*PhD Studentships in Film and Media at the University of Kent, October 2017
entry*



The Centre for Film and Media Research (CFMR) at the University of Kent is
pleased to invite applications for PhD studentships for October 2017 entry,
through the AHRC Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East
England (CHASE) Doctoral Training Partnership.



Staff affiliated with the Centre for Film and Media Research have a wide
range of expertise. We are particularly interested in receiving
applications in the following areas:



·       Animation

·       American cinema (Hollywood, formulaic movies, ‘independent’)

·       Art cinema

·       Avant-garde and experimental film

·       Censorship and regulation

·       Classical and contemporary film theory

·       Costume

·       Digital technologies

·       Distribution and exhibition, funding and policy

·       Documentary

·       Emotions and morality

·       European cinema (in particular German, Spanish, French, Austrian
and Scandinavian)

·       Film authorship

·       Film culture (reception, fandom, intersections with other cultural
forms)

·       Film criticism

·       Genres (romantic-comedy, melodrama, gothic, horror)

·       Latin American cinema

·       Media industry studies

·       Practice as research

·       Pre- and early cinema

·       Space and place

·       Stardom





*CHASE AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership*

The University of Kent is part of the CHASE AHRC Doctoral Training
Partnership (alongside the Courtauld Institute of Art, Goldsmiths,
University of London, the Open University and the Universities of East
Anglia, Essex and Sussex) and successful applicants for PhD study will be
able to apply for studentship funding.



Our intellectual environment fosters the problem-driven and cross- and
interdisciplinary research vital to addressing the new challenges of a
world shaped by the speed of technological innovation and global change.
Understanding and promoting the value of human culture and creativity in
addressing such challenges is central to the CHASE vision of postgraduate
research and professional development.



We support discipline-based projects, but also specialise in
interdisciplinary research and research in emerging fields of study and
creative practice. Our research and training environment encourages our
doctoral students to develop interdisciplinary methodologies and to explore
how to integrate their research with developments in digital technologies.
In addition, our network of partnerships with leading arts and humanities
organisations and creative industries provides an outstanding resource for
future CHASE scholars.



Applications for funding will be considered by the University of Kent with
the best applicants put forward to four CHASE selection panels.
Applications will be considered on a competitive basis.

For UK students, these awards cover both fees and maintenance and for EU
residents awards are on a fees only basis. The funding will cover
professional development opportunities, including the enhancement of public
engagement skills and placements with CHASE partner organisations in the UK
and overseas.



*How to apply*

To be considered for one of these awards, please note that you need to have
applied to a PhD programme by *11 January 2017*. We encourage you to
contact us as early as possible to discuss your proposal. The Kent
application form can be accessed here:
https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/apply/



For any enquiries regarding the PhD programme please contact Dr Mattias
Frey at [log in to unmask] and see the Centre website at:
https://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/research/centres/filmcentre/



For full details of the subject areas covered, and how to apply, please see
the CHASE website: www.chase.ac.uk


Dr Mattias Frey
Reader in Film
Managing Director, Centre for Film and Media Research
Director of Education, School of Arts
Co-Editor, *Film Studies*
University of Kent - Jarman School of Arts, 2-26 - Canterbury CT2 7UG - UK

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