AHRC PhD Studentships at Birkbeck
Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England (CHASE)

Birkbeck is a research-intensive university based in central London. Fully-funded AHRC CHASE PhD studentships are available across the full range of arts and humanities research at Birkbeck. We welcomed our first intake of CHASE PhD students in Autumn 2019 and now invite applications for Autumn 2020 entry.

Further information and how to apply

Information about potential research areas and how to apply is available here. Applications must be received by Monday 13 January 2020. However, we encourage you to submit your PhD programme application before Monday 2 December 2019, so that we can offer you feedback and guidance.

Research

AHRC CHASE studentship funding is available for doctoral research in the following Birkbeck departments:

Arts

• Cultures & Languages
• English & Humanities
• Film, Media & Cultural Studies
• History of Art

Law

• Law
• Criminology

Social Science, History and Philosophy

• Applied Linguistics & Communication
• Geography, Environment & Development Studies
• History, Classics & Archaeology
• Philosophy
• Politics
• Psychosocial Studies

Eligibility criteria

AHRC CHASE applicants must satisfy academic and residency eligibility criteria. Further details about eligibility and funding are available on the CHASE website. Full-time or part-time studentships are available.

Research areas

Applicants may apply for AHRC CHASE studentships in the following areas:

History, Thought and Systems of Belief

History; Law and Legal Studies; Philosophy; Theology, Divinity and Religion; Archaeology; Classics; Political Science and International Studies

Art History and Visual Cultures

Art History; Conservation; Visual Art History and Theory; Digital Arts & Photography History, Theory and Practice; Visual Arts (covering Art Theory & Aesthetics; Community Art and Health); Museum Studies; Ethnography and Anthropology; History and Theory of Architecture; Cultural Geography

Media and Creative Practice

Design; Creative Writing; Music (Practice-based, composition, musicology); Visual art practice; Installation and Sound Art History, Theory and Practice; Film-Based and Time-Based History, Theory and Practice; Media: New Media/Web-Based Studies; Media: Film History, Theory and Criticism; Media: Television History, Theory and Criticism; Drama and Theatre Studies Practice; Information and Communications Technologies; Media and communication studies; Journalism and Publishing;

Literature, Language and Culture

Drama and Theatre Studies Theory; Languages and Literature (including American Studies, Life writing, History and Development of English Language, Literary and Cultural Theory, Post-Colonial Studies, Comparative Literature, Medieval Literature, Comparative Studies, Gender and Sexuality); English Language and Literature; Popular Culture; Cultural Studies (Policy, Arts Management and Creative Industries); Interpreting and Translation; Linguistics (including general linguistics, Applied Linguistics, multilingualism); French Studies; German Studies (including Dutch and Yiddish); Italian Studies; Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies; Asiatic & Oriental Studies; Middle Eastern and African Studies; Russian, Slavonic and Eastern European Studies; Cultural Studies and Popular Culture