University of East Anglia - School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
| Qualification type: | PhD |
| Location: | Norwich |
| Funding for: | UK Students, EU Students |
| Funding amount: | £16,083 per annum |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Placed on: | 28th March 2017 |
| Closes: | 30th April 2017 |
Start Date: October 2017
Supervisor: Professor Alison Donnell
Project description: Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship for 39 months starting 1 October 2017 to work on a project on Caribbean Literary Heritage funded by the Leverhulme Trust (CoA Prof Kei Miller). Students will need to reside in or around the Norwich area for the duration of their doctoral studies and will be expected to undertake travel both nationally and in the Caribbean for archival research.
The project entails sustained exploration of West Indian writing published and written for local and educational contexts and will investigate why these writings accrued less literary value than those by writers who migrated to the UK and writings published by metropolitan literary houses. The research will be underpinned by the methodologies of feminist recovery research, book and publishing history, as well as postcolonial literary theory. Archives to be consulted include: publishers archives (Reading, UK); BBC Written Archives Centre (Caversham); Caribbean Examinations Council archives & Special Collections of University of the West Indies, Cave Hill (Barbados), and the West Indiana Collection, UWI (Trinidad).
The successful student will have input into the final project design and, as part of the project team, will join in project events and publications.
To apply for this studentship you will have:
ESSENTIAL:
The expected outputs, in addition to the thesis, are:
Funding notes: This PhD project is funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The studentship is funded for 3 years 3 months and comprises home/EU fees, an annual stipend of £16,083 and some funds to support travel expenses. Overseas applicants may apply but they are required to fund the difference between home/EU and overseas tuition fees (in 2017/18 the difference is £10,605 but fees are subject to an annual increase.
PhD Studentship: Recovering Lost Anglophone Caribbean Authors, 1940-1980 at University of East Anglia http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AYH302/phd-studentship-recovering-lost-anglophone-caribbean-authors-1940-1980/ #jobsacuk
Supervisor: Professor Alison Donnell
Project description: Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship for 39 months starting 1 October 2017 to work on a project on Caribbean Literary Heritage funded by the Leverhulme Trust (CoA Prof Kei Miller). Students will need to reside in or around the Norwich area for the duration of their doctoral studies and will be expected to undertake travel both nationally and in the Caribbean for archival research.
The project entails sustained exploration of West Indian writing published and written for local and educational contexts and will investigate why these writings accrued less literary value than those by writers who migrated to the UK and writings published by metropolitan literary houses. The research will be underpinned by the methodologies of feminist recovery research, book and publishing history, as well as postcolonial literary theory. Archives to be consulted include: publishers archives (Reading, UK); BBC Written Archives Centre (Caversham); Caribbean Examinations Council archives & Special Collections of University of the West Indies, Cave Hill (Barbados), and the West Indiana Collection, UWI (Trinidad).
The successful student will have input into the final project design and, as part of the project team, will join in project events and publications.
To apply for this studentship you will have:
ESSENTIAL:
- Academic qualifications in Literature, including knowledge of postcolonial literatures (preferably Caribbean literature) at BA or MA level
- Skills and disposition to help organise, deliver and participate in public engagement activities & social media channels
- Good organisation and time-management skills
- Self-motivation and the ability to work as part of a team
- Practical experience of archive-based research
- A track record of researching Caribbean Literature
- An interest and aptitude in digital humanities
The expected outputs, in addition to the thesis, are:
- academic article
- archive enrichment
- Wikipedia entries
- blogs and twitter feeds
Funding notes: This PhD project is funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The studentship is funded for 3 years 3 months and comprises home/EU fees, an annual stipend of £16,083 and some funds to support travel expenses. Overseas applicants may apply but they are required to fund the difference between home/EU and overseas tuition fees (in 2017/18 the difference is £10,605 but fees are subject to an annual increase.
PhD Studentship: Recovering Lost Anglophone Caribbean Authors, 1940-1980 at University of East Anglia http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AYH302/phd-studentship-recovering-lost-anglophone-caribbean-authors-1940-1980/ #jobsacuk
