[Commlist] Funded PhD Opportunity at the University of Nottingham

An AHRC-funded PhD opportunity with the University of Nottingham and the 
Museum of the Home:

*At Home and Out of the Closet: The Homemaking Strategies of Queer East 
and Southeast Asian Communities in Contemporary Britain*

East and Southeast (ESEA) Asia is a region saturated by strong 
traditional, heteronormative family values. In recent decades, many 
LGBTQIA+ people have migrated from the region to the UK to study, work 
and live in a queer-friendly environment. This project examines the 
homemaking strategies of queer ESEA communities in contemporary Britain 
at individual and community levels. It will shed light on the myriad 
creative strategies ESEA communities use to create a sense of ‘home’ in 
contemporary Britain where topics such as migration, LGBTQIA+ rights and 
national identity are hotly debated.

This funded PhD project, a collaboration between The Museum of the Home 
and the University of Nottingham, asks the following research questions:

 1. How do people in the British LGBTQIA+ ESEA communities perceive ‘home’?
 2. What creative and cultural strategies do they use to express their
    sense of home in the UK?
 3. What does this reveal about how ideas of identity, home and
    migration are created and contested?

The candidate is encouraged to approach these questions from different 
disciplinary and theoretical perspectives and anchor the research in 
their own interests and experience. Home-making strategies may include 
media and cultural production, community activism or everyday practice. 
Research methods may include textual analysis, ethnography, material 
culture or arts-based, creative methods. The research may include a 
practice-based element such as creating a piece of literary or artwork, 
or curating an exhibition or public programme.

The candidate will undertake a short-term internship at Museum of the 
Home where their research will help build the museum’s ESEA collection.

*Start Date*

October 2026

*Supervisors*

Professor Liz Evans and Dr Xing Huang (University of Nottingham)

Mr Aurelien Enjalbert (Museum of the Home)

*Enquires*

Please contact Professor Liz Evans – (_Elizabeth.evans /at/ nottingham.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(Elizabeth.evans /at/ nottingham.ac.uk)>_

*Application Deadline*

31^st  May 2026

Interviews will take place on Friday 19^th  June

*Requirements*

Applicants should hold a 2:1 (or international equivalent) in an arts, 
humanities or social science subject at undergraduate level. We would 
usually expect you to hold, or be working towards, a Masters degree in a 
relevant subject.

*How to Apply*

Applicants should apply to the Department of Cultural, Media and Visual 
Studies via the University of Nottingham’s website: 
_https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/how-to-apply/apply-online.aspx 
<https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/how-to-apply/apply-online.aspx>_ Please 
choose the most appropriate PhD programme to your interests from the 
following options:

  * PhD in International Media and Communication
  * PhD in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
  * PhD in Art History
  * PhD in Creative and Critical Practice

Please provide a research statement that indicates how you would address 
the project. This statement should include:

 1. Clarification of research questions (i.e. how you would make the
    project your own)
 2. A discussion of the relevant research context and your projects
    contribution to key debates
 3. Research methodology
 4. How the project will contribute to the Museum of the Home’s
    strategies and practices

The AHRC award covers stipend and fees at UK home rate. Successful 
international candidates will be put forward for a University of 
Nottingham Scholarship to cover the difference between the Home Fee rate 
and the International Fee Rate.


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