Midlands4Cities AHRC funded 2023 PhD Studentship recruitment
Midlands4Cities PhD studentship recruitment launched on Monday 17th October. The M4C website displays all the information applicants will need on the ‘Our Offer’ and ‘Apply’ pages. The link to the Survey Monkey Apply portal is live, this where all applicants must submit their application supported by two references by the 11th of January 2023 deadline.
For 2023 entry Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership is offering up to 60 fully funded PhD studentships for eligible students in arts and humanities through the Open Competition and 13 Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDA). The CDA projects provide diverse and unique project opportunities with national, regional and local partner organisations. New for 2023, the Stuart Hall Foundation (SHF) Scholarship will support at least two studentships a year for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates to undertake doctoral research in arts and humanities. You can find out more about SHF here.
Application writing workshops are being delivered in each of the four M4C cities for details and registration visit http://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk
The deadline for AHRC funding applications is 11 January 2023 – 12.00 hours (UTC+0) applicants must also have applied for a place to study at one of the eight M4C universities.
The Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research at Birmingham City University is inviting applications from students whose research interests connect with our fields of expertise in:
Creative Industries
- Alternative and marginal economies
- Cultural labour and entrepreneurship
- Cultural policy and media regulation
- Craft making and production practices
- Equality and diversity
Cultural Theory
- Migration and refugees
- Old and new Racisms
- Populism and nationalism
- Feminist and queer politics; African feminisms, masculinities
- Postcolonial theory; imperial legacies
- Posthumanism
- Higher education institutions as sites of producing and resisting neoliberalism
- Social movements
- The politics of voice and listening
- The politics of time; rhythm, speed/slowness
- Practice-based research, including artistic and curatorial practice
Game Cultures
- Historical game studies
- Video game narratives and adaptation
- Posthumanism and video games
- History and (video)game communities, including fan cultures
- Video games and cultural policy
- Games and national/transnational identity
Gender and Sexuality
- Sexualised masculinity
- The histories of adult film production across Europe
- Gay men’s use of dating apps
- Digital intimacies
- Sex in cinema
- Fetish communities
- Drag Cultures
History, Heritage and Archives
- Media as historical source
- Historical work in fan communities
- Media archives and the challenge of the digital for media historians and archivists
- Refugees, migrants, media history and archives
- Commemoration and everyday media memory
- The archive, amateur film and place
Jazz Studies
- The cultural meaning of jazz
- Studies of jazz as a transnational practice
- Improvisation and cultural practice
- Jazz on television and radio
- Archives and documentation
- Mediation and technology
- Jazz and philosophy
- Festivals
Media and Place
- Media and conflict
- Hyperlocal media narratives
- Media, populism and nationalism
- Community media practices and the politics of space
- Digital media and feminism
- Media, migration and displacement
Popular Music Studies
- Popular music consumption
- Songwriting
- Music scenes
- Heritage and cultural memory
- Mediation and representation
- Media and technology
- Music industries
- Material cultures
- Experimental writing
For further information, please contact Midlands4Cities Site Director Dr. Oliver Carter