Call for applications
The Department of History at the University of York is delighted to invite applications for a three-year PhD Studentship to consider any aspect of the history of insects, insect control, and insecticides in modern Japan (19th and 20th centuries). The project would suit a candidate with an interest in fields such as the history of science, technology and medicine, social history, environmental history, cultural history or economic and business history. Candidates will need a good reading knowledge of Japanese.
PhD proposals could encompass any of the following, and are not limited to this list:
The student will be part of the Wellcome Trust-funded project 'The Chemical Empire: A New History of Synthetic Insecticides in Britain and its Colonies, c 1920-1970', headed by Dr Sabine Clarke. The PhD will be jointly supervised by Dr Clarke (sabine.clarke@york.ac.uk) and Dr Oleg Benesch (oleg.benesch@york.ac.uk) and will be based in the Department of History at the University of York. Informal enquiries to one or both of the supervisors are warmly encouraged.
Full details
https://www.york.ac.uk/history/postgraduate/funding/modern-japanese-history-scholarship/
The Department of History at the University of York is delighted to invite applications for a three-year PhD Studentship to consider any aspect of the history of insects, insect control, and insecticides in modern Japan (19th and 20th centuries). The project would suit a candidate with an interest in fields such as the history of science, technology and medicine, social history, environmental history, cultural history or economic and business history. Candidates will need a good reading knowledge of Japanese.
PhD proposals could encompass any of the following, and are not limited to this list:
- the construction of insects as ‘pests’
- insecticides and the home
- disease control and insecticides
- the history of natural insecticides such as pyrethrum (derived from chrysanthemum)
- the impact of DDT
- insecticides, war and empire
- cultural history of insects
- insecticides and industrial development
- the marketing and advertising of insecticides in Japan.
- scientific innovation in insecticides (the mosquito coil is a Japanese invention).
The student will be part of the Wellcome Trust-funded project 'The Chemical Empire: A New History of Synthetic Insecticides in Britain and its Colonies, c 1920-1970', headed by Dr Sabine Clarke. The PhD will be jointly supervised by Dr Clarke (sabine.clarke@york.ac.uk) and Dr Oleg Benesch (oleg.benesch@york.ac.uk) and will be based in the Department of History at the University of York. Informal enquiries to one or both of the supervisors are warmly encouraged.
Full details
https://www.york.ac.uk/history/postgraduate/funding/modern-japanese-history-scholarship/
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