Congratulations to Dr. Gregory Frame, who graduated with a PhD in Film and Television Studies from the Dept. in 2012. Supervised by Professor Stella Bruzzi, he completed a thesis entitled The American President in Film and Television, which he then went on to publish as a monograph with Peter Lang: The American President in Film and Television: Myth, Politics and Representation

The Department of Film and Television Studies is inviting expressions of interest in the above scheme, the deadline for which is still TBC but likely to be the first week of October, 2015.

The aim of the British Academy in making these awards is to offer opportunities for outstanding early career researchers to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in a university environment which will develop their curriculum vitae and improve their prospects of obtaining permanent lecturing posts by the end of the Fellowship. The primary emphasis is on completion of a significant piece of publishable research, which will be assisted by full membership of an academic community of established scholars working in similar fields

Eligibility

1. Applicants must be supported by the UK host institution in which they wish to hold the Fellowship
2. Applicants must be within three years of the award of a doctorate or having a reasonable expectation that they will have submitted and had their thesis examined by 1 April 2015)
3. Applicants will have been awarded a PhD following a viva voce examination held prior to 1 April 2013 who are unable to offer extenuating circumstances, such as interruption to their academic career for maternity leave or illness, will not be considered
4. Applicants must be a UK or EEA national, or have completed a doctorate at a UK university. Any applicant who does not fall into one of these categories must demonstrate a strong prior association with the UK academic community, for example through already having been employed in a temporary capacity (longer than twelve months) at a UK university

Duration of Award: Awards are for 3 years

Funding: Awards are offered on a Full Economic Costing basis. There is no fixed amount awarded for the Fellowships and the value of award will vary depending on the host institution. Awards cover the salary of the Postdoctoral Fellow to work full-time on the Fellowship, small-scale research expenses (up to a maximum of £6,000), costs towards the time of a mentor (equivalent to one hour per month for the 36 months of the Fellowship) and the host institution's estates and indirect costs. 

For further information on the scheme and a link to the egap application system please see: http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/pdfells.cfm.

The Department of Film and Television Studies is delighted to announce two MA Scholarships to be awarded for the academic year 2015-16. The scholarships will be awarded to outstanding students proposing topics for further research that will enhance the research profile of the Department.

Applications will be judged on the following criteria:

- The quality of the proposal and ideas for future research,
- The quality of the applicant’s writing sample (to be submitted with their application),
- Past academic performance (including any publications/prizes),
- Professional and extracurricular activities,
- Future career plan and the relevance of the MA to this plan.

Applicants must apply to join the MA via the University of Warwick’s electronic application system (warwick.ac.uk/pgapply) and make a separate application for the Department’s MA Scholarships here:

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/film/applying/postgraduate/taught/howtoapply/mascholarship

For more general information on the programme, go here:

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/film/current/postgrads/taughtma/

Both of these applications must have been made by the 1^st of July 2015. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application by the 15^th of July.

Any questions can be directed to Dr Karl Schoonover at k.schoonover@warwick.ac.uk

Three of the department’s PhD students - Barbara Ottmann, Zoë Shacklock and James Taylor - are on the organisational board for this interdisciplinary symposium that will be held on 27th May.

On 27th May at Millburn House, the PGR community is hosting an inaugural interdisciplinary symposium as part of the Faculty of Arts Postgraduate Research Festival, to provide a platform for postgraduates across the faculty to share and discuss research. The broad theme for the day is “Representation in the Arts”, and our programme of papers, performance pieces, and roundtable discussions will approach this theme from a diverse range of perspectives. The symposium aims to be the springboard for a more permanent interdisciplinary network of researchers, and we look forward to welcoming the PGR community.

Follow us on twitter for live updates @millburnsymp, and join the discussion with #MHSymposium.

For more information, including the symposium programme and abstracts, click here: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cadre/current_students/artspgfestival/millburnsymposium/

Catherine Lester, who is currently researching the children's horror film for her PhD in Film and Television Studies has won the Warwick Humanities Research Centre Doctoral Fellowship competition, which provides funding to put on a one-day interdisciplinary conference. Details of the conference - which is titled "Let's Hear It For The Girls": Discussing Girls and Girlhood, 1990-present - are now available online at this web page: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/hrc/confs/girls/

The conference is due to take place on 12th March 2016 here at Warwick and is co-organised by Catherine and Leah Phillips, a PhD student in the English department.