Canterbury Christchurch are excited to offer PhD studentships, particularly in areas related to ballet, body studies, Bourdieu, embodiment, pedagogy, choreography and talent development.

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AHRC Doctoral Studentships

North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP)

 

Dance, Drama and Performing Arts Pathway: Lancaster University, University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, and University of Salford

 

The Dance, Drama and Performing Arts Pathway within the North West Consortium DTP is pleased to  say we are still inviting expressions of interest and applications from outstanding candidates for AHRC Doctoral Studentships for the 2016-17 entry. Staff expertise across our institutions is able to support an enviable range of PhD topics that are at the cutting edge of our field of theatre and performance research:

 

Applied theatre/dance practice; Choreography; Comedy; Contemporary experimental performance practices (including site-specific performance, live art, installation, new media and digital performance); Contemporary British and European theatre & dance; Directing and Dramaturgy; Feminism, theatre & performance; Performance and gaming; Performance and space/place/environment; Performance and science; Political Theatre; Intermediality and adaptation; Popular performance; Practice as research; Theatre history; Theatre and activism.

 

In addition, while students with screen and media interests might choose to apply to the NWCDTP Media and Communications pathway, we welcome applications in the areas of film, radio and television studies. This includes practice-as-research projects in: screenwriting, performance for screen, documentary and ethnographic filmmaking, etc.

 

About the Consortium and the Awards

The Consortium expects to make approximately fifty awards across the whole range of arts and humanities subjects. A small number of these are likely to be for Masters study by candidates who show exceptional potential for doctoral research.

 

Subject to satisfactory progress, these awards will cover:

 

·         Tuition fees at the Home/EU rate.

 

·         Annual maintenance grant of £14,057 (2015/16 rate)

 

Eligibility

 

Candidates must apply for a place on the programme on which they wish to study by 22^ndJanuary 2016 in order to be eligible for funding from the NWCDTP.

Due to AHRC funding rules overseas students are not eligible to apply for these awards.

 

Application Process

 

Eligible applicants must complete and submit the NWCDTP funding application by Friday 12^thFebruary 2016, 5pm to the institution at which they intend to register. Please note that applicants will not be able to apply for funding unless they have also applied for admission at one of our NWCDTP Institutions.

 

Please also note that candidates must apply to only one of our institutions for NWCDTP funding. For the Dance, Drama and Performing Arts Pathway, this means applying to one of the following: Lancaster University, University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, and University of Salford. Should you require advice on research specialisms offered at each institution please consult our relevant websites and/or contact subject representatives:

 

Professor Elaine Aston (Lancaster) 

Professor Stephen Bottoms (Manchester) 

Dr Richard Talbot (Salford) 

Dr Jane Turner (MMU) 

 

For further information on these awards please contact these individuals and look at the funding application form and guidance: 

 

Deadline for PhD Applications: 22^nd January 2016, 5pm GMT

 

Deadline for AHRC Funding Applications: 12^th February 2016 – 5pm GMT

 

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by 13^th April 2016 at the very latest.

For more information on the NWCDTP please visit 

Please find below details of a range of PhD scholarships available for application for entry in September 2016. These offer exciting opportunities for projects in performance, both UK and international, including co-supervision across institutions in the UK and India.

We welcome projects that are either fully written, or undertaken through practice. The Department has excellent state-of-the-art facilities for practical work, including large fully-equipped studies for the use of Drama students only, allowing for great flexibility of practice. Students also have access to a wide range of media equipment and IT facilities, programmes and training to develop skills in multi-media performance, as well as documentation and editing techniques for practical work.

The Department has a long established track record of successful PhD projects in a diverse range of subjects. Doctoral students become part of the research community and culture of the Department, including becoming a member of one of our Research Centres, participating in research seminars, specialist research modules and skills training workshops, as well as the opportunity for teaching experience.  You will also have the opportunity of gaining teaching experience on the undergraduate programme. We have a thriving PhD community, including a large number of international students, and the quality of the research culture in the Department and across the College is a strong feature of Exeter’s reputation.

