Doctoral Research in Performing Arts at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
AHRC Midlands4Cities PhD funding for UK and International applicants
The AHRC-funded Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M4C) brings together eight leading universities across the Midlands to support the professional and personal development of the next generation of arts and humanities doctoral researchers. M4C is a collaboration between the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, University of Warwick, Coventry University, University of Leicester, De Montfort University, Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.
M4C is awarding up to 89 doctoral studentships for UK and International applicants for 2021 entry through an open competition and 21 Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDA) through a linked competition with a range of partner organisations in the cultural, creative and heritage sector.
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire at Birmingham City University is inviting applications from students whose research interests connect with our field of expertise in Interdisciplinary Performing Arts Research, including:
· The contemporary actor
· Histories of actor training
· Interdisciplinary and multimedia performance
· Theatre making and devising
· Dance performance making
· Choreographic practices
· Embodiment studies
· Eco-somatics
· Ecology and performance
· Spirituality, spiritual traditions and performance
· Applied theatre and performance
· Contemporary drama
· Theatre and politics
· Spatial dramaturgies
Research supervision is led by Professor Aleksandar Dundjerović, with Dr. Polly Hudson, Dr. Paola Botham and Dr. Gareth Somers.
Information on our interdisciplinary Performance Research Hub, part of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Performative Arts, CIPA, can be found here:
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/research/clusters-and-specialisms/performance-research-hub.
To develop an application for doctoral study at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, please download the expression of interest form, which can be found at http://www.bcu.ac.uk/research/midlands4cities. This form, and any queries, should be sent to m4c@bcu.ac.uk by 30 November 2020.
The deadline for M4C funding applications is 13 January 2021 (noon), by which time applicants must have applied for a place to study and have ensured that two academic references are submitted using the Midlands4Cities online reference form.
For full details of eligibility, funding, research supervision areas and CDA projects, and for dates of our November application writing workshops, please visit: https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/ or contact enquiries@midlands4cities.ac.uk.