Graduates
Student-Initiated training options
All Faculty of History doctoral students (subject to certain criteria)
Student Initiated Training Provision
The Faculty of History has limited funds to support the development of certain kinds of skills undertaken at the initiative of the graduate student. The main purpose of these funds is to support training in the form of travel to archives and conferences. In addition, certain forms of specialist training may be subsidized from these funds. (However, for most forms of language training, see sections 10 and 11.)
Application forms as well as details about application conditions, procedures and deadlines are available here.
There are three kinds of student-initiated training and self-training:
1. Archives
Visits to archives provide training in a variety of research skills. Awards for archive visits are open to second- and third-year students and to first-year students for training that takes place after they have passed the Registration Assessment Exercise.
2. Conferences
Attendance at conferences, especially the presentation of papers, provides training in research organization and presentation; it can also involve important dimensions of career development (such as networking). Awards for conference visits are restricted to second- and third-year students and reimburse travel and/or accommodation and/or conference registration costs.
3. Specialist Training
Certain forms of specialist training, such as training in research languages (not covered by other training options) and palaeography, may be initiated by the student under this category of training.
4. Doctoral Languages
To support training in languages essential to the completion of the dissertation such as modern world lanugauges (including major European languages, Russian, and modern Chinese and Japanese).
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May 10, 2012
The John Robert Seeley Lectures
The Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, West Road, Cambridge
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News
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Jan 17, 2012
Professor Alexandra Walsham wins the Leo Gershoy Award 2011
from the American Historical Association
Nov 27, 2011
Professor David Abulafia awarded the Mountbatten Literary Award
by the Maritime Foundation