AHRC MA FUNDING!!!!!!!

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AHRC Professional Preparation Masters Award in English Language & Literature

We have one Masters studentship for an October 2013 start.

Eligible course:

·       MA Literature, Culture and Modernity
 

Eligibility

AHRC Studentships are available only to UK and EU students.

To be eligible for a full studentship award (fees plus maintenance stipend) a student must have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least three years prior to the start of the course. British citizenship or holding a British passport in itself does not satisfy the residential eligibility requirement. To be eligible for the full award, EU Nationals must satisfy the UK residency requirement.

EU Nationals who do not meet the residency requirement are eligible for a fees-only award, provided that they have been ordinarily resident in the EU for at least three years prior to the start of their proposed course.

Full information on AHRC eligibility criteria can be found here.

If you are unsure about eligibility please contact us prior to submitting your application.

How to apply

To apply for an AHRC Masters award you must complete the following:

·       The University online postgraduate admissions application form for your chosen MA course (please see list of eligible courses above). Your transcripts and references will be included in this.

·       A case for support of no more than 500 words.

·       A 15 page portfolio of your creative written work (either a sinlge complete piece or a number of extracts).

You must submit your online application by 5pm on 8 March 2013.

Your must submit your AHRC case for support and portfolio of your creative written work by email to Deborah Woodman, College of Arts & Social Sciences by 5pm on 8 March 2013.

Further guidance for completion of the outline research proposal

This is a key document in assessing your application. In preparing this statement you should consider the following (you may wish to use these as subheadings):

Professional Preparation scheme

1. How will taking this course contribute to your career aims?

·       State briefly why you wish to pursue this course

·       How will the course support your future career aims?

2. Brief description of the course of study

·       How does the course relate to practice in your chosen field and how will it be of benefit to you in developing your career? This will enable you to convey your interest in the course of study

·       Major project/dissertation: give a brief description of the area in which you anticipate doing your major project/dissertation.

3. Preparation and previous experience

·       Give an indication of any previous professional experience in your field of study (including relevant paid and voluntary work)

·       Give an indication of the training and preparation you have already undertaken that is relevant to your proposed study, how this training has prepared you for the course and your future career, and what further training you will require

References

You should provide two references as part of your online application. These should be from individuals who are in a position to assess your suitability for postgraduate study and the appropriateness of the course to your career/research goals. As competition for these awards is so fierce, you are strongly advised to ask your referees to consider the guidance notes for referees provided.

The selection process

All applications will be assessed by a panel of senior academics from within the subject area and shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview in early April 2013.

Timetable:

8 March 2013 (5.00pm) - Deadline for Applications

March 2013  - Short-listing

April 2013  - Interviews for Short-listed Applicants

April/May 2013  - Applicants informed of outcomes and nominations forwarded to AHRC

The final offer of an AHRC Studentship is subject to confirmation by AHRC.

Enquiries

For informal subject enquiries please contact Dr Scott Thurston.

Please direct all other enquiries to the College of Arts & Social Sciences.

Deborah Woodman
Tel. 0161 295 5876
Email: d.woodman@salford.ac.uk

PG study in the USA

Are you interested in postgraduate study in the USA in 2014-15 or beyond?
Read on for ways the US-UK Fulbright Commission can help, through our advisory service and awards programme.

USA Grad School Day
Date: 12 March 2013
Time: 6 pm – 9 pm
Location: American School in London, 1 Waverly Place London NW8 0NP
USA Grad School Day provides students with an insider's view of how to successfully navigate the US postgraduate admissions process. Fulbright advisors and experts in the field will cover a variety of topics: choosing the right programme, admissions exams, the application components and funding opportunities, including the Fulbright Awards for 2014-15.
This event is sponsored by the University of South Florida and Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions and kindly hosted by the American School in London.
Register for USA Grad School Day Now

Fulbright Scholarships for 2014-15 – For UK Citizens to Study in the USA
Application Opens: 1 August 2013
Application Deadline: 15 November 2013
The Fulbright Commission is the only organisation that offers scholarships for academic work in any subject, at any accredited USuniversity. Each year, we give Awards to approximately 50 UK citizens, including approximately 30 at the postgraduate-level. More than funding, our Awards offer scholars the opportunity to have a transformative cultural and academic experience and provide unparalleled support both during and after their Fulbright year. (Non-UK citizens are encouraged to use our advisory service in the UKand attend USA Grad School Day, but to apply for Fulbright scholarships through the Commission or Embassy in their home country.)

