AHRC Studentships (PhD) in Dance available at the University of Roehampton

/ 16 October, 2017

AHRC Studentships (PhD) in Dance available at the University of Roehampton for UK and EU students through the TECHNE Partnership (application deadline Dec 1, 2017)

The Department of Dance at the University of Roehampton invites expressions of interest to join our PhD Programme. We are interested in all genres of dance practised within and beyond Britain. All fields of Dance Studies are welcome but we would be especially interested in hearing from potential candidates on the following topics:

Contemporary Performance
Dance Ethnography
Dance and Community Arts
Dance and Health
Dance, Gender and Sexuality
Dance Histories
Philosophy and Dance
Practice-led Research
Choreography and Cross Disciplinary Practices
Popular and Social Dance
Ballet
Choreomusical analysis
Dance Analysis
Dance and Visual Culture
South Asian and World Dance Cultures
Dance as Intangible Cultural Heritage

A list of current research students and potential supervisors in the Dance Department can be found at the Centre for Dance Research website: 

Expressions of interest requested by December 1, 2017

The University of Roehampton is pleased to be a member of TECHNE, a Consortium of seven institutions in London and the South-East that form an AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP). Over five years (2014-2019), the TECHNE Consortium will fund approximately 176 PhD studentships for outstanding Arts and Humanities postgraduate researchers across the partner institutions. TECHNE’s vision is to produce scholars who are highly motivated and prepared for academic, public or professional life. Students will benefit from a diversity of training opportunities and be able to draw on supervisory expertise from across the Consortium. The name ‘TECHNE’ in reference to the Greek term for craft – it will create a new model for collaborative research skills training for PhD students.

At Roehampton, we cover a broad range of subjects in the arts and humanities, and we have the research expertise to supervise in most of the subject areas covered by TECHNE. For further information on how to apply for TECHNE studentships please go to: 

For dance specific enquiries: contact Dr Avanthi Meduri, Research Degrees Convener, Co-Ordinator Techne (); 020 8392 3448;
Graduate School at Roehampton: , tel: 020 8392 3619,
TECHNE at Roehampton: 

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