PhD Scholarship opportunities:

The AHRC South West and Wales DTP
Details for applications for studentships as part of the Creative and Critical Panel of the SWW DTP can be found here: . The deadline for applications is 11th January 2016.

University of Exeter Humanities Graduate School Studentships.
These scholarships are available for both UK/EU and International students. The deadline for UK/EU students is 31st January 2016, and for International students is 17th April 2016. Details can be found here: 

Exeter/NIAS studentship
This is a unique opportunity to become part of an exciting and dynamic split-site PhD programme with co-supervision in the Department of Drama in the University of Exeter, and the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangalore, India. This offers great opportunities for PhD studies in a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary areas. The collaboration between the two institutions, each with diverse yet complementary research profiles, allows for in-depth study in two countries with academic experts in relevant fields in both places, thus enhancing the experience of undertaking PhD study. The scholarship is available to UK, EU and international students. The deadline for applications is 17th April 2016, and details can be found here: 

If you would like to discuss a proposal for a scholarship, please do contact me: 

For UK and EU students through the TECHNE Partnership 

Kingston internal application deadline: 8th January 2016

The Department of Dance at Kingston University, London, invites expressions of interest to join our PhD Programme in October 2016.  Applications from all areas of Dance Studies are welcome but we would be especially interested in hearing from potential candidates on the following topics:

Popular, social and vernacular dance practices

Dance and identity

Dance education

British and European contemporary performance

Interdisciplinary performance practices

Embodiment and somatics

Indian classical dance

If you are interested in developing a research proposal for an application to this scheme, please send a proposal to me directly for feedback before 11th December 2015:

  

Kingston University, London 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.

For further information on how to apply for TECHNE studentships at Kingston University, London please go to:

For more information about TECHNE:

PhD Studentships (AHRC and internal)

Department of Theatre & Dance, University of Surrey

 

Research environment

The School of Arts provides research opportunities across a broad range of interconnected subject areas in its Departments of Music & Media and Theatre & Dance, including dance, digital arts, music, theatre and sound recording. We cater for practice-based and academic study within a research environment distinguished by methodological innovation and intellectual pluralism. Facilities include studios, rehearsal rooms, a 200-seat theatre, a gallery, digital media labs, high-quality recording facilities and extensive archives.

 

Key research areas include (organised by research centres):

Bodies in Performance

• Choreography
• Dance theatre
• Performer Training
• Performing Shakespeare

 

Contemporary Performance and Material Cultures

• Theatre, trauma and crisis
• Immersion, participation and labour
• Scenography and costume
• Place, site and performance

 

Performance Philosophy

• Deleuze and performance
• Performance as philosophy
• Rancière and neoliberal aesthetics
• Shakespeare and Phenomenology

 

The School of Arts houses specialists with a range of interdisciplinary interests. Learn more about our staff at:

 

Research degrees overview
Our research degrees in performing arts prepare you for success at each stage of your PhD project development. The structure is designed to provide intensive graduate preparation for a future career and is suitable for either part-time or full-time candidates. Completion of the programme entails submission of a thesis, the submission of practice if undertaking a practice-based PhD, and an oral viva with external examiners. Our research programmes are:

• PhD in Dance
• PhD in Digital Media Arts
• PhD in Performance
• PhD in Theatre

 

Supervision is offered by staff across our department; including Theatre & Performance, Dance and the Guildford School of Acting (GSA).

 

PhD students in all programmes in the School of Arts can expect three levels of research training:

1. University-level training provided by the Postgraduate Skills Development Programme and the University Library, including a PhD induction, workshops on writing skills and preparation for the confirmation and viva. There is also an annual student-led University Postgraduate conference.
2. School-level training is offered in the form of interdisciplinary seminars, reading groups, visiting speaker events and conferences.
3. Students will also receive subject-specific training that will vary depending on their programme. You may participate in research “intensives”, featuring formal presentations of work by students, keynote seminars, study groups on current themes in Arts research, and research skills training sessions. You may meet regularly for debate and discussion and participate in annual formal presentations of research.

