Arts and Humanities
School of Arts and Humanities
The School of Arts and Humanities invites applications from well qualified candidates, who have or expect to graduate with good first degrees or Masters level qualifications, to undertake doctoral studies in a range of the School’s subject areas.
The Graduate School offers a multidisciplinary research culture with a thriving postgraduate community and well-established staff / student research seminars. Students are supported by a training course in research practices, which provides a grounding in the methodologies and research skills that are essential to the professional researcher.
Research in the School is rich and diverse; with staff conducting internationally recognised and world leading research. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, 80% of research within the School was judged to be of international quality. Particularly strong areas include Communication, Culture and Media Studies, English, French and History, with other areas developing their profiles.
Researchers in the School work in collaboration with a range of scholars from across the academic community in Britain and Ireland as well as in North America, continental Europe and the Far East. This has the benefit of creating a varied and informed research community with links throughout the world that enhance the experience of research staff and research students. This international perspective helps to attract research students from across the world.
The School's website contains further information on research projects and staff research interests.
We particularly welcome applications in, Communication, Culture and Media, English Studies and French.
AHRC Block Grant Studentship
In addition, the School is pleased to announce one fully funded PhD place, funded by the AHRC Block Grant*.
Applications for this are welcomed in History, in areas of research expertise within the School which includes: medieval and early modern British and European history; early modern Spanish American history; modern and contemporary British, European and North American history; public history; global history.
The scholarships will pay UK / EU fees and provide a maintenance stipend linked to the RCUK rate (£13,590 per annum for 2012 / 13) for up to three years.
The closing date for applications is 9 am, Friday 15 February 2013.
* International applicants are not eligible to apply for the AHRC Block Grant scholarship.
