North Carolina State University, Public History/Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Doctoral Candidate in the Public History of the Middle East
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | North Carolina, United States |
Position: | Doctoral Fellow |
The Public History program and the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at NC State University are looking for a
Doctoral Candidate in the Public History of the Middle East
to start in fall 2017 for a period of three years. Acceptance into the program includes a competitive stipend, full tuition waiver, and health coverage.
The topic of the candidate’s scholarly interest should broadly be in the Public History of the Middle East and ideally will complement the research undertaken in the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, although we are open to dissertations that explore other Middle Eastern peoples beyond the Lebanese. Study will be in the Public History doctoral program at NC State University.
The Khayrallah Center fosters new scholarship on the historical and contemporary Lebanese Diaspora in all of its dimensions: social, political, economic and cultural. The Center also produces and disseminates public historical projects relating to the Lebanese Diaspora through video productions, museum exhibits, oral history, and digitization of Lebanese-American history.
Thoughts on the Dissertation Project
We are not interested in dictating the dissertation topic or methodology. Still, we want to provide some guidance on acceptable terms of study:
- We are looking for a doctoral student who is interested in issues of public memory, commemoration, cultural heritage, cultural resource preservation, museum or historic site interpretation, museum education, digital research and presentation methods, and/or other public history theoretical and methodological approaches.
- The dissertation should reflect interest in the diasporas of Middle Eastern peoples as historic, cultural, and socio-economic phenomena.
- The candidate should be creative, visionary, and self-motivated. We are unaware of other comparable studies, so the student will be contributing to the development of historiographical and theoretical frameworks for the study of the Public History of the Middle East.
- The candidate is expected to undertake archival research as well as fieldwork (financed).
- The candidate is expected to widely share research with academic and public audiences.
Expected Qualifications
- Completed university degree. Masters in history or comparable field (e.g. anthropology, archaeology, heritage studies) required.
- Knowledge of appropriate language skills, particularly reading skills, for archival research.
- Ability to produce academic publications in English.
Application
By January 15, 2017, all application materials (letter of interest including explicit description of anticipated dissertation topic, C.V., academic transcripts, writing sample—preferably master’s thesis, and proof of language skills) should be submitted online at https://www.ncsu.edu/grad/applygrad.htm.
Additionally, applicants must arrange for three letters of recommendation to be submitted electronically by the letter writers. Only applications submitted in this manner will be considered.
We encourage application from scholars of all nationalities, races, ethnicities, and creeds.
For more information about the Public History PhD, visit http://history.ncsu.edu/grad/ph_phd.php
For more information about the Khayrallah Center, visit http://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/
For more information about the application process, visit http://history.ncsu.edu/grad/prospective.php
Contact: |
Prof. Craig Friend
ctfriend@ncsu.edu |
Website: | http://history.ncsu.edu |
Primary Category: | Public History |
Secondary Categories: | African History / Studies Anthropology Colonial and Post-Colonial History / Studies Demographic History / Studies Digital Humanities Ethnic History / Studies Historic Preservation Human Rights Immigration History / Studies Islamic History / Studies Jewish History / Studies Middle East History / Studies Nationalism History / Studies Oral History World History / Studies |
Posting Date: | 09/07/2016 |
Closing Date | 01/15/2017 |