De Montfort University

De Montfort University (DMU) is offering fully-funded 3-year PhD scholarships (pro rata for part-time study), for Home and International students with a stipend of £15,009 per annum. The scholarships take effect from 1 October 2020. DEADLINE for applications: 9 March 2020.

Initial applications should be made via this link: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/program/de-montfort-university-phd-scholarships/?p4826.

and must include:

1. A CV attachment.

2. Details of the proposed research project and how it maps onto DMU areas of research excellence (see below).

3. Name of a potential De Montfort University supervisor (please indicate if contact has been made).

https://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/cathi/members.aspx

DMU’s Cinema and Television History Research Institute (CATHI) is a centre of excellence in archival screen heritage. It specialises in evidence-based and oral history methods to inform ground-breaking interdisciplinary research and RCUK-funded international collaborations  CATHI is home to the cross-faculty Centre for Adaptations (with the Andrew Davies Archive ) and houses a growing number of other unique collections including the*Hammer Films Archive, the Sir Norman Wisdom Collection, the Palace Pictures and Scala Productions Archive, the Cinema Museum’s Indian Cinemas Archive,**the Zee TV (UK) Collection and the Peter Whitehead Archive . We host the annual UK Asian Film Festival, the BFI British Silent Film Festival and the post-graduate conference CATHICon, and promote practice-based research via the DocHub@DMU. CATHI invites applications from well-qualified students whose research interests connect with our expertise in:

• Women’s film and television history
• British Cinema and Film Culture
• Italian Cinema
• Transnational Cinema
• Silent Cinema
• Cult Cinema
• Bollywood and Independent Indian Cinema
• Transmedia Adaptations
• Heritage Cinema Culture and Period Television Drama
• Film Ephemera and Material Culture
• Audiences, Reception Studies and Memories of Cinemagoing
• Film Fandom, Fanworks and Social Media
• Film exhibition and Cinema History
• Film Festivals
• Documentary theory and practice
• Screen performance and star studies
• 1960s and the counterculture

We especially welcome proposals on the following archival projects:

1. Leicester’s Phoenix Art Centre: regional arts provision since the 1960s. An interdisciplinary PhD embracing theatre, music, performance, film and community arts.

2. Andrew Davies: Adapting the Classics

3. Palace Pictures: Independence and Innovation

4. Indian Cinema’s Diaspora and Distribution

For informal enquiries and advice on developing proposals please contact: Professor Justin Smith (Justin.Smith@dmu.ac.uk).