For more information: Visit the Fulbright Awards section of our website (www.fulbright.org.uk)
Postgraduate Study in the US Advice
Fulbright's advising team is the official source of information on US higher education for the UK. Visit our website (www.fulbright.org.uk) for a step-by-step guide to applying to US universities.
We look forward to supporting your interest in postgraduate study in the USA and seeing you at an upcoming event!
Kind regards,
US-UK Fulbright Commission Staff
advising@fulbright.org.uk
www.fulbright.org.uk

Funded Studentship: Literature and Cultural History

The Research Centre for Literature and Cultural History is pleased to offer a funded studentship for April/May 2013 entry to its Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme. The studentship will pay full-time University UK/EU tuition fees for 3 years and include a tax-free annual bursary of £13,590 per year.

Research in English at LJMU is focused through the Research Centre for Literature and Cultural History, established in 1998. The Research Centre organises regular series of research seminars, hosts conferences, invites distinguished overseas intellectuals to act as Visiting Professors and creates a forum in which the meaning, purposes and practicalities of interdisciplinary research can be debated.
For details of staff research interests, seminars and events see our website: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/HSS/119808.htm

The successful applicant will work in ONE of the three following areas, corresponding to research clusters within the Research Centre:

Labouring Class Authorship, the Literary Intelligentsia and the Periodical Press
OR
Cultural, radical and national politics in print culture in the period 1880 to 1914
OR
Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary Literary Cultures
For further details, entry requirements and information on the applications process see our Research Centre website under Studentships 2013: or access direct at:
at: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/HSS/125470.htm
The closing date for applications will be: 4th March 2013

Global Impact Awards for Current Students

Global Impact Awards for Current Students

Are you a student wanting to travel overseas in the summer of 2013?

The Alumni Association is offering Global Impact Awards of £250 to help you bring practical or social benefits to an international community.

You could be eligible to receive a Global Impact Award if:

• You are a current UG or PG student not in your final year of study.
• Your trip will have a sustainable benefit to the community you are visiting in a social or practical manner.
• Your trip will benefit a marginalised or vulnerable group.
• Your trip will enhance your broader development.
• Your trip is overseas.
• You are travelling between the end of this university year to beginning of the next university year.
• You have identified and approached other sources of funding.
• You are enthusiastic and committed to travelling.

Your application for a Global Impact Award will not be considered if:

• You are travelling to your country of origin.
• You are travelling for leisure, a sports event or to an academic conference.

Please note that we will also judge your application on its overall quality.

To apply before 28 February 2013:

Contact: James Cumbers

Division of Development and Alumni Relations

Email: james.cumbers@manchester.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)161 275 7239

Sexuality Summer School 2013

Sexuality Summer School 2013: 'Queer Imaginaries'

21st - 24th May 2013

Public events confirmed: 

Tuesday 21st May – Professor Robyn Wiegman (Duke), public lecture 'On Wishful Thinking', University of Manchester

Wednesday 22nd May – Professor Lois Weaver (Queen Mary), performance lecture 'What Tammy Found Out', Contact Theatre

Thursday 23rd May – Dr Rosalind Galt and Dr Karl Schoonover, 'Global Queer Cinema Project, Screening and Q&A, Cornerhouse

The Sexuality Summer School has been held annually by the University of Manchester since 2008. The Sexuality Summer School is coordinated by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC) with sponsorship this year from Screen, Manchester Pride, the Cornerhouse, Contact Theatre, artsmethods@manchester, and the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Manchester.

The Summer School is an annual event intended for postgraduates and researchers working in the broadly defined area of sexuality studies. The Summer School addresses current debates within queer studies, emphasising in particular its implication for the interdisciplinary study of culture. It offers an opportunity for students to discuss queer debates with researchers in the CSSC as well as international scholars brought in for the event. Applications welcome from Doctoral and Masters' level students from any university.

Registration for the 2013 Summer School: Queer Imaginaries will go live at http://estore.manchester.ac.uk on March 1st 2013.

For more information about the Sexuality Summer School, including details of previous events, see: https://sexualitysummerschool.wordpress.com, find our page on Facebook or tweet us @SSS_Manchester. You can also find out more information by contacting Clara Bradbury - Rance at sexualitysummerschool@gmail.com

Jeanette Winterson + Literature Live events

The Centre for New Writing has an exciting series of talks and 'in conversation' events coming up this semester.

