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Apologies for cross posting We have a number of PhD studentships available for photography related projects based on the Belfast campus. These pay tuition fees and an annual maintenance award of not less than £13,489 per annum. Full awards are available only to applicants normally resident in the UK. Applicants for these awards must have or expect to obtain in Summer 2010 the minimum of an upper second class honours degree in a subject area appropriate to the project. Please forward this to any graduates or masters students who you think might be interested. We welcome applications outside of these areas but applicants researching within the published topics will be prioritised for funding. Photographic Interrogation of Conflict, Disaster and Social Fracture Supervisors: Prof Paul Seawright, Donovan Wylie, Prof Willie Doherty, This project evaluates media coverage of 'extreme' events - Although the project has had a particular focus on Northern Ireland it is interested in the mediation of a wide range of international and civil conflicts, disasters and refugee emergencies. Much of the media representation is produced within these situations by non-indigenous practitioners in a professional media context. Does this significantly alter the residual archive and how does it influence the collective memory of those involved? The project asks if photographic and video practice can develop alternative critical models for interpreting extreme events. Can the language of art practice provide valuable insights into contested situations? Is art made by those 'internal' to particular circumstances simply more authentic or is it contributory? We are interested in receiving applications to develop a body of research (either a combination of visual and text-based research, or a solely text-based research proposal) for a three-year full time PhD. Space and Place - Photography and the City Supervisors: Prof Paul Seawright, Prof Liam Kelly, Prof Terry Wright Applications are invited for the PhD project Space and Place - Photography and the City. The successful candidate's will have developed a research application in the areas of photographic theory, photographic practice or interdisciplinary research that has photographic practice and its relationship to city spaces as a significant focus. We are interested in receiving applications to develop a body of research (either a combination of visual and text-based research, or a solely text-based research proposal) for a three-year full time PhD. Topics may include (but are not limited to) representation of developing cities, photography as a method in the investigation of population density or sustainability, the vernacular city, informal cities, colonial and post-colonial readings of cities, city as metaphor, the imaginary city, the ruin. Art, Photography and Documentary Practice Supervisors: Prof Paul Seawright, Dr KayLynn Deveney Applications are invited for the PhD project competition in Art and Photography which relate to documentary practice. We invite research proposals that investigate the impact of the documentary form on art and artists and vice versa. Encompassing film, photography, video and installation art, research will focus on the dialogue between art and documentary. The project seeks to question the traditional opposition between art and documentary, and investigate/propose new forms of socially engaged art practice. We are interested in receiving applications to develop a body of research (either a combination of visual and text-based research, or a solely text-based research proposal) for a three-year full time PhD. For further details on these topic please see link below (Art & Design) http://www.adbe.ulster.ac.uk/schools/graduate_school/phd/opportunities