 

Entry requirements
For all our research degrees in performing arts, entry is on the basis of a good honours degree and usually an MA in a relevant arts subject or appropriate professional experience. Candidates submitting proposals that include practice-based research will be required to evidence appropriate experience and expertise in the relevant area of practice. Students are initially registered for a PhD with probationary status and, subject to satisfactory progress, are subsequently confirmed as having PhD status. Non-native speakers of English are required to have IELTS 6.5 or above. Auditions will be held for entry to some programmes. Please see online for further details.

 

Studentship opportunities – October 2016 entry

Deadline for Studentship application 4pm 12 January 2016

• AHRC TECHNE Doctoral Training Partnership studentships: As a member of the TECHNE Doctoral Training Partnership, the University of Surrey invites applications for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) studentships (stipend and fee waiver). 
• Internal studentships are available for top-quality students, covering tuition fees at the Home/EU rate and maintenance at current research-council rates for full-time or part-time study. 

Further information

For full programme information and information on how to apply, please visit:

 

If you have any questions or queries about the funding schemes, please contact Dr. Tom Armstrong (Director of Postgraduate Research, School of Arts) at: 

Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE) – Coventry University

PhD Studentships – for start January 2016

C-DaRE is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a number of fully funded full-time PhD Studentships available for highly motivated postgraduates wanting to undertake research from January 2016. We welcome applications that propose topics that align with one of our research themes and which explore different methodological approaches, including practice-as-research:

• Dance documentation
• Experimental choreographic practices
• Choreographic practice with reference to political, social and economic conditions
• Performing the (dance) archive
• Creative coding and dance (material, design and form)
• Screendance
• Dance and collective trauma from the 19^thcentury to the present day
• Dance dramaturgy
• Somatic practices in performance, somatics and cultural context, and the impact of digital technologies on the soma.
• Transcultural and intercultural identity in dance
• Improvisation
• Dance and wellbeing
• Dance and cultural studies
• Inclusive dance practices and pedagogy within the professional dance environment

Applicants will need to complete the application form and submit a covering letter together with a 2000-word expansion of the proposed topic that addresses one of the research themes above.

To apply online, please visit: 

Applications are welcomed from home/EU and international students.

Closing date for applications – November 30 2015.

If you would like to discuss any of these opportunities please contact Sarah Whatley on 

AHRC Studentships (PhD) in Dance available at the University of Roehampton for UK and EU students through the
TECHNE Partnership (application deadline February 7, 2016)

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 of Dance
Practice-led Research
Choreography and Cross Disciplinary Practices
Popular and Social Dance
Ballet
Choreomusical analysis
Dance Analysis
Dance and Visual Culture
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: 

Key Dates:

Student TECHNE Open evening, November 4, 2015, 5:30-7:30 (. Attendees can register for the event via the Eventbrite link or RSVP via ).

Expressions of interest requested by December 1, 2015

Roehampton internal deadline for submission of application drafts to proposed supervisors by January 8, 2016

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 Stacey Prickett, Research Degrees Convener (); 020 8392 3371

Graduate School at Roehampton: , tel: 020 8392 3619, TECHNE at Roehampton: 

AHRC Studentships (PhD) in Dance 

Kingston University, London 

for UK and EU students through the TECHNE Partnership 

Kingston internal application deadline: 8th January 2016

The Department of Dance at Kingston University, London, invites expressions of interest to join our PhD Programme in October 2016.  Applications from all areas of Dance Studies are welcome but we would be especially interested in hearing from potential candidates on the following topics:

Popular, social and vernacular dance practices

Dance and identity

Dance education

British and European contemporary performance

Interdisciplinary performance practices

Embodiment and somatics

Indian classical dance

Kingston University, London 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.

For further information on how to apply for TECHNE studentships at Kingston University, London please go to:

For more information about TECHNE:

If you are interested in developing a research proposal for an application to this scheme, please contact me directly: