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Cultural sector opportunities
Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Award
Sailing the Monsoon Winds in Miniature: Model boats as evidence for Indian Ocean maritime technologies, cultures and collecting.
Fully-funded, three-year AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Award between the British Museum and the Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton.