Postgraduate Awards at Durham University

[HARRINGTON A.K.]

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Postgraduate  Awards at Durham University


School of Modern Languages and Cultures Awards 

The School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University is offering a range of postgraduate studentships commencing in October 2011.
Three AHRC-funded studentships are available through the Block Grant Partnership scheme in 2011/12: a PhD studentship in Photography Studies, a Research Preparation Masters studentship in Photography Studies, and a Professional Preparation Masters studentship in Translation Studies. These AHRC awards are open to UK and EU students studying full- or part-time. They cover tuition fees and provide maintenance for UK students, and cover fees only for EU students. The PPM in Translation Studies is open to UK and EU students applying to study the School's MA in Translation Studies. The RPM in Photography Studies is open to students applying either to study the School's MA in the Photographic Image, or to pursue an MA by Research in the domain of Photography Studies. 
In addition to these AHRC awards, MLAC will be offering two further PhD studentships, named Barker Scholarships, generously funded by alumni Joanna and Graham Barker, which will be fully funded for three years. The awards amount to £15,000 per annum, which includes a waiver for UK/EU fees, and training for doctoral research. The successful candidates will undertake doctoral research within one of, or a combination of, the following Departments: French, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian, and Russian. They will take up their studentships on 1 October 2011 or as soon thereafter as possible, for a period of three years. 
Applications should be made online (http://www.dur.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/), including a 500-word research proposal.  Candidates should clearly specify on the application form for which award they wish to be considered. The deadline is 28 February 2011.

Faculty of Arts and Humanities Awards
Beyond MLAC, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Durham University will also be offering two further types of award. 
Up to ten MA Scholarships will be available for high-calibre postgraduate taught and research students joining a masters programme in the 2011/12 academic year and who intend to progress on to a PhD. MA scholarships are tenable for one year only and will provide award-holders with a fee waiver at either the taught or research Home/EU rate.  The deadline by which candidates must have submitted their online application forms to be considered for a MA Scholarship is 5pm (GMT), Friday 4 March 2011. Any applications received after this date must not go forward.
Up to eight studentships, entitled Durham Doctoral Studentships, will be available. Durham Doctoral Studentships will be tenable for three years and will annually provide award-holders with a fee-waiver at home/EU rate, and a tax-free maintenance grant at the minimum rate of £7,700 . The deadline by which candidates must have submitted their online application forms to be considered either for an MA Scholarship or for a Durham Doctoral Studentship is 5pm (GMT), Friday 4 March 2011. Any applications received after this date will not go forward.
Informal enquiries can be made to the Director of Postgraduate Research, Professor Lucille Cairns (lucille.cairns at durham.ac.uk; telephone number +44 (0) 191 33 43426).

Information about Research in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Staff in the School carry out internationally-recognised research in a wide range of specialist areas, from the medieval to the modern period. Research in the School is informed by a variety of methodological and theoretical approaches and focuses on a number of different media. Areas of particular strength include the following:
*	Medieval and Early Modern literature and culture 
*	19th- and 20th-century literature and culture 
*	Visual culture (film, photography and art) 
*	Literary and musical culture 
*	Performance arts 
*	Gender and sexuality studies 
*	Critical and cultural theory 
*	History (cultural, political and intellectual) 
*	Cognitive metaphor theory 
*	Translation studies 
Moreover, an exciting culture of interdisciplinary and collaborative research has taken shape in the School over the past few years. This has been fostered in particular by the creation of the Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the Durham Centre for Advanced Photography Studies, and the Centre for 17th-Century Studies. In addition, every research-active member of staff contributes to at least one of the School's Research Groups, which are designed to foment and encourage intellectual dialogue and interaction around common themes and topoi: 'Culture and Difference'; 'Literature, History, Theory'; 'Translation & Linguistics'; and 'Visual and Performance'. Postgraduate research students are expected regularly to attend at least one of the research groups, and all postgraduates are most welcome to attend any session run by the groups.



Dr Alexandra Harrington
Senior Lecturer in Russian
Head of Russian Department
School of Modern Languages & Cultures
Durham University
Elvet Riverside
Durham DH1 3JT
 
Tel. +44 (0)191 334 3452
Fax. +44 (0)191 334 3421

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