Category: Postgraduate

Introducing The Modernist Review

Post author By modernistudies
Post date July 15, 2016
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We are delighted to announce that the British Association for Modernist Studies will now be hosting its own online space for new work in modernist studies, The Modernist Review.

The Modernist Review is designed to provide a platform for scholars and others with a keen interest in modernism to share emerging work across a range of interests.

We believe that accessible does not necessarily mean less rigorous. While we intend to make The Modernist Review an interesting read for non-academic audiences, we also want it to be a good place to share those research off-cuts that don’t really fit anywhere else.

If you’ve come across a curious book, poster, film or quotation which doesn’t work in your current project, this is where to send it. Similarly, if a late-night thought leaves you with a thousand words on the state of modernist studies, we’d like to see them.

Visit us now here, and please do consider submitting! (You can also follow us on twitter @modernistreview)

Thank you,

Helen Saunders and Stephanie Boland (PGR reps)

Call for submissions Essay Prize Past Events Postgraduate

The British Association for Modernist Studies Essay Prize 2016

Post author By modernistudies
Post date June 30, 2016

The British Association for Modernist Studies invites submissions for its annual essay prize for early career scholars. The winning essay will be published in Modernist Cultures, and the winner will also receive £250 of books.

The BAMS Essay Prize is open to any member of the British Association for Modernist Studies who is studying for a doctoral degree, or is within five years of receiving their doctoral award. You can join BAMS by following the link on our membership pages: https://bams.ac.uk/membership

Essays are to be 7-9,000 words, inclusive of footnotes and references.

The closing date for entries is 31 October 2016. The winner will be announced by 31 January 2017.

Essays can be on any subject in modernist studies (including anthropology, art history, cultural studies, ethnography, film studies, history, literature, musicology, philosophy, sociology, urban studies, and visual culture). Please see the editorial statement of Modernist Cultures for further information: http://www.euppublishing.com/journal/mod.

In the event that, in the judges’ opinion, the material submitted is not of a suitable standard for publication, no prize will be awarded.

Instructions to Entrants

Entries must be submitted electronically in Word or rtf format to modernistcultures@gmail.com and conform to Chicago style.

Entrants should include a title page detailing their name, affiliation, e-mail address, and their doctoral status/ date of award; they should also make clear that the essay is a submission for the BAMS Essay Prize.

It is the responsibility of the entrant to secure permission for the reproduction of illustrations and quotation from copyrighted material.

Essays must not be under consideration elsewhere.

Enquiries about the prize may be directed to Jeff Wallace, Chair of the British Association for Modernist Studies, at jwallace@cardiffmet.ac.uk.

Postgraduate Scholarships Studentships

PhD Scholarship: The Literature of the First World War, Liverpool Hope

Post author By modernistudies
Post date June 29, 2016
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A PhD scholarship is available for Autumn 2016 or January 2017 start at Liverpool Hope.

Proposals are invited on the topic of The Literature of the First World War by July 31st.

About the award

Vice Chancellor’s PhD Scholarship Award
Department: English
Research Supervisors: Dr Guy Cuthbertson and Dr William Blazek
Research Topic: The Literature of the First World War

This award will cover full tuition fees and a monthly maintenance grant each year for a maximum of three years of full-time doctoral study (subject to evidence of satisfactory progress and periodical review as deemed suitable by the supervisory team).

Successful candidates may also have the opportunity to support undergraduate teaching (no more than 6 hours per week) as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA).

The project

The successful candidate will be supervised by Associate Professors Guy Cuthbertson and William Blazek, both of whom have published widely in the field of First World War literature.

They will consider proposals on any aspect of First World War literature, but their own research has been focused on the literature of Britain and the USA.

A focus on Wilfred Owen, Edward Thomas, the Georgians, Edwardian legacies, Edith Wharton, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, other American writers, or life-writing would be especially welcome.

Liverpool Hope has excellent library resources for the study of the First World War.

About the department

English at Liverpool Hope performed very well in REF 2014 with war writing highlighted as an area of strength. We are one of the top 30 universities in the country for English, based on the quality of our research publications.A third of the research outputs were rated as world-leading. In the category of “World-leading Research”, we came above the universities of Oxford, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield, Bristol, Reading, Leeds, Keele and Lancaster, among others.

