Postgraduate Scholarships in Italian at the University of Birmingham, UK (deadline January 12th, 2016)
Recruitment for PhD Scholarships at the University of Birmingham is now open. This year, up to 89 fully-funded Scholarships will be awarded across the six Universities involved in the Midlands3Cities consortium, giving prospective postgraduates of Italian at Birmingham a very strong chance of success. The Midlands3Cities consortium is a Doctoral Training Programme that offers students from the UK and abroad the highest quality PhD supervision, as well as placement and professional development opportunities that will equip them for their future careers. To join our thriving postgraduate community, please follow the three stages below and mark the deadline of January 12th, 2016.
Stage one Nominate and contact a prospective supervisor from the following Italian Studies staff list: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/sections/italian/staff/index.aspx
Stage two Apply for a place to study at the University of Birmingham at: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/research/lang/italian-studies.aspx
(You must also submit two academic references using this form
University of Birmingham at this stage.)
Stage three Apply for funding (deadline January 12th, 2016) at the following address http://www.midlands3cities.ac.uk/midlands-3-cities/index.aspx
Note: To be able to apply, you must have a University of Birmingham ID number, so please ensure you complete your application to the UoB in good time.
Application Writing Workshop:
We will be running an application-writing workshop at Birmingham on November 14th. This is a great opportunity to experience life on our campus as you prepare for the M3C competition. Places are limited, so please enroll as quickly as you can to at the following address: http://www.midlands3cities.ac.uk/midlands-3-cities/index.aspx
Italian at Birmingham:
Italian Studies at the UoB is part of the Department of Modern Languages, which boasts a postgraduate community of over 150 students. Within Italian Studies, we have a number of students attending Masters programmes and 14 doctoral students working on a range of topics from Medieval Studies to contemporary Cultural Studies. Our academic team (made up of six internationally-renowned, fulltime researchers) offers expertise and supervision in the following areas:
Italian and European politics
Media Studies
Film Studies,
Literary Studies
Cultural Studies
Italian critical thought
Medieval Studies
History of the Italian language between the 12th and 14th centuries
Renaissance Literature and Art
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Linguistics
Translation Studies
Please contact prospective supervisors directly following the weblink above or via the postgraduate studies lead in the Department of Modern Languages, Dr Ita Mac Carthy, at i.maccarthy@bham.ac.uk
