[ecrea] PhD Studentship at University of Sunderland (with Amber Film & Photography Collective)

REMINDER: 29 June deadline approaching*


The Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies at the University
of Sunderland invites applications for an AHRC Home/EU PhD Studentship:

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*Amber, the Workshop Declaration and Moving Image Distribution*


Principal Supervisor:Professor Julia Knight (Sunderland)

Second Supervisor:Graeme Rigby (Amber)

The Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies at University of
Sunderland, in partnership with Amber Film & Photography Collective, is
seeking to appoint a suitably qualified applicant for a full-time PhD
studentship to explore the role played by the Workshop Declaration and
Channel 4 funding in enabling the wider distribution of community,
radical, independent film and video by Amber and others during the 1980s
and early 1990s. The following Amber works will be at the heart of the
project:

/The Filleting Machine/ (1981, 45 mins, 16mm)

/Byker/ (1983, 53 mins, 16mm)

/Keeping Time/ (1983, 57 mins, 16mm)

/News from Durham/ / /Where Are We Going/ (1983, 12 mins / 35 mins,
Umatic video)

/Behind the Vote/ / /Beyond the Vote/ (1984, 31 mins / 22 mins, Umatic
video)

/Why Support the Miners/ (1984, 10 mins, Umatic video)

/Seacoal/ (1985, 83 mins, 16mm)

/Can’t Beat It Alone/ (1985, 45 mins, Umatic video)

/The Sadler Story/ (1985, 23 mins, Umatic video)

/Double Vision: Boxing for Hartlepool/ (1986, 60 mins, 16mm)

/The Privatisation Tapes/ (1986, 90 mins, Umatic video)

/The Box/ (1986, 10 mins)

/T Dan Smith/ (1987, 85 mins, 16mm)

/Shields Stories/ (1987, 100 mins, Umatic video)

/From Marks & Spencer to Marx and Engels/ (1988, 57 mins, 16mm)

/In Fading Light/ (1989, 103 mins, 16mm)

/The Writing in the Sand/ (1991, 45 mins, 16mm)

/Dream On/ (1991, 115 mins, 16mm)

/Eden Valley/ (1995, 95 mins, 16mm)

The project will also allow an examination of how Workshop Movement
models of production and distribution, aimed at giving local communities
and their interests a (media) voice, are now being drawn into
contemporary online delivery via Amber’s Heritage Lottery Fund project
which aims to preserve, improve access to and develop wider use of their
extensive collection. This studentship is for three years, commencing on
1 October 2015. More information about the project can be found at
http://www.crmcs.sunderland.ac.uk/research-staff/julia-knight/amber-project/


The studentship is fully funded through the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral
Award programme, and includes tuition fees up to the standard Home/EU
amount and an annual stipend of £14,057 and a training grant of £200 per
annum.

Applicants should hold (or expect to achieve) a Masters degree and
either a 1^st  or Upper 2^nd  Class Honours degree from a recognized
research organization in a relevant discipline.

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If you would like to apply, please email Lianne Hopper
((lianne.hopper /at/ sunderland.ac.uk) <mailto:(lianne.hopper /at/ sunderland.ac.uk)>)
and include the following information:


1.Curriculum Vitae

2.A statement (max 750 words) covering:

a.why you want to undertake PhD study

b.how your interests/previous experience are relevant to the project

c.why you want to undertake this project and what you hope to get out of it

d.any initial thoughts you have about specific areas within the broad
project brief that you would be interested in pursuing.

The closing date is Monday 29 June. Shortlisted candidates will be
notified by Friday 3 July latest, with interviews on Monday 13 July 2015.

Informal inquiries are welcomed by Professor Julia Knight. Please email
in the first instance at (julia.knight /at/ sunderland.ac.uk)
<mailto:(julia.knight /at/ sunderland.ac.uk)>.

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Julia Knight
Professor of Moving Image/Co-editor, Convergence
(http://www.crmcs.sunderland.ac.uk/research-staff/julia-knight/)
Director, Centre for Research in Media & Cultural Studies, University of
Sunderland
Co-manager, Film and Video Distribution Database
(http://fv-distribution-database.ac.uk)

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