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[Commlist] PhD Scholarship in Chinese Film & Soft Power

Mon Jan 13 12:03:03 GMT 2020





The University of Nottingham Ningbo China welcomes applications for a full-time PhD scholarship examining Chinese film and soft power. The scholarship covers tuition, a monthly stipend, and health insurance. Further details can be found here: https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/graduateschool/funding-opportunities/2003bri-xlz.aspx
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Description: This project aims to examine the role of film in the formation, projection and reception of Chinese soft power, which, according to Nye (2004), means a nation’s ability to achieve goals through attraction, but not coercion or payment. It will investigate films screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), which created the “BRI Film Night” in 2018 for cultural and educational exchange that featured 26 films from 26 countries. It will also investigate films selected in the following years by the SIFF that were toured in specific BRI countries, with the mandate of “spreading Chinese culture and telling Chinese stories.” Finally, it will investigate the development of the BRI film festival alliance, which currently includes 38 institutions in 33 countries, and is projected to grow.

Grounded in film studies - but also drawing on cultural studies, international relations, and China studies - this qualitative project is expected to throw fresh light onto China’s evolving understanding and conduct of soft power, as well as provide insights into the empirical and theoretical implications of film as soft power.

The successful candidate will be working with two specialists in Chinese films and Chinese uses of soft power in the School of International Communication, which has a large film studies contingent, and offers a stimulating environment to nurture a budding film scholar. The successful candidate is expected to finish the project within three years and to jointly publish with the supervisors.

Informal inquiries may be addressed to Xiaoling Zhang at (xiaoling.zhang /at/ nottingham.edu.cn) <mailto:(xiaoling.zhang /at/ nottingham.edu.cn)>, or Corey Schultz at (Corey.Schultz /at/ nottingham.edu.cn) <mailto:(Corey.Schultz /at/ nottingham.edu.cn)> but formal applications should follow the instructions in ‘How to apply <https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/graduateschool/how-to-apply/how-to-apply.aspx>’ section Please specify 2003BRI_XLZ as scholarship reference code when submitting application. (See:https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/graduateschool/funding-opportunities/2003bri-xlz.aspx)


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