German Studies at the University of Southampton welcomes applications for a number of funded PhD studentships. These include AHRC studentships funded through the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership consortium (http://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk/) and a range of other studentships awarded by the Faculty of Humanities at Southampton.
The successful PhD candidates for 2014-15 will join a very supportive, intellectually driven, diverse and friendly PhD community within a lively and innovative Department of Modern Languages.
German Studies welcomes expressions of interest in a wide range of areas within literary, cultural and media studies, anthropology and linguistics, in particular the following:
migration and diaspora studies
border studies
intercultural and cross-border neighbourhoods
cultural identity formation
transnational networks across Africa and Europe
ethnographic research in Germany and Austria
the Austrian/German-Turkish migration nexus
Christian minorities in Turkey and the Middle East
post-colonial Germany
Holocaust and exile literature
post-War Austrian literature
anti-modernist movements in Austria
post-War Jewish literature
Monika Maron
narrative theory
sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and pragmatics
language ideologies and the politics of language
language contact and multilingualism
language and the city
linguistic landscapes
Details of individual staff research interests can be found here:
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/ml/languages/german_studies.page
Under the Institute for Language and Culture, we can also offer co-supervision in interdisciplinary and cross-cultural projects in areas including transnationalism and migration; comparative literature and culture; and the politics of identity. German Studies colleagues regularly co-supervise PhDs with colleagues in History, Film and English Literature, as well as within Modern Languages, in Linguistics and in Spanish and French Studies. We have close links with the University’s existing and new research Centres, notably: the Centre for Transnational studies (TNS); the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non Jewish Relations; the Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR); and the Centre for Global Englishes (CGE).
Applicants eligible for AHRC studentships must submit an online Expression of Interest Form (on the Consortium website given above) by 13 January 2014 and will be invited to attend the Consortium Open Day on 22 January 2014 in Bristol. The closing date for applications to the consortium is 21 February, but please note that you will need to have applied for a place at the University of Southampton by the earlier Faculty of Humanities funding deadline of 14 February 2014. AHRC studentships are available to applicants from the UK and the European Union. Informal enquiries about projects can be made to Professor Patrick Stevenson [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
In addition to the AHRC scheme, the following doctoral scholarships are available for Faculty of Humanities postgraduate applicants:
· Wolfson Foundation Scholarships in History, English Literature and Languages (£20,000 per annum for three years)
· ESRC DTC doctoral scholarship in Linguistics (fees and maintenance) http://www.soton.ac.uk/postgraduate/feesandfunding/esrcdtc.html
· University of Southampton Archival Scholarship (fees and maintenance)
· University of Southampton Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarships (£7,000 per annum for three years)
For all funding applications you must complete a University of Southampton application http://www.southampton.ac.uk/postgraduate/pgstudy/howdoiapplypg.html by 14 February 2014.
For further information or questions concerning applications and admissions processes please contact our Graduate School office:
Phone: +44 (0) 23 8059 8062
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