The Centre for Research in Memory, Narrative and Histories at the University of Brighton invites applications for fully-funded doctoral studentships commencing October 2016 on topics that engage with any of our principal areas of transdisciplinary research interest:
History and Cultural Memory of Twentieth-Century World Wars;
The Northern Ireland Troubles and Peace Process: Legacies, Silences and Memories in Conflict Transformation;
Negotiating ‘the Past’ in Post–conflict Spaces: History, Memory and Cultural Geography After War and Conflict;
Heritage in the Twenty-First Century;
Reparative Histories: Radical Narratives of ‘Race’ and Resistance
For details of our recent and current research activities in these areas, see http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/centre-for-research-in-memory-narrative-and-histories/projects. Applications are also welcome on other topics that relate to the supervisory expertise of CRMNH’s director, steering group and staff membership (see http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/centre-for-research-in-memory-narrative-and-histories/who-we-are).
To express interest and discuss an application contact Prof Graham Dawson G.Dawson@brighton.ac.uk or Dr Noakes Lucy L.Noakes@brighton.ac.uk
The studentships are offered by the College of Arts and Humanities via two funding route. The TECHNE Doctoral Training Partnership makes up to fifty AHRC-funded awards across the full range of arts and humanities disciplines, shared between seven HE institutions in London and the South-east. A number of University of Brighton studentships are also available. Students who apply for a TECHNE award will be considered automatically for a University award and we will guarantee funding to our best applicants. University awards are also open to international students.
Deadline for applications to the University of Brighton: 22 January 2016.
Deadline for applications to TECHNE: 7 February 2016.
Further details of these schemes and the application process can be found at:
http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/doctoral-centre-arts/studentships