[ecrea] 3 PhD studentships available for the network European Film, European Heritage, European Identity

The closing date is approaching for these studentships – please could I 
ask you to share this information with current MA students or other 
appropriate candidates.

Three fully-funded PhD studentships will be available for Session 
2014/15 as part of the White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities 
Network entitled ‘European Film, European Heritage, European Identity’.

1. The place of history in European cultural policy

2. The Limits of ‘European-ness’in European historical drama

3. The consumption of historical dramas across and beyond Europe
Each studentship will provide Home/EU tuition fees and a stipend paid at 
standard Research Council rates (£13,863 for 2014/15).
Closing date for applications: 5pm 13th June 2014.

The network
The network links the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York and is 
part of the White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities (WRoCAH).

Collectively, the three studentships will explorethe role played by 
European institutions in the production of European historical dramas, 
examining three interrelated topics. Each project will be primarily 
based at one of the three White Rose universities, but students will be 
co-supervised by staff from two institutions and will benefit from the 
input of the wider network team.
Each of the three successful applicants will be expected to participate 
fully in the activities of the network. They will also have access to 
all the additional opportunities provided by the White Rose College of 
the Arts and Humanities, including Research Training Mobility funds, 
Researcher Employability projects, and Knowledge Exchange Projects. 
Further details about the doctoral training and opportunities offered by 
WRoCAH can be found at:
www.arts-and-humanities.whiterose.ac.uk<http://www.arts-and-humanities.whiterose.ac.uk>.
Queries about the network should be directed to the network 
co-ordinator, Dr Alan O’Leary 
((a.oleary /at/ leeds.ac.uk)<mailto:(a.oleary /at/ leeds.ac.uk)>). Queries about 
individual projects should be directed to the project supervisors 
(listed below).

Studentship 1 (based at Leeds): The place of history in European 
cultural policy.
We wish to facilitate student-led research ideas for the studentship, 
perhaps especially in terms of the country or countries a candidate 
would wish to focus on, and it will form part of the application process 
to suggest ideas that can be discussed and developed with the project 
supervisors. The following questions are intended as a guide to the 
research area.
What role does European, national and regional cultural policy play in 
the production of historical dramas, how do filmmakers negotiate such 
policy and how does film production interact with the wider heritage 
sector?’
Supervisors: Professor Paul Cooke (Centre for World Cinemas, Leeds), 
(p.cooke /at/ leeds.ac.uk)<mailto:(p.cooke /at/ leeds.ac.uk)>; Professor Duncan Petrie 
(Theatre, Film and Television, York), 
(duncan.petrie /at/ york.ac.uk)<mailto:(duncan.petrie /at/ york.ac.uk)>
Studentship 2 (based at Sheffield): The Limits of ‘European-ness’ in 
European historical drama.
We wish to facilitate student-led research ideas for the studentship, 
perhaps especially in terms of the country or countries a candidate 
would wish to focus on, and it will form part of the application process 
to suggest ideas that can be discussed and developed with the project 
supervisors. The following questions are intended as a guide to the 
research area.
How do historical dramas extend, or delimit, the possibilities of 
historical representation? How do their various modes of emotional 
engagement with history underline, or reflect tensions in, the aims of 
the European heritage industry as a whole’
Supervisors: Dr Jonathan Rayner (English, Sheffield), 
(j.r.rayner /at/ sheffield.ac.uk)<mailto:(j.r.rayner /at/ sheffield.ac.uk)>; Dr Alan 
O’Leary (Italian/Modern Languages and Cultures, Leeds), 
(a.oleary /at/ leeds.ac.uk)<mailto:(a.oleary /at/ leeds.ac.uk)>
Studentship 3 (based at York): The consumption of historical dramas 
across and beyond Europe.
We wish to facilitate student-led research ideas for the studentship, 
perhaps especially in terms of the country or countries a candidate 
would wish to focus on, and it will form part of the application process 
to suggest ideas that can be discussed and developed with the project 
supervisors. The following questions are intended as a guide to the 
research area.
How are historical dramas distributed and consumed across and beyond 
Europe? Who is their audience and what are the mechanisms of their 
consumption? To what extent do films circulate beyond their country of 
origin and how does this circulation reflect common understandings of 
the ‘European Project’?
Supervisors, Professor Andrew Higson (Theatre, Film and Television, 
York), (Andrew.higson /at/ york.ac.uk)<mailto:(Andrew.higson /at/ york.ac.uk)>; Dr 
David Forrest (English, Sheffield), 
(d.forrest /at/ sheffield.ac.uk)<mailto:(d.forrest /at/ sheffield.ac.uk)>

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Applicants should have an undergraduate degree (normally 2:1 or above, 
or equivalent) and be studying for, or have completed, a Masters degree 
(or have experience deemed to be equivalent to a Masters degree) in a 
subject relevant to the main discipline highlighted in each studentship. 
A willingness to undergo sufficient training when needed in the other 
disciplines is essential. Applicants whose first language is not English 
must meet the English Language requirements of the relevant university 
and department.

METHOD OF APPLICATION
Studentship 1 (Leeds): complete the PhD application form available at 
https://studentservices.leeds.ac.uk/pls/banprod/bwskalog_uol.P_DispLoginNon 
as well as the studentship application form at 
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/rsa/postgraduate_scholarships/PGR-UKEUAppForm14and return 
this to (pg_scholarships /at/ leeds.ac.uk)<mailto:(pg_scholarships /at/ leeds.ac.uk)>.

Studentship 2 (Sheffield): complete the PhD application form available at
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/apply/applying

Studentship 3 (York): complete the PhD application form available at
http://www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/#tab-2

IMPORTANT: In addition to submitting the form to the individual 
institutions, you must send a copy of your application to the network 
co-ordinator, (a.oleary /at/ leeds.ac.uk)<mailto:(a.oleary /at/ leeds.ac.uk)>, by 5pm 
on Friday 13 June 2014.
On the application forms for each institution, you should state that you 
are applying for one of
the studentships in the WRoCAH-funded network ‘European Film, European 
Heritage, European Identity’. You should also indicate how you will 
develop your project within the areas outlined in the descriptions of 
the studentships (above) and detail how your previous academic 
experience has prepared you to undertake that project. Where relevant, 
indicate training needs (e.g. languages).
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Alan O'Leary
School of Modern Languages and Cultures (Italian), University of Leeds, 
Leeds LS2 9JT UK
Tel: +44 (0)113-3433633



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