6 July: fyi -- phd funding, UK
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Dear friends, acquaintances and supporters of the Centre for Technology and
the Arts
De Montfort University is to award some fifty bursaries for postgraduate,
doctoral study. These provide for payment of all fees and offer a
satisfactory level of living support over three years. In the past, the CTA
and the Canterbury Tales Project has had three students under this scheme:
one has now finished her doctorate (Orietta Da Rold); another is close to
completion (Barbara Bordalejo) and the third is about halfway through (Jacob
Thaisen). We are able also to offer the chance to work part time on CTA
editorial projects (such as the Canterbury Tales and also the Commedia
projects).
This bursary offers the chance to work with a leading research group, in a
range of ground-breaking projects. Please bring this opportunity to the
attention of any students you think might profit from it!
best wishes
Peter Robinson
Centre for Technology and the Arts
Research group: Canterbury Tales Project; electronic scholarly editing work
First Supervisor: Dr Peter Robinson/Professor Norman Blake
The Centre is leading, and collaborating in, several projects applying
electronic methods to the research and publication of large textual
traditions. These include editions of the Canterbury Tales, Dantes
Commedia, and the Greek New Testament. In the course of this work, the
Centre has developed software tools now used in many other projects. A
bursary is offered for work in one of the following areas:
1. Study of the manuscripts and text of the Canterbury Tales.
2. The application of electronic methods to research and publication of
textual traditions, including analysis using methods drawn from statistics,
mathematics, and evolutionary biology.
3. The development and use of advanced software tools for collation,
analysis and publication.
There will be opportunities for the successful applicant to work on
the externally-funded projects run by the Centre.
DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Doctoral Bursaries Summer 2002
In the 2001 RAE the Faculty of Humanities was rated as the leading East
Midlands university for Arts and Humanities research. The Faculty combines
the strengths of traditional scholarship with modern applied research in new
technologies and in innovative research fields such as sports history,
electronic editing, digital composition and cultural policy. There are two
pioneering research centres: the Centre for Technology in the Arts and the
International Centre for Sports History and Culture, and in the last three
years the Faculty has won research grants worth over 1.5 million.
The Faculty has a thriving postgraduate research culture, with an
outstanding range of facilities, including a dedicated graduate centre. Many
of our recent PhD graduates have gone on to work in academia, and have
continued their research at the postdoctoral level. We invite applications
for projects in English, Media, History (including Sporting History), Dance,
Theatre and Music Technology. All projects will be supervised by senior
staff with international reputations who also possess a wealth of
supervisory experience. As part of the PhD training all PhD students in the
Faculty will undertake a specific Humanities research training course to
ensure that they are fully equipped to successfully complete their studies.
To be eligible to apply for one of the bursaries, students must meet the
following requirements:
MPhil or MPhil with PhD transfer option:
Applicants normally have at least a good second-class honours degree from a
British university or equivalent academic or professional qualifications.
International qualifications may also be acceptable.
PhD
In addition to the above, PhD applicants normally have a UK masters degree
or equivalent in a relevant subject area, which should have been awarded
within five years prior to application, including a component dealing with
research methods. An equivalent academic or professional qualification,
including international qualifications, may be acceptable
Applications are invited to study in the following areas. In your
application you should specify clearly which of the proposed areas you wish
to be considered for, and how your own research interests to date would be
applicable.
If you have any informal queries please e-mail:
Dr Mike Cronin, Faculty Head of Research, at: mjcronin@dmu.ac.uk
Department of English
Centre for Technology and the Arts
Research group: Canterbury Tales Project; electronic scholarly editing work
First Supervisor: Dr Peter Robinson/Professor Norman Blake
The Centre is leading, and collaborating in, several projects applying
electronic methods to the research and publication of large textual
traditions. These include editions of the Canterbury Tales, Dantes
Commedia, and the Greek New Testament. In the course of this work, the
Centre has developed software tools now used in many other projects. A
bursary is offered for work in one of the following areas:
1. Study of the manuscripts and text of the Canterbury Tales.
2. The application of electronic methods to research and publication of
textual traditions, including analysis using methods drawn from statistics,
mathematics, and evolutionary biology.
3. The development and use of advanced software tools for collation,
analysis and publication.
There will be opportunities for the successful applicant to work on
the externally-funded projects run by the Centre.
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