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[ecrea] AHRC-funded PhD Scholarships in Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth University

Wed Oct 26 14:51:03 GMT 2016



*_AHRC South, West & Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (SWW DTP) Scholarships & PhD study in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University _*

The Department of Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth University is pleased to invite applications for PhD scholarships, through its involvement in the AHRC South West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (SWW DTP). The partnership brings together a Consortium of 8 universities, extended by a network of prestigious international, national and regional organisations representing the arts, heritage, media and government sectors.

Our Department and the University have strong links with a range of these organisations, in particular: the National Library of Wales (based at Aberystwyth, and housing the Arts Council of Wales Archives, the Brith Gof archives, the National Sound and Screen Archive of Wales, and the ITV Wales Film and Video archive, among other important collections), and BBC Drama (Cardiff). We welcome applications related to any of our research specialisms (listed below). Scholarships are available to applicants living in the UK and the European Union, and projects will need to be supervised by relevant academic staff at two of the Universities in the consortium.

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

The department has over thirty experienced, research-active PhD supervisors, able to supervise projects in both the English and Welsh Medium across theatre and drama, scenography, performance studies, media and communication, film and television, and spanning historical and archival work, textual analysis, audience and reception research, policy research and practice as research. We offer supervision and research training in both English and Welsh, with a focus on topics such as:

Contemporary European theatre; theatre and gender; physical theatre; disability and performance; site-specific performance; theatre, performance and architecture; performance and philosophy; performance and politics; cultural theory, drama and performance; performance historiography; archiving and documentation; history of performance art; performance and the heritage industry; contemporary English, Welsh and Irish drama; Welsh-language drama and performance;playwriting, performance writing and devised drama; intermediality in performance.

Avant-garde and experimental cinema; Landscape in Film and Performance; Film stardom and performance; Film audience and reception research (with specialisms in children as audiences, audience memory studies, and local cinemagoing studies); the role of sound and music in cinema; semiotics and advertising; press, cinema and broadcasting history and policy; content regulation of television, and film censorship (national and local); documentary film and television; British and American television drama; Horror and Cult Cinema; Russian Cinema and Theatre; Classical Hollywood Cinema; British cinema and television (including Welsh cinema and television).

See our staff pages for further details: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/tfts/staff-profiles/#academic-and-technical-staffas well as our current PhD student projects page: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/tfts/study-with-us/postgrad/phd/phd-students/

*_How to Apply:_*

Prospective applicants who are interested in applying – and eligible for funding – are strongly encouraged to register for the AHRC SWW DTP *Information Day* in Cardiff at the *National Museum of Wales* on *28th November 2016*. 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 AHRC SWW DTP websitehttp://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk/apply-for-a-studentship/ Registration for the Information Day closes on 13^th November 2016.

*Applications for both funding and PhD place*may be submitted via the AHRC SWW DTP website from 29th November 2016 until the final deadline of *12th January 2017*. 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.

Prospective applicants are also strongly encouraged to contact Dr Kate Egan, Departmental Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University (email: (kte /at/ aber.ac.uk) <mailto:(kte /at/ aber.ac.uk)>), for further information about the department and its research specialisms.


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