Glasgow
Caledonian University, Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare (CSHHH)
A fully-funded
PhD studentship is available at the CSHHH, a collaboration of health historians
at Glasgow Caledonian and Strathclyde Universities. It is a leading
Centre for the study of modern history of health and healthcare, and we have a
lively and growing postgraduate community.
We invite applications from candidates
interested in pursuing doctoral research in the history of mental health and
healthcare in late nineteenth and/or twentieth-century Scotland; applications
with a comparative dimension to another country are welcome, but the project
should exploit some of the rich archival resources available locally, such as
the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Archives, the Lothian Health Services Archive
and the National Archives of Scotland. In line with the distinctive research
focus of health historians at Glasgow Caledonian, the doctoral project would be
orientated towards the social, political and/or economic dimensions of mental
health and healthcare. Possible focal
points for this project could include:
·
The treatment of civilian
patients in Scottish mental hospitals during the First World War, examining
whether psychiatric care for ex-service patients prioritised at the expense of
the pre-existing asylum population. This would engage with debates on the
health of the civilian population during wartime, and the impact of war on
psychiatric knowledge and practice.
·
Analysis of the place of mental
health services within the National Health Service, with a focus on the funding
available to mental health services in comparison to other health services and
the impact this had on psychiatric hospital regimes.
·
Inequalities within mental
healthcare? A comparative analysis which would contrast services for acute
cases of mental disorder with responses to chronic mental disorder, learning
disability and/or psychogeriatrics in twentieth-century Scotland
·
Deinstitutionalisation and
community care in Scotland in the post-war era, with a focus on psychiatric
rehabilitation, the changing nature of care within psychiatric hospitals, the
establishment of local authority provisions and the relationship between hospital
and community-based facilities
·
The experiences of psychiatric
patients in Scotland and the evolution and influence of the service user
movement on healthcare policies and provisions
Enquiries should be directed towards Dr
Vicky Long (victoria.long@gcu.ac.uk)
The
studentship is funded by Glasgow Caledonian University,
and is worth £15,600 per annum for entry in October 2013. The studentship
is offered for 3 years and will provide the following:
·
A maintenance stipend that is set
at the annual stipend level of (£13,600) plus an additional £1000 (to cover the
costs of work the student will undertake to support the School whilst
strengthening their own capabilities)
·
Tuition fees up to a maximum of
UK/EU levels (non-EU students must pay the outstanding non-EU tuition fee)
·
Commitment to each student to
provide at least £1000 of personal development funding such as conference
attendance or training programmes
Applicant should hold a first or second class honours degree, and should either hold or be
working towards a masters degree in a relevant field (History, History of
Medicine, or Medical Humanities).
For details on how to apply, and for
other funded PhD studentship opportunities at Glasgow Caledonian University,
please see:
Details of this studentship are located
under the Society and Social Justice Tab.
Closing date for receipt of
applications: Monday 15 April 2013.
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