[Archport] Doctoral studentship on the Roman Economy

["José d'Encarnação" <jde@fl.uc.pt>]

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From: "Andrew Wilson" <andrew.wilson@arch.ox.ac.uk>
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Subject: [rome-arch] Doctoral studentship on the Roman Economy




The following notice is of potential interest to all current and recent
Master's students in Classics, Archaeology and related disciplines. Please
pass it on to anyone you think may be both interested and eligible.



The Economy of the Roman Empire: D.Phil. studentship

The Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford, is running an AHRC-funded
project on Integration, Growth and Decline in the Roman Economy c. 100 BC to
AD 300, under the direction of Professor Alan Bowman (Camden Professor of
Ancient History) and Professor Andrew Wilson (Professor of the Archaeology
of the Roman Empire), from October 2005 to September 2009. In addition to
two postdoctoral research posts (already filled), the project also has three
years' funding for one D.Phil. student, to begin in October 2006. The holder
of the studentship must become a registered D.Phil. student in the
Sub-faculty of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology.

In order to qualify under AHRC rules, the student must be a UK or EU
citizen. In the former case, a full fees-plus-maintenance award can be made,
in the latter a fees-only award. Anyone who by 1 October 2006 will have
completed a suitable Master's course or the equivalent can apply for the
studentship.Applicants should have either Roman history or archaeology as
their primary specialization.

This research project aims to establish secure criteria by which we can
identify the levels of integration, growth and contraction in the economy of
the Mediterranean under Roman rule and focuses on four crucial diagnostic
areas - agriculture, trade and commerce, mining and metal supply,
urbanisation and demography, which allow some degree of measurement and
quantification. The data assembled will be used to address the major
structural features of the economy, including mechanisms of government
control, volume of trade, nature of markets. The successful applicant will
make a proposal of his or her own choosing which will make a substantive
contribution to the work of the project in one or more of the areas
specified, using documentary or archaeological data, or a combination of the
two.



Anyone interested in being considered for the studentship should initially
contact Professor Alan Bowman (alan.bowman@classics.ox.ac.uk, or Brasenose
College, Oxford OX1 4AJ), preferably by  10 January 2006. Further details
about application procedures will be provided later.


Andrew Wilson
Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire
Institute of Archaeology
36 Beaumont St
Oxford
OX1 2PG
UK

Fax: +44 (0)1865 278254
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