University of Nottingham, History
PhD studentship (ERC funded), Visual Histories of Occupation
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | United Kingdom |
Position: | Doctoral Fellow |
The Department of History at the University of Nottingham invites applications from suitably-qualified candidates for a full-time studentship in Visual Histories of Occupation in Twentieth-Century Asia. The studentship is one of three to be offered through the European Research Council-funded project, Cultures of Occupation in Twentieth-Century Asia (COTCA), led by Dr Jeremy E. Taylor. The successful candidate will develop a visual history study of how cultural expression was influenced by foreign occupation in twentieth-century East and/or Southeast Asia.
The Project and Scope of Studentship:
How has foreign occupation shaped culture? What are the lasting cultural legacies of foreign occupation in the modern era? These are key questions which, in light of continuing occupations around the world, remain crucial today. COTCA will address these questions by analysing how occupation – under colonial, wartime or Cold War powers – gave rise to unique visual, auditory and spatial regimes in East and Southeast Asia.
This studentship fits within COTCA’s Stream 1, 'Representations of Occupation in Twentieth-Century Asia'. The precise choice of research topic will lie with the student in consultation with supervisors, but it must use a 'visual history' approach to analyse the impact of foreign occupation (understood in its widest sense) on cultural expression in East and/or Southeast Asia in the twentieth century. It might therefore be a specific study of occupation in an individual society, or it might be comparative or regional in focus.
Integral to the COTCA Project as a whole is a Digital Archive. The successful candidate will contribute to building this, in conjunction with IT services at the University of Nottingham.
The PhD is tenable for three years commencing 1 October 2016, subject to satisfactory progress review, and consists of a fee waiver to the value of home/EU fees; an annual stipend matching RCUK rates (£14,296 p.a. for 2016-17, updated annually); plus an overseas fieldwork allowance of £1,350.
Please apply via University of Nottingham PhD applications. Include a personal statement (2,000 characters) and a research proposal (2,000 characters) on how the PhD will address COTCA’s aims and objectives. Please enter 'COTCA studentship' as the source of funding, and Dr Jeremy Taylor as potential supervisor. Your two references must address the applicant's suitability for a place on the course, and their suitability for the studentship.
Contact: |
Dr Jeremy Taylor, University of Nottingham (jeremy.taylor@nottingham.ac.uk) Applications can be lodged here: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/how-to-apply/apply-online.aspx |
Website: | http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/cotca/index.aspx |
Primary Category: | Asian History / Studies |
Secondary Categories: | Visual Studies |
Posting Date: | 07/06/2016 |
Closing Date | 08/12/2016 |