12 September: fyi -- phd funding, SC
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Graduate Assistantship in Literature and Linguistics
Subject of Study:
Syntactic analysis of 16th century English poetry
Project Supervisors:
Stanley Dubinsky (Dubinsky@sc.edu)
David Lee Miller (DaMiller@gwm.sc.edu)
We seek applicants interested in an interdisciplinary course of study
that would culminate in a thesis analyzing the syntax of the major
narrative poem in sixteenth century England, Edmund Spenser's The
Faerie Queene.
Applicants must qualify for admission to either the M.A. or the
Ph.D. program in English at the University of South Carolina. Ideally
they will have a degree either in literary study with a strong
secondary interest in linguistics, or the reverse. The project
supervisors will design with the successful applicant a program of
graduate study leading to proficiency in both fields, in preparation
for the thesis project on syntax.
The University of South Carolina Department of English offers both
research and teaching assistantships to graduate students. Further
information about the graduate program in English may be found at
www.cas.sc.edu/engl/grad/index.html. Information about the
Linguistics graduate program can be found
www.cas.sc.edu/ling/graduate.html.
This solicitation is a collaborative effort involving English
Department faculty affiliated with the Spenser Project and with the
Linguistics Program.
South Carolina is one of four American universities collaborating on
the Spenser Project, a research program coordinated by the general
editors of a new edition of the poet's collected works under contract
to Oxford University Press. The project's other goals include the
publication of classroom texts and the creation of an extensive
open-access digital archive featuring resources to support both
research and teaching.
The English Department has seven faculty specializing in early modern
English literature: Holly Crocker, Edward Gieskes, Nina Levine, David
Lee Miller, Lawrence Rhu, Esther Richey, Andrew Shifflett.
The Linguistics Program is an interdepartmental program with core
faculty in several departments (Anthropology; English; Languages,
Literatures, and Cultures; Philosophy; and Psychology). The program
has four core faculty in the English Department: Dorothy Disterheft,
Stanley Dubinsky, Barbara Schulz, and Tracey Weldon.
Web Address for Applications: http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/grad/admissions.html
Applications are due by: 30-Jan-2007
Contact Information:
Dr. David L. Miller
DaMiller@gwm.sc.edu
Phone:803-777-4203
Fax:803-777-9064
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