Art History and Visual Studies (AHVS) is pleased to announce two AHRC PhD research awards for September 2012. Applicants must have, or be in the process of completing, an MA in Art History or a related field and have achieved a merit (60%) or above to be eligible for the competition. AHRC awards are restricted to Home or EU students only.
The closing date for applications is 15th February 2012.
It is advisable to seek further details of these awards and other PhD scholarships and bursaries offered by the School and University available to candidates in art history on the University of Manchester website:
http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduatestudy/funding/fundingfordoctoralstudents/
Art History and Visual Studies (AHVS) is one of Manchester's best-established disciplines. Our impressive range and diversity of expertise reflects a history that has witnessed the development of a wide range of studies encompassing a variety of periods, from Early Christian and Islamic art to the present, and methodological approaches. AHVS has a vibrant research culture in which our postgraduate student community plays a key role. We advise that you explore our website for the individual interests of our staff and approach the person who you think most suits your area of prospective research. Below is a sample of topics that relate to current research projects and draw upon the superb resources available in Manchester:
- Blake and Modern Culture (Colin Trodd)
Manchester has literary and art historians with specialist expertise in Blake and his legacies. Manchester libraries and museums have rich, untapped Blake collections.
- Manchester: The Townscape of Free Trade (Mark Crinson)
Although Manchester was the key industrial city of the nineteenth century there have been few studies of the city's physical and representational response to its industrial pre-eminence.
- The Brutalist Wall: Art and Architecture Interfaces (Mark Crinson)
An inter-media study exploring the wall as a point of mediation between 1950s British art and architecture. Manchester galleries have relevant collections of prints, wallpapers, and drawings.
- Outsider Art: Constructions of Creativity (David Lomas)
The Musgrave Kinley Outsider Art Collection, acquired by the Whitworth Art Gallery in 2010, would be the core resource for a PhD project exploring the formation of the Outsider art category and its dependence upon constructions of artistic creativity.
- 'Sci-Art' and the Institutional Patronage of Contemporary Art (David Lomas)
The institutional funding of artist residencies in medical and scientific settings driven by a public understanding agenda has spawned a new genre of 'sci-art'. A PhD project would investigate this striking contemporary phenomenon.
Please contact the admissions officer Andy Rigg at Andy.Rigg@manchester.ac.uk if you have questions over your eligibility or how to apply.
