[ecrea] PhD Opportunities and Scholarships: Aberystwyth University, Dept of Theatre, Film and Television Studies

AHRC South, West & Wales Doctoral Training Partnership Scholarships 2015
& PhD study in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, 
Aberystwyth University Deadline for Expression of interest: Monday 10th 
November 2014



Aberystwyth University is a partner in the South, West and Wales 
Doctoral Training Partnership (SWW DTP), along with seven other 
universities – Bath, Bath Spa, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Reading and 
Southampton, extended by a network of prestigious international, 
national and regional organisations representing the arts, heritage, 
media and government sectors (including the National Library of Wales in 
Aberystwyth, which houses the National Screen and Sound Archive of 
Wales).  In 2014, the Partnership was awarded £14.2 million funding from 
the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to deliver postgraduate 
supervision, training and skills development, with up to 50 doctoral 
studentships being awarded each year (across Aberystwyth and the other 
Partnership institutions) over a five-year period.



The SWW AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership will be awarding up to 50 
doctoral studentships for the best postgraduate research projects across 
the full range of Arts & Humanities disciplines.



Prospective applicants to the Consortium will benefit from input from 
exclusive prominent partners who include the Arnolfini, BBC, Bristol 
City Council, CyMAL & Cadw, English Heritage, National Library of Wales, 
National Museum of Wales, National Trust, Royal Commission on the 
Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales, Watershed, Welsh National 
Opera, Butetown History and Arts Centre, Getty Research Institute, Bath 
Heritage Services, REACT, Twofour and a number of overseas academic 
partners. These partners bring academic and professional expertise in a 
range of disciplines.



Information about the environment for doctoral study in the Department 
of Theatre, Film and Television Studies (TFTS) at Aberystwyth University:

The Department’s established reputation for conducting leading-edge, 
international quality research makes TFTS an ideal place to pursue 
doctoral study. We offer supervision and research training in both 
English and Welsh, with a focus on topics such as:



Aesthetics, politics and social engagement in theatre; site-specific 
performance; contemporary British and European drama and theatre; 
performance and gender; performance philosophy; documentary and verbatim 
theatre; performance and media historiography and archiving; national 
and transnational theatre and cinema; Welsh and minority-language 
theatre, film, television and online media; alternative, avant-garde and 
experimental theatre and film;



Russian cinema and theatre; landscape in film and performance; practice 
as research in relation to film, television, media, performance and 
theatre; film, press and broadcasting regulation; television drama, 
genres and aesthetics; media fan, reception and audience studies; 
documentary film and television; horror, fantasy and cult film and 
television; film stardom and performance; British cinema; music and 
sound in film; children and the media.



Facilities include: Dedicated research student study suite with 
computers, desks, printer and wireless access; four fully equipped 
studio theatres; three rehearsal rooms; digital, high-definition 
television studio; thirty-six digital video-editing, recording and 
viewing rooms; computerised lighting systems; and digital sound studio 
with digital effects processing and multi-track recording facilities.

As well as the National Library of Wales, the department also has a 
strong working relationship with Aberystwyth Arts Centre, which is 
located on the main University campus.



See our staff pages for further details: 
http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/tfts/staff/ as well as our current PhD student 
projects page: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/tfts/study-with-us/phd/phd-students/



How to Apply:

Prospective applicants who are interested in applying – and eligible for 
funding – will need to submit a 300-word Statement of Interest by Monday 
10 November 2014. Following that, these applicants will be invited to an 
Information Day for the DTP in Cardiff at the National Museum of Wales 
on 24th November 2014. The aim of the Information Day is for you to 
learn more about the research opportunities and supervisory expertise 
offered in the Consortium (including at Aberystwyth University).  For 
further information, please visit the SWW DTP site



Applications for both funding and PhD place may be submitted via the SWW 
DTP site from 26th November 2014 until the final deadline of 12th 
January 2015. Applicants will be required to submit an application form 
with a research proposal and personal statement.



The awards will be made on the basis of academic merit, with no fixed 
quota assigned to any one institution or subject area within the DTP.



If you have further queries about the research specialisms in the 
Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth 
University, please contact Dr Kate Egan, Departmental Postgraduate 
Research Coordinator, (kte /at/ aber.ac.uk)





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