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Dear Colleagues, Please draw the attention of potentially suitable candidates to this funded PhD studentship on the history of childhood in 20th-century Britain: London Social Science ESRC Doctoral Training Centre Collaborative +3 or 1+3 PhD Studentship Adventures in the City: The Politics and Practice of Adventure Play in Urban Britain, c. 1955-97 School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London with the V&A Museum of Childhood and the Centre for the Study of Childhood Culture Applications are invited for a PhD studentship examining the social, political and spatial history of children's adventure playgrounds in post-war Britain. Drawing upon the V&A Museum of Childhood's (MoC) recently acquired Donne Buck Archive (an internationally important collection of materials documenting the people, practices and politics of the adventure playground movement since the 1950s) alongside other materials, it will explore debates about the importance of play spaces within post-war urban regeneration; consider changing understandings of the role of (adventure) play within theories of child development, education and learning; look at children and their parents' experiences of new adventure playgrounds; and investigate the role of the adventure playground movement in campaigning for child welfare and citizenship in the shifting political contexts of the late twentieth century. Alongside the academic outputs, the project will make a significant impact on the work of the V&A Museum of Childhood, by contributing to its permanent gallery transformation programme and directly informing the construction of a new, collaboratively-designed adventure play area at the museum. The studentship will commence on 1 October 2016 and will be based in the School of Geography at Queen Mary University of London and will be supervised by Professor Alastair Owens (School of Geography), Dr Kiera Vaclavik (School of Languages, Linguistics and Film), Rhian Harris (Director, Museum of Childhood) and Catherine Howell (Collections Manager, Museum of Childhood). The postholder will also have a base at the V&A Museum of Childhood and will be affiliated to the Centre for the Study of Childhood Culture. The studentship covers tuition fees and includes a non-taxable annual stipend currently valued at £16,057 (2015-16 rates). The studentship may be either 1+3 (one year MRes followed by three year PhD), or +3 (three year PhD only, available for those with suitable masters-level social science research training). Eligibility is based on UK residency, although non- UK resident EU students may apply for a fees only award. The deadline for submitting an application is 5pm, 31st January 2016. Further details and the application procedure<http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/docs/pgadmissions/168710.pdf> Informal enquiries can be made to Alastair Owens, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, 020 7882 2750. -- Professor Alastair Owens<http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/staff/owensa.html> Professor of Historical Geography, School of Geography Deputy Dean for Taught Programmes, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK 020 7882 2750 Co-Editor, Journal of Victorian Culture<http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjvc20> The HISTORY OF EMOTIONS email list is run by the Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions http://www.qmul.ac.uk/emotions The Centre also hosts the History of Emotions Blog http://emotionsblog.history.qmul.ac.uk/ To modify your subscription to this list, or to unsubscribe, go to: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/historyofemotions