For information on the Jeanette Winterson events, along with readings by Michael Hofmann, Rachel Seiffert and Kirsty Gunn, go to:

http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=15031

All are welcome. The events are open to staff, students and the wider public - and tickets for the Winterson events sell out fast!

EAC Research Seminars

EAC Research Seminars Spring 2013

All seminars are in A113 (Samuel Alexander Building) at 5 o’clock

Wednesday 30^th January

Dr Teresa Prudente

‘Woolf, Joyce and Lucretius’ Poetics of the Void’

Wednesday 6^th February – Stachniewski Lecture

Dr Roger Holdsworth

'Rattigan's Backward Boys: Sex, Place and Class in The Browning Version'

Wednesday 13^th February [CRITICAL MASS]

Dr Andrew Fearnley, Edge Hill University (Critical MASS)

‘Profits for Panthers: The Black Panther Party’s Publishing Strategies and the Financial Underpinnings of Activism, 1968-1975’ 

Wednesday 20^th February [CRITICAL MASS]

Dr Paul Crosthwaite, University of Edinburgh (Critical MASS and English and American Studies Research Seminar) 

‘'Gothic Wall Street: The Spectral Economies of New York Finance’

Wednesday 27^th February

Prof Jonathan Lamb, Vanderbilt University

‘Scorbutic Nostalgia and the Trials of Imagination’  

Wednesday 6^th March

Dr John Nash, Durham

‘“Talk, talk, talk”: Virginia Woolf and Ireland’  

Wednesday 20^th March [CRITICAL MASS]

Prof. Simon Gikandi (John Edward Taylor Visiting Fellow), Princeton 

‘Race and the Problem of Modern Time’

Wednesday 17^th April

Dr Ruth Ahnert, Queen Mary

‘Network analysis and the archives: Protestant letter networks in the reign of Mary I’

Wednesday 24^th April – Brook Lecture

Prof. Helen Fulton, University of York

Wednesday 1^st May

Dr Santanu Das, Kings College London

‘India, Empire and the First World War: Objects, Images, Words’

Wednesday 8^th May

American Studies Postgraduate Mini-Conference  

All staff and students (undergrad and postgrad) are welcome!

Fulbright Awards

Are you interested in postgraduate study in the USA in 2014-15 or beyond? Read on for ways the US-UK Fulbright Commission can help, through our advisory service and awards programme. USA Grad School Day Date: 12 March 2013 Time: 6 pm – 9 pm Location: American School in London, 1 Waverly Place London NW8 0NP (Map) USA Grad School Day provides students with an insider's view of how to successfully navigate the US postgraduate admissions process. Fulbright advisors and experts in the field will cover a variety of topics: choosing the right programme, admissions exams, the application components and funding opportunities, including the Fulbright Awards for 2014-15. This event is sponsored by the University of South Florida and Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions and kindly hosted by the AmericanSchool in London. Register for USA Grad School Day Now Fulbright Scholarships for 2014-15 – For UK Citizens to Study in the USA Application Opens: 1 August 2013 Application Deadline: 15 November 2013 The Fulbright Commission is the only organisation that offers scholarships for academic work in any subject, at any accredited USuniversity. Each year, we give Awards to approximately 50 UK citizens, including approximately 30 at the postgraduate-level. More than funding, our Awards offer scholars the opportunity to have a transformative cultural and academic experience and provide unparalleled support both during and after their Fulbright year. (Non-UK citizens are encouraged to use our advisory service in the UKand attend USA Grad School Day, but to apply for Fulbright scholarships through the Commission or Embassy in their home country.) For more information: Visit the Fulbright Awards section of our website (www.fulbright.org.uk) Postgraduate Study in the US Advice Fulbright's advising team is the official source of information on US higher education for the UK. Visit our website (www.fulbright.org.uk) for a step-by-step guide to applying to US universities. We look forward to supporting your interest in postgraduate study in the USA and seeing you at an upcoming event! Kind regards, US-UK Fulbright Commission Staff advising@fulbright.org.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it www.fulbright.org.uk

Stachniewski Memorial Lecture

The Stachniewski Memorial Lecture will take place on 6th February at 5pm in A115, Samuel Alexander Building.

This year's speaker is our very own Roger Holdsworth. His title is 'Rattigan's Backward Boys: Sex, Place, and Class in The Browning Version'

The Stachniewski Memorial lecture commemorates one of our late colleagues in Manchester English, American Studies and Creative Writing and is held jointly each year with the UCU.

