AHRC COLLABORATIVE DOCTORAL AWARD: PhD STUDENTSHIP
THE DE-SACRALISATION OF THE ARTIST: DADA, SURREALISM AND THE GENEALOGIES OF
THE AVANT-GARDE
The AHRC Research Centre for Studies of Surrealism and its Legacies at the
University of Essex in collaboration with Tate, is seeking to award a fully-
funded PhD studentship from October 2006. The studentship, which will
support three years of full-time study, is funded through the AHRC
Collaborative Doctoral Awards Scheme.
The studentship is available for a doctoral research project on ‘The De-
sacralisation of the Artist: Dada, Surrealism and the Genealogies of the
Avant-garde.’ The award holder will carry out research on the practices of
dada and surrealism or on their later histories/influences, and will
contribute to an online catalogue at Tate and other activities at both
institutions.
The successful applicant will need to meet the AHRC’s academic criteria for
doctoral study and demonstrate the potential to develop advanced research
skills. Candidates must also meet the AHRC’s requirements for UK/EU
residency. Standard tuition fees and, (for a UK student only) a maintenance
grant will be paid by the AHRC for three years. In addition the AHRC will
make an additional maintenance contribution of £500 per annum.
Research will be supervised jointly by Professor Dawn Ades, Director of the
AHRC Research Centre for Studies of Surrealism and its Legacies, University
of Essex and Dr Jennifer Mundy, Head of International Art, Tate.
For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Dawn Ades [log in to unmask]
Further details are available at:
http://www.surrealismcentre.ac.uk/people/students.htm
For an application pack, please contact:
Michele Hall, Graduate Administrator, Department of Art History & Theory,
University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ
email: [log in to unmask] telephone: 01206 872953
Closing date for application: 26 May 2006
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