The official REF feedback stated that “[a] large proportion of the outputs were judged to be internationally excellent or world-leading. This included outputs from across all the main research themes included in the submission, with a particularly high proportion of outputs in editorial work, war writing, and gender studies producing significant innovation and important points of reference”.

Entry Criteria

Applicants applying for PhD should normally possess a Masters degree which matches the descriptor for a Level 7 qualification in the UK Framework of Higher Education Qualifications, and compromises:

EITHER a Masters Degree with Distinction from a UK University;

OR a Masters degree with Merit from a UK University, INCLUDING a Distinction grade for the Dissertation [or equivalent];

OR a Masters Degree from a UK University that does not offer awards with Merit, the Registrar having confirmed that the profile of marks awarded by that University satisfies or exceeds Liverpool Hope University’s requirements for the award of a Master’s Degree with Merit, AND that the Dissertation [or equivalent] was awarded a Distinction grade;

OR an equivalent qualification from outside the UK. Please note that equivalency of qualifications is judged by Liverpool Hope University, and all decisions are final.

In addition applicants must be able to demonstrate a high level of competence in written and spoken English.

Please note: As the successful candidates will undertake a PhD through full-time study there will be an expectation for you not to take an external commitment or job during the duration of the PhD studies. The only work that the candidates will be permitted to undertake is the GTA role for providing teaching support.

How to apply

Applicants must apply via our online application system. Please see the ‘Apply Now’ tab: http://www.hope.ac.uk/research/postgraduateresearch

In the first instance, applicants must go through our ‘Expression of Interest Stage.’ This is normally reserved to general applications for candidates proposing the topic. Please enter the following statement in the expression of interest box: ‘Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship’ only. This will enable us to process your application quickly, and give you access to the full application, which must be submitted no later than 31 July 2016. Three references must be sent directly from your referees to researchdegrees@hope.ac.uk prior to the deadline.

It is currently expected that, following the application deadline, interviews shall take place the week of 22 August 2016. Applicants are requested to reserve this period.

Please contact Guy Cuthbertson at CuthbeG@hope.ac.uk if you would like to discuss a proposal.

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PhD Studentship: Avant-Garde Writing, Technology and the Everyday – Oxford Brookes

Post author By modernistudies
Post date May 11, 2016
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A PhD Studentship is available in the Department of English and Modern Languages at Oxford Brookes University, to begin in September 2016.

About the studentship

Oxford Brookes University is pleased to offer a full-time PhD Studentship in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences starting on the 19th September 2016. Applications are invited for a PhD Studentship in ‘Avant-Garde Writing, Technology and the Everyday’.

The supervisory team will be led by Professor Alex Goody (Twentieth-Century Literature), with Dr Eric White (American Literature).

We are interested in proposals that examine the interactions between the avant-garde writers of modernism and its aftermath and the technological world of the twentieth century. The proposed research should aim to produce a new account of the relationship between the modernist ‘revolution of the word’ and the contingencies and externalities of living in a modern world radically reconfigured through technology (such as transport, inscription, information, communication, surveillance, prosthesis, augmentation and warfare).

A full project description will be provided in the application pack.

Stipend and fees

The successful candidate will receive an annual payment of £14,000 as a stipend towards living expenses for a maximum of three years.

Home/EU fees will be covered by the Department of English and Modern Languages for a maximum of three years.

About the department

As a successful applicant, you will be supported by an inter-disciplinary team and will join a supportive and research-active Department. For more information on the Department of English and Modern Languages, visit www.english-languages.brookes.ac.uk.

Eligibility

Applications are invited from Home/EU students only. We are looking to recruit a candidate of the highest quality and who is capable of submitting a PhD thesis within 3 years. Applicants are expected to have completed a relevant Masters degree prior to the Studentship start date.

The Studentship holder may also be required to complete supplementary research methods training in their first year of study. Applicants should also be able to demonstrate strong research capabilities and be fluent in spoken and written English.

Deadline and interview dates

The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon on Wednesday 25th May 2016.

Interviews will be held on the week commencing: 20th June 2016

How to apply

To request an application pack, a project description and for further details of how to apply, please contact hss-researchdegrees@brookes.ac.uk

Please specify which studentship you are applying for by quoting the following in the subject heading: HSS015, Goody and White

CFPs Postgraduate

CFP: English Graduate Conference – UCL, June 3

Post author By modernistudies
Post date April 29, 2016

UCL will host an English Graduate Conference on the theme of “The Fragment” on Friday, June 3.

