Birkbeck’s School of Arts is currently inviting applications for up to 17 Postgraduate Research Scholarships, which consist of full home/EU postgraduate fee waivers and an annual stipend at research council rates. Some of these studentships may be awarded for research proposals in the areas covered by the Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies.

I have pasted a bit of further information below, both about Film, Media and Cultural Studies at Birkbeck, as well as information on the postgraduate research funding application procedures in the School of Arts. I’m happy to field any enquiries for proposals related to my own research interests, but if your enquiries are of a more general nature it is best to contact Tim Markham, our Director of Postgraduate Research, at t.markham@bbk.ac.uk.

About Research in the Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies

The Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies at Birkbeck hosts a wide range of research areas, including: arts policy and management; curatorial studies; digital media; East Asian cultural studies; film, television and moving image; journalism studies; media and cultural theory; and performance.

We invite research proposals in any of the broad research areas above – including proposals for practice-based research – and are particularly interested in research projects which pose questions related to one or more of the following themes:

• Bodies/Affect/Experience
• Cultural Exchange/Media Flows
• Cultural Histories/Archive/Memory
• Gender/Sexuality/Representation
• Identity/Subjectivity/Crisis
• Media/Cities/Space
• Politics/Media/Social Change
• Post-media/Convergence/Expanded Media

M.Phil/PhD Research Funding in Birkbeck’s School of Arts

Birkbeck’s School of Arts invites applications for M.Phil/PhD research funding for the 14/15 academic year. Please see link below for information, guidance, application forms and deadlines.
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/arts/research/research-bursaries-studentships-funding

We now invite applications for up to 17 Postgraduate Research Scholarships. These consist of full home/EU postgraduate fee waivers and a stipend at research council rates (currently £15,726 per annum) and include a number of Birkbeck Anniversary Scholarships to mark the 190th anniversary of the College’s foundation.

We also invite applications for Arts Research Studentships (ARS) consisting of part/full fee waivers for students applying to undertake postgraduate research in the departments of English & Humanities, European Languages & Cultures, History of Art, Iberian & Latin American Studies, and Film, Media & Cultural Studies, as well as via the School’s Arts and Humanities PhD Programme.

Other full awards, such as the competition for AHRC studentships under named calls, will have separate application procedures. Please check the website for notifications, application procedures and staff contacts. Any further specific funding opportunities (such as the Murray and Sasakawa funds) will be listed there.