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German Studies within the department of Modern Languages and Cultures (MLC) at the University of Liverpool invites applications for postgraduate study through the North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership
(NWCDTP). Please see the advert posted on here:
https://www.findaphd.com/search/PhDDetails.aspx?CAID=2348&LID=326
We would be delighted to receive applications in the following broad areas:
• Cultural history of the 20th Century: Memory practice and especially musealisation of National Socialism and the GDR; Cultural politics and artistic practice in the German dictatorships; Images and memories of 1968; Periodical culture,
especially literary and political magazines
• Contemporary late 20th and 21st-century literature and film, including writing by women and non-native speakers of German; Berlin literature in German and English; Representations of the military in film and literature; Literature
of the fantastic and unreal; Autobiography/life-writing
• German sociolinguistics and pedagogy, in particular allochthonous and autochthonous minority languages; Emerging German varieties – multi-ethnic, urban and youth varieties; Language policies and language change; Trends in German language
teaching
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Translation studies, especially sociological approaches and literary translation
For informal enquiries about projects and potential supervisors, please contact Dr Lyn Marven, Head of German ([log in to unmask])
The Funding Schemes
The AHRC provides funding to enable students to study at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the UK at doctoral level and their postgraduate awards programme is administered as follows:
1+3 Scheme (One Year Master’s + Three Years Doctoral Study)
This scheme will provide support for students undertaking an eligible Master’s programme which focuses on advanced study and research training explicitly intended to provide a foundation for further research at doctoral level, who will
then progress to a doctoral programme. Please refer to Application Guidance, sub-section 9.
+2 Scheme (Two years Doctoral Study – For current first year students only)
This scheme will provide support for up to two years of full time study, or four years of part-time study for students who are currently registered onto the first year of a programme leading to the award of a doctoral degree. Students in
their second or third year will not be eligible for funding.
+3 Scheme (Three years Doctoral Study)
This scheme will provide support for up to three years of full-time study, or six years of part-time study, on a programme leading to the award of a doctoral degree.
Deadline and Application
To apply for an award you must have applied for a place on a programme at one of the seven NWCDTP institutions by Friday 20 January 2017. Please note that your application for admission onto your chosen programme must be complete (no missing
documents) when submitted by this deadline. You must also submit a NWCDTP Funding Application by 10 February 2017 (5pm) in order to be considered.
You should apply to one institution for admission onto your chosen postgraduate programme using the online application form. To apply to Liverpool please see:
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/applying/
Please note that candidates are allowed to apply to various institutions in the consortium for a place on a programme. However the candidates must choose only one institution through which they wish to apply for funding. A candidate for
a 1+3 award may wish to take Masters and Doctoral programmes at different institutions within the NWCDTP, and this should be indicated in the application.
Contact
Those interested in applying for funding can contact Dr Niamh Thornton ([log in to unmask] ), NWCDTP Academic Lead for Modern Languages and Translation for further guidance.
Lyn
Dr Lyn Marven
Senior Lecturer in German
Undergraduate Curriculum Lead for MLC (Modern Languages & Cultures)
Head of German
German section editor of Modern Languages Open (MLO)
Department of Modern Languages and Cultures (MLC)
Cypress Building room 208
University of Liverpool
Chatham St
Liverpool L69 7ZR
+44 151 794 2754
Departmental webpage and the
MLC blog
My
staff page and my blog