[ecrea] AHRC and ESRC postgraduate funding in Modern Languages at the University of Liverpool

*AHRC and ESRC postgraduate funding in Modern Languages at the 
University of Liverpool*

The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of 
Liverpool is delighted to announce a range of studentships for Autumn 
2019 entry.

*Specialisms in film studies and potential areas for supervision*: Latin 
American and Lusophone cinemas; stars and stardom; film music; popular 
genres*; *Latin American Film and TV; Violence and conflict on film; 
star studies; celebrity studies; and Digital Culture including 
user-generated content and amateur/professional interface; Post New Wave 
French cinema

political cinema in France post-1968; the interaction of film and 
theatre; the multilingual dimension of European cinema; contemporary and 
post-war German literature and film; Italian crime film; Latin American 
women film-makers; movement in Latin American cinema;

Cinematic realism; Contemporary world cinema; Spanish film and 
television; feminism and Spanish media; documentary; memory in Spanish 
film and television.

The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures 
<https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/modern-languages-and-cultures/> comprises 
academic staff working across a wide range of language-based studies 
covering literature, new media, film, history, politics, culture, 
sociolinguistics and Translation Studies. Alongside French, German, 
Hispanic Studies, Italian, Latin American Studies and Chinese, the 
department also offers Film Studies. The Department is an active 
participant in the School’s inter-disciplinary research centres, 
including the Centre for the Study of International Slavery 
<http://www.liv.ac.uk/csis/>, the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance 
Studies 
<https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/history/research/research-centres/medieval-and-renaissance-studies/> 
and the Eighteenth-Century Worlds 
<http://www.liv.ac.uk/eighteenth-century-worlds/> research centre. Since 
2010, we have been part of the School of Histories, Languages and 
Cultures <http://www.liv.ac.uk/histories-languages-and-cultures/>, one 
of four Schools in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

*_Funding options_*

The AHRC North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership offers 
funding for PhD (+3 or +2) through the Modern Languages and Translation 
Pathway and the Language-Based Area Studies Pathway. More information is 
available on the NWCDTP’s website. <http://www.nwcdtp.ac.uk/about/>

The Language-Based Area Studies Pathway of the ESRC North West Social 
Science Doctoral Training Partnership offers MRes + PhD (1+3 years) and 
PhD (+3) studentships in Latin American Studies in Liverpool. More 
information on is available on the NWSSDTP’s website. 
<https://nwssdtp.ac.uk/>

*_Deadline and Application Process_*

To apply for an AHRC or ESRC award, you must have submitted your 
admissions application for an eligible programme at the University of 
Liverpool through the online form by 10 December 2018: 
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/applying/.

ESRC NWSSDTP deadline: *4 February 2019 (5pm)*.

AHRC NWCDTP deadline: *8 February 2019 (5pm)*.

*_More information_*

Those interested in applying are strongly encouraged to contact their 
prospective supervisors well in advance of the deadline.

*_Contact_*

Those interested in applying can contact Dr Marieke Riethof 
((mriethof /at/ liverpool.ac.uk) <mailto:(mriethof /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)>).


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