All welcome, please circulate.

Call for Papers for UG journal

The Paper Shell Review, the University of Maryland's only undergraduate journal of essays on literary topics, is now accepting submissions. The journal's first issue was published with an introduction by Michael Dirda, a Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic.

This is a great opportunity for all undergrads to get published and share their work with a larger community. The call for submissions goes out to several universities internationally.

The submission guidelines are below, and a previous issue can be viewed here: http://www.english.umd.edu/academics/undergraduate/psr/spring-2012

Submissions should only be sent via email and not the website.

The Paper Shell Review Submission Guidelines:

Undergraduate students from any accredited institution of higher education may submit papers to The Paper Shell Review. Submission by a single author should not exceed three essays. E-mail essays as Microsoft Word attachments to papershellreview@gmail.com. Submissions for this year's issue will be accepted until Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 11:59pm.

All papers must be double-spaced, in Times New Roman font, numbered, and formatted with one-inch margins. Papers should not exceed 20 pages, but exceptions may be made for essays of superb quality. Essays must follow the Modern Language Association style guidelines as defined in the MLA Guidelines for Writers of Research Papers (latest edition).

The e-mail body accompanying any paper should include the author's full name, undergraduate institution, current year (freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior), paper title, and contact information (e-mail, phone number, current address, and permanent address). The journal is published in print in April and on-line in May on the UMD English Department website.

Visit of Rick Rylance, head of the AHRC, next Friday

Professor Rick Rylance will be visiting to speak at Manchester next Friday, 11 January. The talk will take place 11-11.45 in the John Casken Lecture Theatre, Martin Harris Centre. All welcome

NUS/Amnesty International Student Journalist Competition

The National Union of Students and Amnesty International are running a competition to find the best student human rights reporter of the year. 

Now in its 3^rd year, this year the competition offers its best prize yet – as well as an invitation to the Amnesty International Media Awards attended by over 400 leading members of British media for all the shortlisted entrants, the winner will receive the following:

·         Up to $2,000 Pulitzer Student Travel Reporting Fellowship

·         Two weeks' work experience at the Observer

·         The winning article published in full or in part by the Observer

The Pulitzer prize is a Pulitzer Centre Student Fellowship which includes a travel grant of up to $2000 to cover an unreported topic of the winner’s choice. The winner will also get mentorship from Pulitzer staff and professional journalists and assistance in pitching their story to leading media outlets.

Entry should be in the form of an article of up to 2000 words or radio or television report of up to 10 minutes in length submitted before 18 February 2013.

Full details of the competition are available at www.amnesty.org.uk/studentreporter

 

Jeremy Tambling | Hölderlin and Parataxis | Weds 4pm

This week is the final EAC Research Seminar of the semester. Professor Jeremy Tambling will give a paper entitled 'Hölderlin and Parataxis'. Due to Wednesday also being a day of end-of-term parties, the start time this week is 4pm, and the room is A113.

 

I'll take this opportunity to apologise for those who suffered from a late room change last week. We moved from A113 to avoid a potential clash, and the sign on the door wasn't clear enough. This week, nothing will unfix us from A113.

 

Look forward to seeing many of you there and to seeing in the end of this long term.

Doctoral funding

Information about the AHRC, ESRC and PDS funding competitions are now up on the ALC Graduate School website here: http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/graduateschool/funding/

You can find out about the Graduate School and our doctoral programmes and resources by going to chttp://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/graduateschool/funding/ or twitter.com/alcgradschool

Tonight's research seminar

A further note to remind you of tonight's research seminar, with our speaker Tom Day from UCLAN. 'Insider Dealings in Geoffrey Hill' is the title: Hill is the current Oxford Professor of Poetry, that significant and perenially controversial post, and is in Manchester tomorrow to give a reading as part of the UoM Literature Live series. 5pm, Samuel Alexander A113: it will be good to see you there!

Christmas Carolathon

From 9.30-2 next Wednesday 12 December we will be reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens out loud in aid of the homeless charity Shelter.

It will take place in the Graduate School Common Room, Mansfield Cooper 2.05.
There will be mince pies!

If you want to participate, please email Jerome.degroot@manchester.ac.uk
You can donate to Shelter here: http://www.justgiving.com/EASXmasCarolOutLoud

All welcome!

