[ecrea] PhD Scholarship on "Literary and Social Representations of Intimate Violence in Contemporary Scotland"

The School of English and the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at 
the University of St Andrews are pleased to announce this fully-funded 
PhD on "Literary and Social Representations of Intimate Violence in 
Contemporary Scotland". Interested candidates with a strong track-record 
in English and Psychology are invited to apply.

This interdisciplinary doctoral research project will examine the 
relationship between beliefs of men and women living in Scotland about 
men’s intimate violence towards women, and the cultural representations 
of such violence in contemporary Scottish literature.

The literary aspect of the project will look at contemporary Scottish 
fiction and drama, written by men and women, and examine the ways in 
which these texts depict men’s violence against women. This could 
include novels and short stories by authors such as Iain Banks, Janice 
Galloway, James Kelman, AL Kennedy, Duncan Mclean and Irvine Welsh, and 
drama by Gregory Burke, David Greig, Zinnie Harris, David Harrower, Gary 
McNair, Rona Munro, and Steph Smith. (This list is not exhaustive and we 
fully expect it to change as the project develops.) The student will 
critically examine these texts in order to identify lines of power in 
domestic violence, and how it is represented in culture.

The student will also gather narratives through semi-structured 
interviews with participants (any gender, living in Scotland) who have 
experienced conflict in intimate relationships. The interviews will 
cover the experiences of aggression and, crucially, how aggression is 
construed with regard to control motivation. Interviews will be 
transcribed and subject to Thematic Analysis following procedures used 
elsewhere in the psychological literature on aggression, as well as 
being coded for aggression type using established criteria. The 
interviews will also be compared with the literary texts.

The project will be supervised by Dr Anindya Raychaudhuri, a Lecturer in 
the School of English who specialises in cultural representation and 
collective memory of war and conflict; and Dr Kate Cross, a Lecturer in 
the School of Psychology & Neuroscience who specialises in sex/gender 
differences in risky and aggressive behaviour.

“Please read and follow the application procedures for the School of 
Psychology (*MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from 
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In addition to the standard documents for a Psychology PhD, applicants 
must also submit a sample of written work, between 3,000 and 5,000 words 
in length. This can be a critical essay, an extract from a previous 
piece of work, or part of your dissertation.”

Informal enquiries to either supervisor are strongly encouraged. Please 
contact Dr Kate Cross ((cpc2 /at/ st-andrews.ac.uk) <javascript:void(0)>) 
and/or Dr Anindya Raychaudhuri ((ar220 /at/ st-andrews.ac.uk) <javascript:void(0)>)

The successful candidate will begin study in September 2018.

Funding Notes

The St. Leonard’s Scholarship covers home/EU fees (competitive 
scholarships are available from other sources to waive international 
fees) plus maintenance based on the RCUK recommended level (currently 
£14,553 pa).

Essential:
1) Upper second-class degree in Psychology (or a related discipline) and 
demonstrable interest in English OR upper second-class degree in English 
(or a related discipline) and demonstrable interest in Psychology.
2) Evidence of academic interest in the study of intimate and/or 
gendered violence

Desirable:
1) Upper second-class degree (or equivalent) in Psychology AND upper 
second-class degree (or equivalent) in English.
2) Master’s degree in either Psychology OR English



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