Doctoral Studentship Opportunity
Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies
From September 2009
Firmly located in Wales, and with an established international profile
across its constituent disciplines, the Department of Theatre, Film
and Television Studies provides a vibrant research environment for
postgraduate study. We are rightfully very proud of our performance
in the 2008 RAE. To have 30% of our research rated as world-leading
(4*) and a further 30% as internationally excellent (3*) places us
firmly at the top table of UK Universities in our subject area. By one
of the most widely respected ranking methodologies, Research
Fortnight’s ‘Power’ league table, we rank 3rd in the UK.
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, focussing on topics such as: Landscape, environment
and site-specific performance; Welsh and minority-language theatre,
film and television; aesthetics, politics and social engagement;
National and trans-national processes of production and contexts of
reception; Broadcasting structures; histories and regulatory policies;
Alternative and experimental theatre; and film and television drama.
PhD research may be practice-led, or through written thesis.
We are pleased to be in a position to offer a TFTS doctoral
studentship award for outstanding applicants whose research closely
matches one of our areas of research strength. The TFTS studentships
are available to UK/EU applicants only and are designed to cover three
years fulltime fees and maintenance, benchmarked to ensure equivalence
with the AHRC (currently £13,290).
Applications should include a statement of the intended topic of your
research, indicating the research question(s) you wish to address, the
intellectual contexts which frame this for you (with a bibliography of
key references), and an outline of the methods of research you plan to
use (making clear how far you already have experience of using these
methods). You may also want to explain why you believe this topic is
of interest and importance. Typically, this statement will be between
1,000-1,500 words.
Further particulars may be downloaded from http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/tfts/
Enquiries should be directed to Ms Ceris Medhurst-Jones, Departmental
Research Administrator, on 01970 628648 or [log in to unmask]
Closing date - 10 July 2009
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