[ecrea] Two Leverhulme Trust PhD Studentships at Aberystwyth University- British Press in World War II

*Two Leverhulme Trust PhD Studentships at Aberystwyth University*

The Department of History and Welsh History and the Department of 
Theatre, Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University, invite 
applications for two Leverhulme Trust-funded PhD studentships commencing 
in September 2011 as part of a major research project on the British 
press in World War II.

This project will provide the first full critical study of the British 
press in the Second World War. It will explore the role of the press in 
its wider social, political and cultural context, place the wartime 
press within a wider national culture of news, information and 
entertainment provision, and assess how changes in the relationship 
between the press, other media and society during the war anticipated 
the development of mass communications in post-war Britain. The project 
is led by Dr Sian Nicholas and Professor Tom O'Malley.

Studentship 1 will be based in the Department of History and Welsh 
History and will focus on the press and wartime political culture, 
paying particular attention to issues such as national identity, 
participation, associational life, wartime political debate and dissent, 
and reconstruction.

Studentship 2 will be based in the Department of Theatre, Film and 
Television Studies, and will focus on the 'everyday' role of the wartime 
press, paying particular attention to issues such as class, gender, 
consumption (including advertising), leisure and entertainment culture.
For further information and how to apply please visit 
http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/postgrad/funding-fees/leverhulme-trust-studentships/