About the Project
The movement of people is a pressing issue in our contemporary, globalised world. But what are some of the histories of such movement? More specifically, how and why did early modern page and stage represent the period’s realities, fantasies and fears of mobility? Candidates might consider and interrogate ‘mobility’ in its broadest sense – from literal travelling, to metaphors of transit, and imaginary journeys. Likewise, candidates are invited to range across genres and types of writing, from ‘rogue’ or cony-catching pamphlets, to the poetry of exile, and to images of the ‘unsettled’ in the drama of Shakespeare, Marlowe and their contemporaries.
Eligibility and How to Apply
Please note eligibility requirement:
• Academic excellence of the proposed student i.e. 2:1 (or equivalent GPA from non-UK universities [preference for 1st class honours]); or a Masters (preference for Merit or above); or APEL evidence of substantial practitioner achievement.
• Appropriate IELTS score, if required.
For further details of how to apply, entry requirements and the application form, see
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/postgraduate-research-degrees/how-to-apply/
Please ensure you quote the advert reference above on your application form.
Deadline for applications: 20 January 2017
Start Date: 2 October 2017
Northumbria University is an equal opportunities provider and in welcoming applications for studentships from all sectors of the community we strongly encourage applications from women and under-represented groups.
Funding Notes
This project is being considered for funding in competition with other projects, through one of two types of funding packages available:
• Fully funded studentships include a full stipend, paid for three years at RCUK rates for 2017/18 (this is yet to be set, in 2016/17 this is £14,296 pa) and fees (Home/EU £4,350 / International £13,000 / International Lab-based £16,000), and are available to applicants worldwide.
• As Northumbria celebrates its 25th anniversary as a University and in line with our international outlook, some projects may also be offered to students from outside of the EU supported by a half-fee reduction.
References
Hansen
‘Dickens and the ‘Vagabond Savage’’, in Travelling Notions of Culture, ed. Hannu Salmi (Routledge, 2016).
‘London and its Others in Timon of Athens’, Shakespeare Jahrbuch 147 (2011).
Philological Quarterly – Guest Edited Special Issue: Early Modern Dis/Locations (2011).
‘Exhibiting Vagrancy in Victorian London’, in A Mighty Mass of Brick and Smoke: Victorian and Edwardian Representations of London, ed. Lawrence Phillips (Rodopi, 2007).
‘Sin City and the ‘Urban Condom’: Rogues, Writing, and the Early Modern Urban Environment’, in Rogues and Early Modern Literary Culture: A Critical Anthology, eds. Craig Dionne and Steve Mentz. University of Michigan Press (2004).
‘Criminal conversations: Rogues, words, and the world in the work of Daniel Defoe’, Literature and History 13/2 (Autumn 2004).
‘Realizing Rogues: Theory, Organization, Dialogue’, ephemera: theory and politics in organization 4 (4) (November 2004)
Frazer
‘Unbridled Selfhood in The White Devil: Webster’s Use of Calvin and Montaigne’, The White Devil: A Critical Reader, eds. Paul Frazer and Adam Hansen (London and New York: Bloomsbury Arden, 2016), 133-154.
‘Moving with Marlowe (&Co.): Relocation, Appropriation, and Personation in Thomas Dekker’s Shoemaker’s Holiday’, Marlowe Studies: An Annual Special Issue, 5 (2015): 37-60.
‘Itinerant Identities: England Walking Low in Henry IV’, Shakespeare 9.1 (2012): 1-20.
‘Performing Places in Thomas Dekker’s Old Fortunatus’, Philological Quarterly Special Issue, 89.4 (2010): 457-480
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