Tuesday 14 February 2012

3 PhD studentships at Queen's University, Belfast

Three PhD studentships at Queen's University, Belfast: 

1) Translation and Poetry: Translation Studies, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland

Applications are invited for a doctoral studentship, covering fees and maintenance. The studentship will run from September/October 2012 to September/October 2015.

The successful candidate will wish to conceptualise and study translation as a writerly act of interpretation that shapes poetic traditions, as well as potentially other cultural forms and practices. An interest in minor literatures and recent debates on ‘world’ literature may be an advantage.

The studentship will be held jointly in the School of Modern Languages and the School of English. Internal supervisors will be Professor David Johnston and Professor Ciaran Carson. Professor Lawrence Venuti, who is a Visiting Professor on the Translation Studies programme at Queen’s, will also provide official supervision.

In order to be eligible for both the fees and maintenance elements of this studentship, applicants must be UK nationals or EU citizens who have lived in the UK for the last three years for purposes other than studying. For more details, please go to: http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Research/PostgraduateCentre/PostgraduateAwards/ProspectiveStudents/LocalUKApplicants/ResearchFundingAvailableforUKandEUApplicants/ Applicants are strongly advised to make informal enquiries before application, to David Johnston at d.johnston at qub.ac.uk.

Application is via https://dap.qub.ac.uk/portal/user/u_login.php by 15th March 2012.

2) PhD Studentships in Sign Language::  Translation and Interpreting Studies, School of Modern Languages, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland

Research Opportunities in Sign Language:  Two DEL-funded three-year PhD studentships are available in the School of Modern Languages at Queen’s University. These are full studentships for appropriately qualified applicants, to include tuition fees and a maintenance grant. The broad research areas are:

•    The local deaf community, its demographics and the extent to which deaf people have successfully integrated in / been excluded from wider social organisations and processes (education, health, the arts etc). This studentship is tenable from 1 April 2012, or as soon as possible thereafter.

•    Signing for performance, with particular reference to theatre and/or television. This studentship is tenable from 1 September 2012, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Successful applicants will hold a good honours degree in any related discipline, and have demonstrable proficiency in BSL. A postgraduate qualification in any related discipline is desirable. A working knowledge of ISL is also desirable.

Application is via the Queen’s direct admissions portal at https://dap.qub.ac.uk/portal/user/u_login.php  (closing date 20 March 2012 for both studentships) but all potential applicants are strongly advised to make informal enquiries to Professor David Johnston, at d.johnston at qub.ac.uk in the first instance.

In order to be eligible for both the fees and maintenance elements of this studentship, applicants must be UK nationals or EU citizens who have lived in the UK for the last three years for purposes other than studying. For full details, see:  http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Research/PostgraduateCentre/PostgraduateAwards/ProspectiveStudents/LocalUKApplicants/ResearchFundingAvailableforUKandEUApplicants/.

For more information about any of these studentships, please contact
David Johnston, at d.johnston at qub.ac.uk. 

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