[ecrea] PhD Studentship at Winchester

> University of Winchester
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> PhD Studentships and Fee Waivers in the Faculty of Arts
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> These awards are open to candidates who are not 
> already registered for a research degree at Winchester.
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> The University is a dynamic institution with an 
> ambitious research agenda.  As one of the UK?s 
> smallest and most innovative universities, we 
> offer a stimulating research environment and 
> rigorous research training compulsory for all 
> students, combined with the intimacy and 
> personal interaction only a small institution 
> can afford.  We have established strengths in a range of subject areas.
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> The Faculty of Arts offers a strong research 
> student community, with students working from 
> different disciplinary perspectives. A programme 
> of research seminars and postgraduate research 
> events runs throughout the academic year. In 
> addition, research supervisors and students are 
> involved in organising and hosting national and 
> international symposia and conferences.
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> Candidates should have, or expect to obtain, a 
> first class or upper second class degree and a 
> Masters degree in a relevant subject area.
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> 1.        PhD Studentships in the area of 
> Communication, Cultural and Media Studies
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> The University of Winchester has funding to 
> support PhD studentships for one year from 
> February 2011, in the area of Communication, Cultural and Media Studies.
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> Candidature will be full time and funding will 
> cover stipend towards living expenses, research 
> expenses and fee waiver for one year only in the first instance.
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> Communication, Cultural and Media Studies at 
> Winchester performed excellently in RAE 2008. 
> The quality profile from the submission 
> indicated that 85 per cent of work submitted was 
> deemed to be of a quality recognised 
> internationally and above. Staff working in this 
> area form a Research Centre of the same name, 
> with research strengths in contemporary 
> constructions of identities; film; literary and 
> cultural history; visual and material culture; 
> popular culture and cultural theory, and new media.
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> Applications are invited to research one of the following topics:
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> Gender and political activism in American 
> literary naturalism ? please contact Jude Davies 
> for further details ((Jude.Davies /at/ winchester.ac.uk))
> The literature of disability (a focus on 
> eighteenth-century literature and culture 
> preferred) ? please contact Chris Mounsey for 
> further details ((Chris.Mounsey /at/ winchester.ac.uk))
> Crime, detection and national identity in 
> nineteenth or twentieth-century literature and 
> culture ? please contact Neil McCaw for further 
> details ((Neil.McCaw /at/ winchester.ac.uk))
> The cultures associated with new media and 
> social networking sites and their significance 
> for consumers and producers ? please contact 
> Marcus Leaning for further details ((Marcus.Leaning /at/ winchester.ac.uk))
> Transnational narratives of identity in relation 
> to the culture of the museum (in institutional, 
> architectural, literary or visual terms) ? 
> please contact Carol Smith for further details ((Carol.Smith /at/ winchester.ac.uk))
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> 2.        PhD Fee Waivers in the area of Drama, Dance and Performing Arts
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> The University of Winchester has funding to 
> support two part time PhD fee waivers for one 
> year from February 2011, in the area of Drama, Dance and Performing Arts.
>
> Candidature will be part time and funding will 
> cover fee waiver for one year only in the first instance.
>
> Drama, Dance and Performing Arts at Winchester 
> performed excellently in RAE 2008. The quality 
> profile from the submission indicated that 85 
> per cent of work submitted was deemed to be of a 
> quality recognised internationally and above. 
> The Research Centre in the Arts as Wellbeing is 
> based in the Department, as is RED, an 
> inter-institutional research group working in 
> the area of `expanded dramaturgies?.
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> We welcome proposals for research projects in:
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> ·         Practice-Led or Practice-Inclusive 
> topics, especially exploring experimental 
> structures, alternative dramaturgies, voice, 
> somatics, visuality and interdisciplinarity, and 
> can include technologies and community 
> intervention topics ? please contact Olu Taiwo 
> in the first instance ((Olu.Taiwo /at/ winchester.ac.uk))
>
> ·         Performance and community 
> intervention; performance and wellness; 
> performance and social activism; performance and 
> aging ? please contact Tim Prentki in the first 
> instance ((Tim.Prentki /at/ winchester.ac.uk))
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> ·         Theatre history/historiography: a wide 
> range of topics, including early modern, modern 
> and post-modern theatre history, emphases on 
> gender, violence, plays in performance, and 
> media-related performance studies topics ? 
> please contact Peter Billingham in the first 
> instance ((Peter.Billingham /at/ winchester.ac.uk))
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> ·         Musical theatre, (avant-garde) music 
> theatre, popular and pantomime performance ? 
> please contact Millie Taylor in the first 
> instance ((Millie.Taylor /at/ winchester.ac.uk))
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> For an application form and further details 
> about the candidature, please email (Chrissie.Ferngrove /at/ winchester.ac.uk)
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>
> Closing date for applications: 3 December 2010
> Interviews will be held on Tuesday 14 December.

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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