[ecrea] PhD Studentship in Popular Music and Everyday Life

>UWE is offering a part-time PhD Studentship in 
>Popular Music and Everyday Life as part of the 
>Bristol Live Independent Music Archive Project (BLIMA).
>
>The Studentship comprises an annual bursary of 
>£3,000 plus tuition fees paid for up to five years.
>About BLIMA
>BLIMA has been set up to compile an archive of 
>the city of Bristols live independent music 
>scene, from 1950 to the present. The archive is 
>to be an invaluable resource for researchers and 
>historians of popular culture, music, and 
>everyday life. It contains primary materials 
>connected to live events held at venues through 
>the city. Contributions could involve such 
>activities as conducting interviews, organising 
>research events, collecting and collating archival material.
>Applications
>Applications are invited from candidates who 
>wish to conduct research in one or more of the following areas:
>
>     *  Live performance and locality
>     *  Music as everyday experience
>     *  Identity and hybridity
>     *  Genre and independence in music
>
>The candidate will focus all or part of their 
>research upon Bristols live music scene (past 
>or present). They will usually be expected to 
>hold an MA in a related field, and should have 
>some experience of ethnographic research practices.
>
>Study will commence in October 2010 and the 
>candidate should be resident in Bristol for the duration of the bursary.
>
>The candidate should contribute an average of 
>three hours per week to the BLIMA project and 
>also participate in the work of UWEs Cultural History Research Group
>
>Applications should include a letter of support 
>from an academic referee and an up to date CV.
>
>Deadline for applications : 19th August
>Interviews : early September
>
>Please contact Caterina Vettori for an application form
>(fcapostgraduate /at/ uwe.ac.uk)
>PhD Supervision
>The PhD will be supervised by Dr. Rehan Hyder, 
>whose research specialisms include ethnicity and popular music.
>
>Work on BLIMA will be supervised by Michelle 
>Henning, and the Director of Studies will be 
>Professor Jon Dovey, Director of the Digital Cultures Research Centre.
>
>Enquiries about the BLIMA and the field of study may be directed to:
>(Michelle.Henning /at/ uwe.ac.uk) or (Rehan.Hyder /at/ uwe.ac.uk).
>

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Nico Carpentier (Phd)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
Pleinlaan 2 - B-1050 Brussels - Belgium
T: ++ 32 (0)2-629.18.56
F: ++ 32 (0)2-629.36.84
Office: 5B.401a
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
New Book:
Trans-Reality Television
The Transgression of Reality, Genre, Politics, and Audience.
Lexington. (Sofie Van Bauwel & Nico Carpentier eds.)
http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0739131885
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
European Communication Research and Education Association
Web: http://www.ecrea.eu
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-mail: (Nico.Carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
Web: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~ncarpent/
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 

----------------
ECREA-Mailing list
----------------
This mailing list is a free service from ECREA.
---
To unsubscribe, please visit http://www.ecrea.eu/mailinglist
---
ECREA - European Communication Research and Education Association
Postal address:
ECREA
Université Libre de Bruxelles
c/o Dept. of Information and Communication Sciences
CP123, avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, b-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
Email: (info /at/ ecrea.eu)
URL: http://www.ecrea.eu
----------------