The Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow seeks to appoint to three fully funded AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards.

The PhD studentships, each of which will begin 1 October 2008 and support three years of full-time study, are available for programmes of research with three leading cultural institutions –

Edinburgh International Festival
Flagship festivals: the changing role of the Edinburgh International Festival Supervisors Dr Gillian Doyle, Professor Adrienne Scullion and Ms Joanna Baker, managing director EIF

Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival retrospectives Supervisors Dr David Archibald, Professor John Caughie and Ms Hannah McGill, director EIFF

Mull Theatre
Building theatres/theatre buildings: reinventing Mull Theatre Supervisors Ms Minty Donald, Professor Adrienne Scullion and Mr Alasdair McCrone, artistic director Mull Theatre

Full information on each project, and details of how to apply, is available at http://www.gla.ac.uk/tfts/.

The studentships will cover the standard tuition fees and the AHRC standard stipend grant – £12,600 in 2007/2008 – with an additional maintenance contribution from the AHRC of £500 pa and a small additional amount pa from the non-academic partners.

The successful applicants will meet the AHRC’s academic criteria for doctoral study and its requirements for UK/EU residency: see the relevant AHRC webpage http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/apply/postgrad/postgrad_details_d/eligibility.asp.

Closing date for applications is noon on Friday 16 May 2008.