Insider Dealings in Geoffrey Hill

The EAC Research Seminar is back this Wednesday with a paper from Tom Day (UCLAN) entitled 'Insider Dealings in Geoffrey Hill'. The poet Hill is in Manchester on Thursday to give a reading at the John Rylands, and we have taken the opportunity to complement it with a paper. We will continue for drinks. All are welcome: check @EASSeminar or contact iain.bailey@manchester.ac.uk for further details.

Max Weber seminar

Thinking the present with Max Weber: The University, the Scholar and the Student
Organised by the Max Weber Study Group of the BSA. Supported by the University of Salford & UCU Salford

   7 December 2012, Clifford Whitworth Conference Room, University of Salford (Manchester)

A one-day seminar on the situation of the university, part of a seminar series devoted to thinking our current predicament. With the participation of very prominent scholars from home and abroad, this seminar will reflect on the current state of the university and its attendant practices:  what is the meaning of scholarly work and teaching when the scholar is faced by a series of sometimes contradictory conditions and imperatives: output targets in research, ‘the student experience’ in teaching coupled with compulsory debt-financing (huge fees) for students, the tension between instrumentalism and knowledge for its own sake, between a public and a market-driven university ethos, between a collegial institution and a hierarchical organisation.  What is the meaning of the new regime under which universities are put to work, with its ‘quality’ indicators and debt-incurring devices, in terms of the pedagogy practised, the kinds of reason relied on, as well as the type of human being presupposed by such regime and resulting from its implementation? More generally, what kind of scholar, what kind of student, what type of human being, is being produced by these practices?

Contact: Carlos Frade, University of Salford, c.frade@salford.ac.uk
Seminar programme available at http://www.britsoc.co.uk/media/45780/Thinking_the_present_with_Max_Weber_wkshp_1.pdf

Social Enterprise Lite Competition

Are you currently working or studying at the University of Manchester or a recent graduate?

Do you have an idea likely to benefit the public or community, or be an entrpreneurial solution to a social or environmental problem?

If so, then the UMI³ Social Enterprise ‘Lite’ Competition is for you!

Following the successful Social Enterprise Competition held earlier this year in association with the Faculty of Humanities, the University of Manchester has been chosen as one of 56 partners in the HEFCE/UnLtd Higher Education Support Programme.  As a result we are delighted to announce the expansion of this initiative into a University-wide competition.  The new Social Enterprise Competition will be officially launched in January 2013 with a funding pot of £50,000.  However, as a taster of things to come, the Social Enterprise ‘Lite’ Competition is to encourage people to apply for small awards of up to £500 to kick-start their ideas.
Your idea does not have to be overtly technology based or a commercial idea.  The competition seeks as broad a range of entries as possible.

The competition is now open!

Eligibility:
The competition is open to all University of Manchester staff, students, and recent graduates (graduated within the last 12 months).
Deadline for submissions:
Friday 7 December, 5.00pm
All successful applicants will be notified by Tuesday 18 December with a view to starting their projects in early January 2013.
Awards:
Funding of up to £500, for individuals to try out their ideas.  This might mean finding out if their idea is viable, learning more about what is needed and trying the project on a small scale initially.

For more information, go to: http://manchestersteps.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/umi3-social-enterprise-lite-competition-2012-2013/

Call for Papers: Tobacco in the Early Modern imagination

Call for Papers: Tobacco in the Early Modern imagination

A one-day conference at Chetham’s Library, Manchester, 15 March 2013

Plenary speaker: Dr Lucy Munro (Keele University)

We are looking for several 20 minute papers on any aspect of the way that tobacco was represented, formulated, desired, commodified, traded and investigated in the early modern world.

Papers might consider: tobacco and internationalism; maritime disputes and piracy; destruction and violence; the medicalization of smoking; smoking and gaming; tobacco and gender; physiology, psychology and addiction; pipes and prosthesis; performance; early modern drugs more generally; colonial dominion and the early modern subject; mapping; portraiture; death; tobacco and encounter; sexuality; medical tobacco; youth culture; taxation and legal issues; the development of druggist shops; the abject; smoke as revenant; purgation and disgust. We might also consider that the word ‘tobacco’ does not appear in the works of Shakespeare.

Papers will also be considered that are more methodological in focus (such as those that consider interdisciplinary approaches or arise from the medical humanities, new directions in theory, collaborative research and presentation, impact or knowledge exchange)

The day will also involve some workshop sessions with the magnificent collections held by the library: http://www.chethams.org.uk/

Please send abstracts of 250 words to:

Jerome.degroot@manchester.ac.uk

Deadline: 30 January 2013