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The School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway, University of London would like to draw your attention to the following opportunities for postgraduate funding in Comparative Literature and Culture, 2018-9:

AHRC TECHNE PhD Scholarships

Royal Holloway is part of the TECHNE consortium of Higher Education institutions which has been awarded funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to support postgraduate studentships and training. The other member institutions are: Brighton, Kingston, Roehampton, University of the Arts London, Royal College of Art and Surrey. TECHNE’s vision is to produce highly motivated scholars prepared for careers inside and outside of academia. TECHNE has 13 organisational partners, including the Barbican, The National Archives, Natural History Museum, Museum of London, BFI and Science Museum. Information about TECHNE can be found here: http://www.techne.ac.uk/ and you can access the Royal Holloway TECHNE Studentship application form here: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studyhere/researchdegrees/feesandfunding/scholarships/ahrc.aspx

 

College PhD Studentships

Royal Holloway also has a number of College Studentships available. Candidates who apply for a TECHNE award will be considered automatically for these. The deadline for TECHNE and College applications within the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway is Wednesday 10^th January 2018 at 4pm (references must be received by 24^th January).

 

Current research expertise in the School includes: 

·       Comparative Literature and Culture, focusing comparatively on literature, film, critical theory and visual arts as well as across media, genres, geographies, periods and languages, from the early modern to the twenty-first century.

·        Critical Theory including: animal studies, ethics, consumer culture, disability studies, ecocriticism and the Anthropocene, gender, globalization, post-colonialism, queer theory, memory and trauma, and transnationalism.

• History of art and visual culture
  
• French, German, Spanish and Italian literature, film, culture and visual arts.

We strongly encourage interdisciplinary projects.

 

 

Masters by Research Fee Waiver and Bursaries

The School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures is pleased to invite applications for a Master of Arts by Research fee waiver (equivalent to a fee waiver at home/EU rate) and 4 bursaries of £1000 (2 of which are ring-fenced for internal candidates). These are available to students studying for a Master of Arts by Research in French, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian or Comparative Literature and Culture.

 

This is a flexible programme offering in-depth, directed research on a topic of your choice which will allow you to gain new insights in critical and literary theory, literature, continental philosophy, film, cultural studies or the visual arts in Comparative Literature and Culture, French, German, Hispanic Studies or Italian. You will receive one-to-one supervision, feedback and support but also benefit from a taught course to hone your skills in critical analysis. As a postgraduate student at Royal Holloway, you will join a lively research community with the opportunity for personal and research development training. Deadline for applications: 19^th February 2018 at 4pm.

 

For more information about the School, visit our website: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/mllc/home.aspx or contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr Danielle Sands: [log in to unmask] or the postgraduate administrator Ann Hobbs: [log in to unmask] 

 

 

Dr. Danielle Sands