Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

25 University PhD Studentships in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

To celebrate the University's research successes, the University of Hull is offering 25 PhD Studentships in the following thematic areas of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:

Creative Writing

• Poetry

Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies

• History and Theory of Theatre (Popular Theatre; Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama; Modern British Theatre)
• World and Intercultural Theatres (Diasporic and National Theatres; Intercultural Performance Practices)
• Processes of Performance and Production (Playwriting; Scenography; Acting and Directing)

English

• Literary Manuscripts (especially at the History Centre)
• Author-centred studies
• Literature and place/time
• Literature and politics/law

History

• Cultural history
• European history since 1500
• Environmental history
• States, diplomacy, empire and warfare
• Economic development, networks and social capital
• Intellectual history

The Law School

• Civil liberties and human rights
• European Law
• Experts and the Law
• International Law
• Law of the Sea
• Mediation and conflict Resolution
• The Law of Mortgage
• Trade and Commercial Law

Media and Film

• New Media Political Communication
• Animated Film and Television
• American Animation
• Disney Studies

Modern Languages

• Gender, Sexuality and society
• Translation Studies
• Film and Visual Cultures
• Popular Cultures
• Translation cultures

Music

• Musicology ( British Music, Shakespeare, Opera, Film, Jazz/Popular Music)
• Composition(sonic arts, acoustic)
• Music and Science (psychology, cognition, health, pedagogy)

Philosophy

• The Ethics Of Climate Change
• Philosophy and Criminal Law
• The Philosophy of Medicine

Politics

• Military Ethics
• Coalition Government and the Politics of Austerity
• Trust in Politics and Parliament
• Political and Democratic Theory
• European Union and Disunion
• Political Economy and the democratic governance of markets

School of Arts and New Media (Scarborough campus)

• Creative Speech Technology
• Creative Technologies and Digital Platforms
• Digital Media with Archiving and Heritage
• Discourse Analysis
• English Literature (18th and early 19th Century, 20th Century, and Gothic)
• Live Art, Digital Performance, Applied and Socially Engaged Performance Practices
• Music and Technology, Sonic Arts

Social Sciences

• Criminology and penology: punishment, pain and human rights.
• New Technologies: Crime, Surveillance & Social Control
• Religion and Spirituality in Culture and Practice
• Family, Gender and Sexuality
• Health, Welfare and Social Inclusion
• Globalisation and Social Justice

Wilberforce Institute
The Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE) is one of the few research centres in the world that offers expertise on both historical and contemporary slavery. The Institute is particularly keen to encourage applications for scholarships in the following areas:

• Historical Slavery in the Americas
• The Abolition of Slavery and the Transition to Freedom
• Memories, Legacies and Representations of Slavery and Abolition
• Modern Slavery, Human Rights and Social Justice

Applications are sought from suitably-qualified people wishing to pursue research leading to PhD status under the supervision of leading researchers.

Closing date Friday 2nd March 2012; Studentships will start in September 2012

Visit www.hull.ac.uk/phd for further information and to download a copy of the application form.
For more details about each area please visit the relevant departmental website.

Applicants will be expected to hold a minimum of a UK upper second class Honours degree, or equivalent, in an appropriate discipline.

Each full-time UK/EU PhD Scholarship will include fees at the ‘home/EU' student rate and maintenance (£13,590 in 2012/13) for three years, depending on satisfactory progress.

The International PhD Fee bursaries will cover full tuition fees for full-time overseas students for three years, depending on satisfactory progress.

Successful applicants will be informed of the award by 8th May.