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Aberystwyth University - ABWTH A4078 History and Welsh HistoryMedieval seals, used to authenticate and closedocuments, can provide a fascinating window into howmedieval people, towns, monasteries and other bodieswanted to be seen.Dr Karen Stöber, MA MPhil (Glasgow), PhD (Southampton), specialises inlate medieval lay piety and heresy; monasticism and the religious orders inlate medieval Britain and Ireland; the Dissolution of the Monasteries; andthe Reformation in Britain and Europe. She has recently published LateMedieval Monasteries and Their Patrons: England and Wales, C.1300-1540(2007). She offers research supervision in both English and Welsh.Dr Steven Thompson, BA PhD (Wales), is interested in the social andpolitical history of 19th- and 20th-century Wales and Britain. His specificresearch interests are in the modern history of health and medicine andthe provision of social welfare, with related research interests in industrialrelations in the south Wales coalfield, housing provision, philanthropy andworking-class mutual and self-help organisations.Dr Björn Weiler, MA PhD (St Andrews), FRHistS, works on British andEuropean history, 900-1300, with particular research interests in politicalattitudes and mentalities, the representation of power and the role of ritualin medieval politics, and the themes and approaches of medieval writersof history. His publications include Henry III and the Staufen Empire (2004).Dr. Weiler also co-ordinates the British Academy’s International ResearchNetwork on ‘Political Culture in Norman and Angevin England (1066-1272)in Comparative Perspective’.Dr Eryn White, BA PhD (Wales), specialises in early modern Welshhistory, with special research interests in religion, education, and womenand society in 18th-century Wales. She is the author of ‘Praidd Bach yBugail Mawr: Seiadau Methodistaidd De-orllewin Cymru (1995). Her currentwork concentrates on the Established Church, Methodism and society in18th-century Wales. She offers research supervision in both English andWelsh.Dr Rachel Rich, BA, MA, PhD (Essex) is a historian of nineteenth-centuryFrance and England. Her research interests lie in the area of social andcultural history, with a particular emphasis on class and gender identityformation. Her current research is on the food and eating habits of theFrench and English middle classes. She is the author of a forthcomingManchester University Press book, Bourgeois Consumption: Food, Spaceand Identity in London and Paris, 1850-1914. Parts of this research havepreviously appeared in the Journal of Design History, and in an editedvolume La Maison, lieu de sociabilité (Le Manuscrit, 2006), as well as invarious conference and seminar papers.Dr Elizabeth New is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and works onaspects of the social and religious history of England and Wales in thelater middle ages. She has particular interest in the form, function anduses of medieval seals, and is Senior Researcher for the AHRC fundedSeals in Medieval Wales project. Dr New’s other research interests includedevotional practices and the material culture of religion in medievalEngland and Wales, and medieval diplomatic and codicology. She is also acontributor to the Monastic Wales project, and is a member of the Instituteof Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Aberystwyth – Bangor).
Aberystwyth University - ABWTH A40Information Studies 79Information StudiesFurther InformationCourse details and application forms are availablefrom The Admissions Secretary(Information and Library Studies, Managementof Library and Information Services, InformationManagement)Department of Information StudiesAberystwyth UniversityLlanbadarn FawrAberystwythCeredigion SY23 3ASWales UKOr by contactingInformation and Library StudiesTel: 01970 622188Fax: 01970 622190Email: dis-dept@aber.ac.ukArchive Administration and Records ManagementTel: (01970) 622182Fax: (01970) 622190Email: armstaff@aber.ac.ukwww.dis.aber.ac.uk OrCompleted applications should be returned to the:<strong>Postgraduate</strong> Admissions OfficeAberystwyth UniversityPO Box 2Aberystwyth SY23 2AXArchive AdministrationMSc Econ/Diploma in ArchiveAdministrationInformation and Library StudiesMScEcon/Diploma in Information andLibrary StudiesMScEcon/Diploma in Management ofLibrary and Information ServicesRecords and Information ManagementMScEcon/Diploma in Records andInformation ManagementMScEcon/Diploma in Information Governance and AssuranceResearch MastersMSc Econ Information SystemsMPhil/PhDThe University’s rarebooks collection.The Department ofInformation Services hasestablished a Rare BookDatabase which providesa search facility for over10,000 rare books heldin the Hugh Owen andThomas Parry libraries.The Department of Information Studies has a dedicated team of staff who aim toprovide a supportive, progressive learning environment. Our Department is oneof the largest of its kind in the UK and we offer a wide range of specialist optionscovering a dynamic range of subject areas in contemporary information, archives,records and library studies.We offer various postgraduate study opportunities, including six taught schemes, in addition toopportunities to study for an MPhil or PhD research degree. Our courses are accredited (or are inthe process of being accredited) by relevant professional bodies and graduates of our courses arein high demand by employers. Previous students now work in key organisations in the informationprofession both in the public sector and the commercial world.National employability statistics produced by the University’s Careers Advisory Service show that:• This Department has the highest levels among related departments in the UK of graduate levelemployment six months after graduation• Graduates from this Department have first destination salaries significantly above the nationalaverage for posts in the disciplineThe Department maintains one of the few training centres in records management and archiveadministration in the UK. In addition to the range of expertise provided by staff in the Department,further strength arises from close links with professional colleagues at the National Library of Walesand the Ceredigion Records Office, who contribute to the taught courses, support the practical workof the students and assist with research projects.
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