Proposals for 20-minute papers are invited until May the 2nd.

Highlights

*Featuring keynote papers from*
Katherine Angel (Kingston University) and Rob Turner (UCL)

*Poetry reading from *
New Faber Poet Crispin Best

*and two interactive workshops:*
“Editing Medieval Manuscript Fragments” (Prof. Winfried Rudolf, University of Göttingen) and “Early Modern Theatrical Improvisation Workshop”

About the event

“a heap of fragments is an organisation, though perhaps not a particularly organised-looking one”
– Sianne Ngai

Some of the most important thinkers, writers, and artists of the modern age have been drawn to a fragmentary style of composition. They have used the fragment as a metaphor for modernity, drawing attention to the whole from which it has been taken. In medieval and early modern studies, the fragmented materiality of texts continues to present a challenge to scholars.

Some of the questions that will be addressed over the course of the conference are: What does it mean for a text to be incomplete? What is the relationship between the fragment and the whole? What is the legacy of the modern fragment in contemporary culture? What challenges does the material fragmentation of texts present to scholars? How do new technologies ameliorate or exacerbate these issues? How should we approach texts which are the result of collaborative work?

Call for papers

Proposals are invited for 20-minute papers on the theme of “The Fragment”.

The aim of this conference is to provide an opportunity for postgraduates working across the UK and internationally to present their work. Papers may address the topic of the fragment in any period of literary history and take any theoretical approach. In addition to the questions raised above, possible topics include, but are not limited to:

o the modernist fragment
o manuscript fragments and the fragmentary circulation of manuscript material, digitally and physically
o the Romantic fragment (the ruin, the “whole fragment”)
o psychoanalysis and the fragment
o fragment as narrative section, e.g. /The Canterbury Tales/ fragments
o the crop, the partial image, the photograph or still as fragment
o the contemporary fragment (new technology, media)
o the fragment as life narrative, autobiography or memoir
o the fragment as unfinished or processive art work
o problems in reading or editing unfinished, collaborative or fragmentary material
o fragment and gender
o fragmentation as breakage, disruption and loss
o the fragment in academic culture

How to submit

Abstracts of 300 words are invited for submission by Monday 2 May.

Please email abstracts to the conference committee at UCLfragments@gmail.com

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BAMS Postgraduate Training Day: Final Places Remaining

Post author By modernistudies
Post date March 8, 2016

A few places are still available for the upcoming BAMS training day. Book now to ensure your spot. We look forward to seeing you in Oxford.

British Association for Modernist Studies

Postgraduate Training Day: Research Skills for Modernist Studies

Hosted by the Faculty of English, University of Oxford

Friday 11 March 2016

The seventh annual BAMS postgraduate training day will explore recent trends in modernist studies and give practical advice on research management, with the aim of preparing you for a career in modernist studies. This event is open to registered on-course doctoral students working in the field of modernism. Registration (including lunch) is free to members of BAMS, and a limited number of travel bursaries are also available to BAMS members whose transport costs over £20. Registration is £5 for non-members. Places are limited, so please register by clicking here (or go to www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk and search ‘BAMS’) by Monday 7 March. To apply for a travel bursary, please send travel information and/ or receipts to bamsresearchskills@gmail.com. General enquiries may also be directed to this address.

To join BAMS (including a subscription to Modernist Cultures) go to https://bams.ac.uk/membership/. Student rate: £32; online-only £23.

BAMS research training day programme

Postgraduate Studentships

Funded PhD opportunity: Modernist Cultures and Theories of Affect and Intimacy

Post author By modernistudies
Post date March 8, 2016

PhD studentship 2016 competition

Department of Humanities

Northumbria University

Newcastle upon Tyne

Modernist Cultures and Theories of Affect and Intimacy

The modernist studies research group is part of the Institute of the Humanities and has played an important role in extending scholarship on modern literary and material culture. We invite proposals on any relevant area but are particularly interested in projects that consider the relation between modernist culture and theories of intimacy, affect and the emotions. This may involve an examination of canonical writing by figures such as Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, Marianne Moore, T.S. Eliot or James Joyce or an exploration of less well-known modernists such as Djuna Barnes, Lorine Neidecker, Gertrude Stein and Hart Crane. Likewise, we welcome proposals that seek to explore the material cultures of modernism. More specifically, we are interested in projects that consider the relation between modern periodical culture and what has been described as the ‘intimate public sphere’.

