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*PhD Studentships in Film and Media at the University of Kent, October 2017 entry* The Centre for Film and Media Research (CFMR) at the University of Kent is pleased to invite applications for PhD studentships for October 2017 entry, through the AHRC Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England (CHASE) Doctoral Training Partnership. Staff affiliated with the Centre for Film and Media Research have a wide range of expertise. We are particularly interested in receiving applications in the following areas: · Animation · American cinema (Hollywood, formulaic movies, ‘independent’) · Art cinema · Avant-garde and experimental film · Censorship and regulation · Classical and contemporary film theory · Costume · Digital technologies · Distribution and exhibition, funding and policy · Documentary · Emotions and morality · European cinema (in particular German, Spanish, French, Austrian and Scandinavian) · Film authorship · Film culture (reception, fandom, intersections with other cultural forms) · Film criticism · Genres (romantic-comedy, melodrama, gothic, horror) · Latin American cinema · Media industry studies · Practice as research · Pre- and early cinema · Space and place · Stardom *CHASE AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership* The University of Kent is part of the CHASE AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership (alongside the Courtauld Institute of Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, the Open University and the Universities of East Anglia, Essex and Sussex) and successful applicants for PhD study will be able to apply for studentship funding. Our intellectual environment fosters the problem-driven and cross- and interdisciplinary research vital to addressing the new challenges of a world shaped by the speed of technological innovation and global change. Understanding and promoting the value of human culture and creativity in addressing such challenges is central to the CHASE vision of postgraduate research and professional development. We support discipline-based projects, but also specialise in interdisciplinary research and research in emerging fields of study and creative practice. Our research and training environment encourages our doctoral students to develop interdisciplinary methodologies and to explore how to integrate their research with developments in digital technologies. In addition, our network of partnerships with leading arts and humanities organisations and creative industries provides an outstanding resource for future CHASE scholars. Applications for funding will be considered by the University of Kent with the best applicants put forward to four CHASE selection panels. Applications will be considered on a competitive basis. For UK students, these awards cover both fees and maintenance and for EU residents awards are on a fees only basis. The funding will cover professional development opportunities, including the enhancement of public engagement skills and placements with CHASE partner organisations in the UK and overseas. *How to apply* To be considered for one of these awards, please note that you need to have applied to a PhD programme by *11 January 2017*. We encourage you to contact us as early as possible to discuss your proposal. The Kent application form can be accessed here: https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/apply/ For any enquiries regarding the PhD programme please contact Dr Mattias Frey at [log in to unmask] and see the Centre website at: https://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/research/centres/filmcentre/ For full details of the subject areas covered, and how to apply, please see the CHASE website: www.chase.ac.uk Dr Mattias Frey Reader in Film Managing Director, Centre for Film and Media Research Director of Education, School of Arts Co-Editor, *Film Studies* University of Kent - Jarman School of Arts, 2-26 - Canterbury CT2 7UG - UK NEW 2016: *Extreme Cinema: The Transgressive Rhetoric of Today's Art Film Culture* http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/product/Extreme-Cinema,5905.aspx NEW 2016: *Film Studies* 13 & 14 on 'Institutions and Agency' http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/journals/film/ NEW IN PB 2016: *Cine-Ethics: Ethical Dimensions of Film Theory, Practice and Spectatorship* https://www.routledge.com/Cine-Ethics-Ethical-Dimensions-of-Film-Theory-Practice-and-Spectatorship/Choi-Frey/p/book/9780415821254 *This email is confidential to the intended recipient. If you have received it in error please notify the sender and delete it from your computer.*