PhD Studentship, Oxford Brookes University

Starts in April, may be of interest …. Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment 3 years full-time fees will be paid by the University Bursary: £7,000 pa (with no inflation increase). Deadline: The closing date for applications is 15th February 2016 Interview date: Interviews will be held in week beginning 1st March 2016 Eligibility: Home/EU […]

Feminist Media Histories: An International Journal

In the first issue…. Proto-Queer Media Criticism: “Cinema Ramblings” from an RKO Secretary CANDACE MOORE Shiga Akiko’s Abortion Scandal in Late 1930s Japanese Film Culture CHIKA KINOSHITA Mod Pod Methods: This Year’s Girl QUINLAN MILLER Nonfiction Form and the “Truth” about Muslim Women in Iranian Documentary NIKI AKHAVAN Managing Female Adolescence in Disney’s Witch Mountain […]

2nd Call for Papers: Space and Place in European Cinema (NUIG)

A reminder of a big international conference coming up in July in Galway with the news that the  Keynote Speaker will be Professor Victor Burgin:   CALL FOR PAPERS   Space and Place in European Cinema 2015 European Cinema Research Forum Annual Conference   Huston School of Film & Digital Media National University of Ireland, […]

Research Post at DCU – Climate Change and Irish Media

The research assistant position below may be of interest to media/ semiotic analysis students: Researcher required for comprehensive analysis of climate change in Irish media Research Assistant Salary of €25,668 for nine months Climate change science unambiguously points towards a global challenge of enormous proportions and the immediate requirement for sustained action. However, it is […]

Irish Screen Studies Seminar 2015 – Call for Papers

Please spread the word: The Irish Screen Studies Seminar will take place next year in Belfast on 7th-8th May. Follow us @IrishScreenStud   Call for Papers (pdf) The 11th Irish Screen Studies Seminar will take place at Ulster University, York Street, Belfast on Thursday 7th-Friday 8th May 2015. The seminar is aimed at postgraduate and […]

PhD Scholarships at the University of Edinburgh

The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh invites applications from outstanding PhD candidates for scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Wolfson Foundation respectively. The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures includes Asian Studies, Celtic & Scottish Studies, English Literature, European Languages & Cultures,  and Islamic […]

PhD Scholarships – Salford University

Salford University are inviting applications for PhD scholarships (full and part-time) from the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership, in the Media and Communications Pathway. More here.

Irish Television Crime Drama: A Symposium (next week)

Bringing academics, practitioners and policy-makers together, this is a forum for an engaged and timely debate from diverse perspectives on television drama in Ireland in the 21st century. It will be of interest to students, researchers, academics, practitioners and policy-makers in the field of television drama, film and media studies. The symposium takes place at […]

Adios a las Armas

The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York has put lots of its collection free to access online for non-commercial use. Some bits and pieces of interest to students of film, such as this photograph of a Havana cinema in 1933.