Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) at Lancaster University is delighted to invite applications for one FULL PHD BLOCK GRANT PARTNERSHIP STUDENTSHIP covering fees and a maintenance stipend over 3 years to study Dance, Drama, Theatre or Performance for the PhD in Contemporary Arts.  Only UK/EU students can apply.  Further information on this studentship is at: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/lica/news/924/.  Further information on the PhD in Contemporary Arts and how to apply is at: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/lica/postgraduate/PhD/.

 

Research can either be practice-based or can lead to an academic written thesis.  LICA provides training in practical and written research methods and can fully support doctoral research into:

 

Acting theory; Arts Management and Cultural Policy; Avant-garde Theatre and Contemporary Experimental Performance; Contemporary British Drama, Theatre and Performance; Contemporary Dance and Physical Theatre; Choreography and Choreology; Directing, Dramaturgy and Devising; European Theatre and Drama; Feminist Theatre and contemporary plays and performances by women; Live Art; Media in Performance; cultural, poststructuralist, postmodern, phenomenological, feminist and gender theory; performance writing and playwriting; performance documentation; Political Theatre; Postdramatic Theatre; Site-specific and Environmental Performance; Television Drama; Translation.

 

LICA also welcomes applications for the Dance, Theatre and Performance, Live Art and Creative Producing Pathways on the MA in Contemporary Arts Research, which prepares students for doctoral programmes, and the MA in Professional Contemporary Arts Practice (PROCAP) which prepares thinking practitioners for portfolio careers in the arts.  For further details go to: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/lica/postgraduate/

 

For general enquiries, phone 01524 594152 or e-mail: [log in to unmask].

 

Nigel Stewart

Senior Lecturer & Dance and Theatre PG Coordinator | LICA