The Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership invites top-calibre applicants to apply to its doctoral studentships competition 2015. More than fifty fully-funded doctoral studentships are available across the full range of arts and humanities subjects, including French and Francophone Studies.

Northern Bridge is an exciting collaboration between Newcastle University, Durham University and Queen's University Belfast, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (one of the UK’s national Research Councils). Our aim is to deliver outstanding doctoral education in the arts and humanities, and successful applicants will join a thriving cohort of almost fifty Northern Bridge PhD students recruited through last year's studentship competition. Northern Bridge offers exceptional supervision by academic staff researching at the cutting edge of their disciplines, vibrant research environments that promote interdisciplinary enquiry, and research training and career development opportunities tailored to the needs of twenty-first century researchers.

French Studies at Newcastle welcomes applications in the following areas:

*       contemporary women's writing (Dr Robson, Dr El-Maïzi)

*       19th century literature and culture (Prof Harkness, Prof Cross)

*       dialectology (Dr Hall)

*       French and Algerian cinema (Prof Austin, Dr Leahy)

*       history, politics and gender (Prof Cross; Prof Harkness)

*       language change (Dr Hall, Dr Waltereit)

*       language variation (Dr Hall)

*       popular culture (media, sport, music) and public policy (Dr Dauncey)

*       postcolonial cultures (Prof Austin, Dr El-Maïzi)

*       trauma and culture (Prof Austin, Dr Robson).

Please see our website for more information:

French studies:  http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/research/subjects/french/

Postgraduate Research in the School of Modern Languages: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/study/postgraduate/index.html

Contact Sarah Leahy with informal enquiries relating to French Studies: <[log in to unmask]>.

Northern Bridge provides a comprehensive and attractive package of financial and other support over the duration of study which incorporates:

*       fees and maintenance at the UK Research Councils' national rate

*       a research training support grant (RTSG) to fund the costs of study abroad, conference attendance and fieldwork

*       financial support to attend our cohort-building events

*       financial support to incorporate short-term placements, international study visits and specialist training events in order to develop your skills.

*       close partnerships with prestigious local and national organisations in the cultural, heritage, broadcasting, and government sectors. Current partners:  BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art; BBC Northern Ireland; Belfast City Council; Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure NI; Durham Cathedral; National Media Museum; New Writing North; Newcastle City Council; Sage Gateshead; Seven Stories National Centre for Children's Books; The Bowes Museum; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; Wordsworth Trust.

Further information on Northern Bridge, eligibility and the application procedure is available here: http://www.northernbridge.ac.uk/

 

 

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Damien Hall

Newcastle University (UK)