[ecrea] PhD Opportunities and Scholarships in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University

*_AHRC South, West & Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (SWW DTP)
Scholarships 2016
& PhD study in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies,
Aberystwyth University AHRC SWW DTP Information Day: Monday 23^rd
November 2015_*

Aberystwyth University is a partner in the South, West and Wales
Doctoral Training Partnership (SWW DTP), along with seven other
universities – Bath, Bath Spa, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Reading and
Southampton, extended by a network of prestigious international,
national and regional organisations representing the arts, heritage,
media and government sectors (including the National Library of Wales in
Aberystwyth, which houses the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales).

Prospective applicants to the Consortium will benefit from input from
exclusive prominent partners who include the BBC, Cadw, the National
Archives, National Library of Wales, National Museum of Wales, National
Trust, Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales,
Watershed, Welsh National Opera, Butetown History and Arts Centre,
Twofour and a number of overseas academic partners. These partners bring
academic and professional expertise in a range of disciplines.

*_Information about the environment for doctoral study in the Department
of Theatre, Film and Television Studies (TFTS) at Aberystwyth University:_*

The Department’s established reputation for conducting leading-edge,
international quality research makes TFTS an ideal place to pursue
doctoral study. We offer supervision and research training in both
English and Welsh, with a focus on topics such as:

Aesthetics, politics and social engagement in theatre; site-specific
performance; contemporary British and European drama and theatre;
performance and gender; performance philosophy; documentary and verbatim
theatre; performance and media history, historiography and archiving;
politics and performance; post-cinematic theatre and performance; Welsh
and minority-language theatre, film, television and online media;
alternative, avant-garde and experimental theatre and film; Film and
broadcasting regulation and censorship; television drama, genres and
aesthetics; media fan studies; film reception and audience studies;
documentary film and television; horror, fantasy and cult film and
television; film stardom and performance; British cinema; music and
sound in film; children and the media; Russian cinema and theatre;
landscape in film and performance; practice as research in relation to
film, television, media, performance and theatre.

Facilities include: Dedicated research student study suite/ office; four
fully equipped studio theatres; three rehearsal rooms; digital,
high-definition television studio; thirty-six digital video-editing,
recording and viewing rooms; computerised lighting systems; and digital
sound studio with digital effects processing and multi-track recording
facilities.

As well as the National Library of Wales (which is also home to the
National Sound and Screen Archive of Wales and the ITV Wales Film and
Video archive), the department also has a strong working relationship
with Aberystwyth Arts Centre, which is located on the main University
campus.The department is also a partner in the University's Centre for
Media History (with the Departments of History and Welsh History), and
Politics and Performance International Research Centre (with the
Department of International Politics).

See our staff pages for further details:
http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/tfts/staff/as well as our current PhD student
projects page: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/tfts/study-with-us/phd/phd-students/

*_How to Apply:_*

Prospective applicants who are interested in applying – and eligible for
funding –will need to submit a 200-word *Statement of Interest* prior to
the AHRC SWW DTP *Information Day* in Cardiff at the *National Museum of
Wales* on *23^rd November 2015*. The aim of the Information Day is for
you to learn more about the research opportunities and supervisory
expertise offered in the Consortium (including at Aberystwyth
University).For further information, please visit the AHRC SWW DTP
website, http://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk/apply-for-a-studentship/

*Applications for both funding and PhD place*may be submitted via the
AHRC SWW DTP website from 30th November 2015 until the final deadline of
*11th January 2016*. Applicants will be required to submit an
application form with a research proposal and personal statement.

The awards will be made on the basis of academic merit, with no fixed
quota assigned to any one institution or subject area within the DTP.

If you have *further queries* about the research and supervision
specialisms in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at
Aberystwyth University, please contact Dr Kate Egan, Departmental
Postgraduate Research Coordinator, email: (kte /at/ aber.ac.uk)
<mailto:(kte /at/ aber.ac.uk)>

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