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AHRC STUDENTSHIPS THROUGH THE LONDON ARTS & HUMANITIES PARTNERSHIP FOR PHD STUDY IN GERMAN AT KING’S COLLEGE LONDON The AHRC-funded London Arts & Humanities Doctoral Training Partnership (LAHP) will award up to 80 studentships for postgraduate research students studying arts and humanities disciplines at King’s College London, School of Advanced Study or University College London in 2018-19. These studentships, which normally cover fees and maintenance allowance (stipend), are available to UK and EU students. Candidates should be aware that the LAHP studentship competition is a twin-track process, and they will need to apply a. for a place of study on their chosen PhD programme at one of the LAHP partner institutions, and b. to LAHP for an AHRC studentship The LAHP studentship competition will open for applications on 27 November 2017 and close on 21 January 2018. The strong recommendation is that students wishing to apply for a LAHP studentship should submit their applications for a place to study on their chosen PhD programme by 10 January 2018. Please see http://www.lahp.ac.uk/apply-for-a-studentship/<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lahp.ac.uk%2Fapply-for-a-studentship%2F&data=01%7C01%7Caine.mcmurtry%40KCL.AC.UK%7Ca0986861847e4e9454ad08d3fc2c7f85%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&sdata=EDs0R0uVHC7kQMa0i4xuhGAZt%2BC50OvUsCUXUdYBm5w%3D&reserved=0> for further information. The Department of German at King’s College London seeks well-qualified applicants for PhD projects beginning in October 2018. The Department has an exceptionally strong cohort of twenty-one PhD students with eight currently in receipt of LAHP funding. The Department offers a vibrant research environment: we offer supervision by scholars of international standing across an unusually wide range of topics, from the medieval and Early Modern periods, through to contemporary culture (especially literature and film), politics and history. The Department runs a lively research seminar, as well as a tailored graduate programme that provides practical and methodological training, alongside opportunities for teaching and outreach work for its students. There are three routes for PhD studies in German at King’s: 1) PhD in German at King’s: Many of our students choose to base their doctoral study mainly in the UK, with the bulk of their time spent on a closely supervised project in the Department of German. Our current research students work in a broad range of fields including literary studies from the Medieval period to the present day; film and cinema studies; literary and cultural theory; theatre, music and performance studies, and the history of ideas. 2) Joint-PhD with the Humboldt University, Berlin: This bi-national PhD programme leads to the award of a Joint PhD and provides candidates with the opportunity to divide their PhD study between two prestigious universities in two dynamic capital cities, enjoying full supervision at both. Current research projects include studies on queer theory, the modernist novel, the Yugoslav wars in contemporary German-language writings, language monsters, Holocaust memory in the digital age, creative labour and the financial crisis. 3) Joint-PhD with the University of Stuttgart: This programme leads to the award of a Joint PhD, and provides candidates with the opportunity to divide their PhD study between two prestigious universities, enjoying full supervision at both, as well as to work in the German Literature Archive at Marbach. Research projects have included the internationalization of satire in Early Modern texts; history, translation and poetics in early 20th C. texts; the international reception of contemporary German bestsellers; the global dissemination of theories of totalitarianism; and the role of journals in the dissemination of poetics. Enquiries about PhD study on any of the above programmes are welcomed – please contact the Postgraduate Admissions Tutor, Dr Áine McMurtry, as soon as possible: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>; 020 7848 2167. Staff profiles, including research interests, can be found on our website here: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/german/people/staff/academic/index.aspx<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcl.ac.uk%2Fartshums%2Fdepts%2Fgerman%2Fpeople%2Fstaff%2Facademic%2Findex.aspx&data=01%7C01%7Caine.mcmurtry%40KCL.AC.UK%7Ca0986861847e4e9454ad08d3fc2c7f85%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&sdata=eeZJyZ35r5kPwkKdSXusG8%2BXsDDMgiEmtVDeF4egjzs%3D&reserved=0> Dr Áine McMurtry Department of German Level 5 Virginia Woolf Building King's College London 22 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NR, UK tel: +44 (0)20 7848 2167