The University of Northumbria has a large and lively postgraduate community in the Humanities. Our PhD students benefit from generous research space and resources in the recently expanded Glenamara Centre as well as the new Institute of the Humanities. PhD students develop a portfolio of skills and competencies through the Humanities Training Programme, the Teaching Shadowing Scheme, the annual PhD conference and the Graduate School’s Professional Development and Research Training Programme. In addition,students are provided with a research allowance for conference attendance and travel as well as funding to support the organisation and development of research networks, conferences and seminar series.

English, the international journal of literary studies from the English Association is edited by a team from within Northumbria University, and successful candidates will have the opportunity to contribute to all aspects of the editing process. The journal sits within the new Institute of the Humanities, an initiative that brings together a range of disciplines to foster collaboration, innovation and cross-fertilisation.

Principal Supervisor

Dr Julie Taylor (https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/t/dr-julie-taylor/)

Contact:

Dr Victoria Bazin (victoria.Bazin@northumbria.ac.uk)

Funding Notes

The studentship includes a full stipend, paid for three years at RCUK rates (in 2016/17 this is £14,296 pa) and fees (Home/EU £4,350 / International £13,000).

Eligibility and How to Apply

Please note eligibility requirement:

Undergraduate qualification of at least 2:1 (or equivalent GPA from non-UK universities [preference for 1st class honours]); or a Masters with distinction.
Appropriate IELTS score for international applicants whose first language is not English.

For further details of how to apply, entry requirements and the application form, see

https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/postgraduate-research-degrees/how-to-apply/

BAMS Postgraduate Training Day 2016

Post author By modernistudies
Post date March 7, 2016

Thank you for registering for the British Association for Modernist Studies Postgraduate Training Day in Oxford this Friday. We’re very much looking forward to seeing you.

Here are the documents you’ll need to download for the day, including four articles that you’ll want to read in advance in preparation for our first session, ‘Modernism Across the Disciplines’. We’ll be discussing different constructions of modernism in the various academic disciplines, focusing in particular on the distinctions between English, Modern Languages and Art History. Please come armed with thoughts on the four articles!

BAMS research training day programme

University buildings map

Articles:

As you’ll see from the programme, the sessions begin at 11:30, but we’ll be ready for you with coffee and tea from 11. The day’s events will take place in the Senior Common Room (SCR) of the Faculty of English. A map of Oxford’s buildings is available to download with the other documents, and further information is here:

http://www.english.ox.ac.uk/contact-us/directions-map.html

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at bamsresearchskills@gmail.com

With best wishes

Rebecca Beasley and Jamie Callison

for the BAMS Executive Committee

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BAMS Postgraduate Training Day: Research Skills for Modernist Studies

Post author By modernistudies
Post date February 16, 2016

British Association for Modernist Studies

Postgraduate Training Day: Research Skills for Modernist Studies

Hosted by the Faculty of English, University of Oxford

Friday 11 March 2016

To join BAMS (including a subscription to Modernist Cultures) go to https://bams.ac.uk/membership/. Student rate: £32; online-only £23.

BAMS research training day programme

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‘We All Have These Thoughts Sometimes’: A conference on Stevie Smith 11 March 2016

Post author By modernistudies
Post date February 7, 2016

Dear All,

BURSARIES AVAILABLE

‘We All Have These Thoughts Sometimes’: A conference on Stevie Smith

11 March 2016

Jesus College, Oxford

https://steviesmithconference.wordpress.com/

We are delighted to announce that, thanks to the generous support of the Oxford English Faculty, seven small bursaries are now available for postgraduate and early-career researchers. Each bursary is equivalent to the registration fee for an unsalaried delegate (£30). They are aimed at attendees who have not secured funding to attend the conference from their institutions or from external sources.

To apply for a bursary, please email steviesmithconference@gmail.com by 14th February 2016, explaining in less than 300 words why you want to attend the conference, and (if relevant) how attendance will contribute to your academic career. Applicants are reminded that it is not necessary to use the full 300 words available.

Delegates who have already registered for the conference, and believe they are eligible, are welcome to apply.

All best,

Noreen Masud, DPhil candidate

http://parrotsatethemall.wordpress.com/