Please see below details of a PhD scholarship at De Montfort University using the resources of one of the Royal Commonwealth Society's photographic collections at Cambridge University Library. Applicants will need to apply via the De Montfort jobs webpage given.
De Montfort University Graduate School Full Bursary PhD Scholarship
The Legacy of Alfred Hugh Fisher and the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee (COVIC)/ Photographic History
Photographic History Research Centre (PHRC)
School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities
De Montfort University, Leicester
In collaboration with the Royal Commonwealth Society department at Cambridge University Library
University of Cambridge, Cambridge.
COMMENCING OCTOBER 2017
A PhD research scholarship including stipend and tuition fee costs is offered within the
Photographic History Research Centre in the School of Humanities. It is available to UK or
EU students who are suitably qualified and have outstanding potential as researchers.
In offering this scholarship the University aims to further develop its proven research
strengths in the study of photographic histories, practices and cultures. It is an excellent
opportunity for a candidate of exceptional promise to contribute to a stimulating, world-class
research environment.
The Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee (COVIC) was a body charged in 1902 with
creating a visual record of Britain’s overseas territories for use in British schools. Cambridge
University Library (CUL) maintains its photographic archives, and this project will focus on
the Fisher Photograph Collection. Mainly comprising of photographs taken by artist and
amateur photographer Alfred Hugh Fisher in 1907-1910, the collection documents changes
to physical and sociocultural environments across the globe during the first decade of the
twentieth century. A collaboration between the PHRC and CUL, this project will explore the
significance of visual records in cultural exchange, and how subsequent re-use of images
from the Fisher Photograph Collection led to innovative understandings of ‘other’ cultures
and lands.
For a more detailed description of the scholarship, the subject area at DMU and an
application pack please visit http://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/graduate-school/phd-scholarships.aspx
Please direct academic queries to Dr Gil Pasternak on +44 (0)116 201
3951 or email gpasternak@dmu.ac.uk. For administrative queries contact the Graduate
School office email: researchstudents@dmu.ac.uk, tel: 0116 250-6309. Completed
applications should be returned together with two supporting references and an academic
transcript.
Applications are invited from UK or EU students with a Master’s degree or good first degree
in a relevant subject (First, 2:1 or equivalent). Doctoral scholarships are available for up to
three years full-time study commencing in October 2017 consisting of a bursary of £14,296
per annum in addition to waiver of tuition fees.
Please quote ref: ADHFB2