Reply-To: katharine sarikakis <[log in to unmask]>
Dear colleagues,
please pass on to suitable students,
many thanks.
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If you are interested in pursuing research at a PhD level and you have a
good idea for a research project, then you may want to consider the
possibility of pursuing a PhD at the Institute of Communication Studies, at
the University of Leeds. A doctorate degree is not for the faint-hearted
though; it requires excellent critical skills, analytical disposition,
industriousness and commitment. If you believe you have these skills and the
enthusiasm to explore a topic in the field of communication, media and
culture, then have a look at http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/pg-study/pg_phd.cfm to
get an idea of what is required from a PhD programme of study with us at
ICS.
We are interested in topics that match our own research interests and you
can have a look at the research we do at http://ics.leeds.ac.uk
<http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/> .
Indicatively we have research strength and interest in the following areas
of media and communication:
International and Political Communication, Media Industries
These areas include any aspect of European, global and transnational media
and communication;
political economy of media, journalism;
war, media and propaganda;
questions of diaspora, identity and culture in global and transnational
contexts;
any aspect of media and cultural policy: such as information communication
technologies, public service broadcasting, intellectual property, global
policy regimes and civil society, social cohesion, gender and media policies
in European, national or global contexts;
citizenship and communication in the global context;
public sphere and the new forms of communication;
Media representations;
Gender and media;
Media and development;
Audiences;
Political campaigns and the media;
representation of politics and portrayal of political activity in the media;
e-governance and e-democracy in Britain;
media and the new democracies;
media and democratic theory;
questions around media industries: the creative process; policy and content;
the global culture industry; social change;
questions of mediated governance in Britain, Europe or globally
the role of institutions in media policy, governance and media, technologies
and technological development.
We accept applications throughout the year but if you are interested in
applying for a scholarship (see university website at:
http://scholarships.leeds.ac.uk/ ) then you need to keep in mind the
following deadlines:
ORSAS scholarships for overseas students. Deadline 31st January 2007
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/rds/schol/orsas-info.htm
ICS scholarships: This year ICS offers 4 Home/EU equivalent fee-waiver
scholarships to candidates interested in exploring any topic in the fields
of
communication and citizenship,
international media and identity,
international or national media policy and
media industries :
deadline 23rd March 2007. For more information visit:
http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/research/scholar.cfm
University of Leeds full scholarships for UK and EU students . Deadine1st
June 2007. For more information visit:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/rds/schol/urs-info.htm and
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/rds/schol/urs-info.htm
About ICS:
The Institute of Communications Studies is an intellectually vibrant place
with a strong emphasis on research that addresses the implications,
conditions and practices of communication in a globalised world. Its
research Centres, among which the Centre for International Communication
Research; Louis Le Prince interdisciplinary Centre for Cinema Photography
and Television and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence are vibrant hubs of
interdisciplinary research that attract established and younger researchers,
as well as the media's attention ( see The Guardian Friday 5 January:
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/comment/0,,1983092,00.html).
Moreover, the Institute hosts two international journals; the International
Journal of Media and Cultural Politics (http://ics.leeds.ac.uk
<http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/> ) and the journal of Early Popular Visual Culture
(http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17460654.asp ). Recently it also
launched the electronic international journal of Zizek Studies
(http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/zizek/). ICS also hosts major resource websites on
media and war and on media policy that are used by scholars internationally.
Our academic staff are experts in their field who work together with NGOs,
governments, the EU and international organizations as well as the media and
culture industries and have a long list of important publications. ICS staff
published 39 books, 5 of which only in 2006 and with more forthcoming in
2007. You can have a look at our books here:
http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/research/books.cfm The detailed publication of
research papers can be found on designated staff webpages.
Alongside significant appointments for the strengthening of our existing and
developing research, the institute has also recently welcome Prof. Stephen
Coleman in Political Communication and Prof. Juliet Lodge in European
Studies, who joined Professors Phil Taylor and David Morrison, and will be
enriched by two more senior staff Prof. David Hesmondhalgh in Media
Industries and Prof. Gary Rawnsley in Asian Media and Communications.
Our PhD community is a team of excellent junior scholars from more than 10
countries who give seminars, attend national and international conferences
and are involved in teaching, research and journal editorial assistantships.
Our PhD team is also currently preparing an international postgraduate
conference: http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~icsfsp/ .
We expect PhD candidates to live and work at Leeds and be fully involved in
the intellectual life of the Institute.
Enquiries regarding applications [log in to unmask]
Academic content related enquiries [log in to unmask]
Dr Katharine Sarikakis
Postgraduate Research Tutor
Institute of Communications Studies
University of Leeds
Houldsworth Building
Leeds LS2 9JT
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Salvatore Scifo
Communications,
MeCCSA Postgraduate Network
Communication and Media Research Institute
School of Media, Arts & Design
University of Westminster
Watford Road, Northwick Park
Harrow
HA1 3TP
MeCCSA Postgraduate Network
http://www.meccsa.org.uk/pgn/
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