Studentship Application Information
University of Warwick/Leverhulme Trust Research Project: Performing memory: theatricalising identity in contemporary South Africa.
Applications are invited for a three-year full-time PhD studentship, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, to be based in the Department of Theatre & Performance Studies at the University of Warwick, associated with a parallel PhD studentship at the Ferguson Centre, Open University (see separate advert). The student will define his/ her own focus for the PhD research within the parameters of the overall project, in consultation with the project leaders. The project aims to explore how South Africa is constructing new identities in the ‘post-apartheid’ era through a variety of performative practices, including oral and written narratives, plays, exhibitions, installations, memorials, and other kinds of performances. Candidates will be interested in exploring the role of personal and collective memories in various performative processes, including but not limited to theatre.
The studentship will involve a three-year residence in the UK, with one funded research trip to South Africa. It is expected that the candidate will work alongside the associated PhD candidate supervised at the Open University.
Applicants should hold a good first degree from any university, with relevant MA studies completed or close to completion, and should be from Southern Africa and competent in both English and at least one other language commonly spoken in South Africa, and have a detailed knowledge and direct experience of South Africa in the post-Apartheid context.
The studentship will pay all tuition fees (at UK/EU rates) and will provide a maintenance grant of £13,290 in the first year, rising to £13,650 in the second year and £14,020 in the third.
Potential applicants should review the outline of the larger project, which is available at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/theatre_s/staff/dr_yvette_hutchison/performing_memory/
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.How to Apply
Please include the following in your application:
Please include the following in your application:
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covering letter, with contact details, including e-mail address and telephone number at which you may be reached
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a rationale outlining your proposed focus for the PhD in relation to the larger research project (no more than 2 500 words, including a clear definition of its aim, your specific research questions and proposed methodologies),
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your CV,
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a sample of recent academic writing.
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2 referees, with contact details, whom we can approach for references. One of these should be your current, or recent, research supervisor.
Potential applicants may contact Dr. Yvette Hutchison with further inquiries, or a full submission, at: Y.A.Hutchison@warwick.ac.uk
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a University application form for their PhD http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/, no application fees will be charged.
, no application fees will be charged.Application Deadline
The deadline for receipt of applications at University of Warwick is 30 September 2009.
Interviews are expected to be held in the week of 9th November 2009 at the University of Cape Town, with the Grant paying a contribution to the limit of R1200 towards the travel expenses of the candidates, which must be supported by receipts (date subject to final confirmation).
The Leverhulme Trust must approve a candidate before s/he is awarded the studentship.