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With apologies for cross-posting AHRC DTP Studentships University of Liverpool- Department of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies Closing date: 21 February 2014 The Department of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Liverpool is delighted to announce that the North West Consortium has been awarded £14 million by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to train a new generation of skilled researchers. This exciting new venture brings together the Universities of Manchester, Keele, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester Metropolitan, the Royal Northern College of Music and Salford, awarding around 200 PhD studentships over a 5 year period. The Doctoral Training Partnerships offer postgraduate studentships and training across the full range of the AHRC’s disciplines. A distinctive feature of the scheme is the inclusion of placement opportunities and additional skills training, delivered with partner organisations including museums, galleries, cultural organisations and businesses. These include the BBC, FACT, Home (Cornerhouse), TATE Liverpool, Staffordshire Archives, MOSI, Future Everything and Opera North. Doctoral students taking part in the scheme can expect to develop broader skills such as partnership working, language skills and collaboration outside academia, for example, through industry and international placements. Studentships are available in French Studies, German Studies, Iberian and Latin American Studies (including Basque, Catalan, Spanish and Portuguese), Italian Studies and Translation Studies at the University of Liverpool. These studentships offer an exceptional opportunity for all students interested in working towards an arts and humanities doctorate within a world-leading research environment. Research in Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Liverpool is now more than ever characterised by an interest in the global dimensions of language-based study, including Hispanic, Lusophone and Francophone cultures and societies outside of Europe; migrant and transnational cultures in Europe; multilingualism; world cinema; the cultural impacts of European expansion and colonialism; global Black Studies; and the processes of translation and transculturation implicit in all those encounters. Particular research strengths of the department include: popular culture; visual culture; literary studies; digital culture; gender and sexuality; transnational, postnational and postcolonial studies; migration and diaspora and sociolinguistics, especially the linguistic landscape. The department has a vibrant and active research culture which sometimes extends beyond even these broad areas, with research grouped around several clusters including Histories and Memories; Beyond the Text; Migrations/Places/Identities; Post-colonialisms; and Sociolinguistics. We especially encourage applications that are comparative or relational, and which cross languages and national borders. Staff in the department have recently been awarded a number of major research grants. External research funding received by CLAS colleagues during the REF 2014 period totalled £1.38 million. Notable awards included Dr Kay Chadwick’s AHRC funding for an edition of Philippe Henriot’s 1944 radio broadcasts, Professor Charles Forsdick’s prestigious AHRC Translating Cultures Leadership Fellowship, Dr Andrew Plowman’s Leverhulme Research Fellowship for his research on depictions of the military in German literature and film, Professor Claire Taylor’s AHRC award for a project on Latin American Cyberculture and Dr Lisa Shaw’s British Academy Fellowship for a project on Brazilian popular culture. Recent postgraduate research students in the department have gone on to enjoy successful careers both within and beyond Higher Education. Among them, six are now lecturers in UK HEIs (including Leeds and Bangor), two have gone into related postdoctoral positions (RHUL and UCL), one into legal training, and one into teaching. Eligibility Due to funding restrictions the studentships are available for Home/EU prospective doctoral students only. Home students' awards consist of funding for both fees and an annual maintenance grant of £13,863. EU students' awards consist of funding for fees only. Key facts AHRC DTP studentships will be available for up to five cohorts of doctoral students, but in the first instance applications are invited from prospective students seeking admission in 2014. The award will cover tuition fees at the standard Home/EU rate. The award will provide an annual maintenance grant for Home students (currently set at £13,726 per annum). Funding will be available for 3 years of study only. Further information can be requested from pathway leads in the Department of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Liverpool: Modern Languages: Dr Ian Magedera ([log in to unmask]) until 27th January 2014; Dr Kate Marsh ([log in to unmask]) after this date. Translation Studies: Dr Lyn Marven ([log in to unmask] ) Subject-specific enquiries regarding potential supervision may be addressed to: Subject lead for French Studies: Dr Godfried Croenen Subject Lead for German Studies: Dr Lyn Marven ([log in to unmask]) Subject Lead for Iberian and Latin American Studies: Dr Marieke Riethof ([log in to unmask]) Subject Lead for Italian Studies: Dr Stefania Tufi ([log in to unmask]) There is also ample provision for interdisciplinary supervision within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Pathway leads across the Faculty are given here for applicants who wish to work across two or more disciplines: Archaeology: Professor John Gowlett ([log in to unmask]) Art History (incl. Architecture): Professor Neil Jackson ([log in to unmask]) Classics and Ancient History: Dr Colin Adams ([log in to unmask]) Creative Writing: Professor Deryn Rees-Jones ([log in to unmask]) Cultural Studies: Dr Paul Jones ([log in to unmask] ) English: Dr Jill Rudd ([log in to unmask] ) History: Dr Martin Heale ([log in to unmask] ) Law: Dr Eleanor Drywood ([log in to unmask]) Linguistics: Dr Karl Simms ([log in to unmask] ) Media and Communication: Dr Yannis Tzioumakis ([log in to unmask]) Music: Dr Haekyung Um ([log in to unmask] ) Philosophy: Dr Simon Hailwood ([log in to unmask] ) Visual Arts: Arts and Design: Professor Richard Koeck ([log in to unmask]) How to apply: The NWC Studentship Competition for 2014/15 is now open. The deadline for applications to be submitted is 5.00pm GMT on 21st February 2014. Applications for the University of Liverpool should be sent, using the materials downloadable below, to: Hayley Meloy Faculty Research and KE Administrator [log in to unmask] • Standard application form • Standard application guidance Candidates must hold an offer on a PhD programme at the University of Liverpool by the time the Studentship Committee meets in order to be eligible for AHRC NWC funding. For further information on the Arts and Humanities Research Council, please visit their website: www.ahrc.ac.uk. Dr Lyn Marven Lecturer in German Cultures, Languages and Area Studies Cypress Building room 208 University of Liverpool Chatham St Liverpool L69 7ZR +44 151 794 2754 SOCLAS homepage: www.liv.ac.uk/soclas My staff page: www.liv.ac.uk/info/staff/A569567 SOCLAS blog: soclas.wordpress.com Twitter: @lynmarven My blog: lynmarven.wordpress.com