)POSTGRADUATE OPEN DAYIf you would like to visit our Department, do come along to ourPostgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 9th February 2011. If you wish toattend this event, or would like more information on it, please contactJonathon, our Postgraduate Secretary, Department of Philosophy, DurhamUniversity, 50 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HN, UK; +44 [0]191 334 6553;philosophy.pgsec@durham.ac.ukRachel SimpsonAdministrator/Outreach OfficerCentre for the History of Medicine and DiseaseWolfson Research InstituteUniversity of DurhamQueen's CampusUniversity BoulevardStockton-on-TeesTS17 6BHTel: 0191 3340700Email: rachel.simpson@durham.ac.ukOffice hours:Monday 9.00 am - 2.30 pmTuesday 9.00 am - 2.30 pmWednesday 10.00 am - 2.30 pm