The School of Arts at Oxford Brookes University is pleased to offer one PhD research studentship to highly a motivated PhD candidates to work within one of the Research Groups operating in the School (https://www.brookes.ac.uk/school-of-arts/research-groups/) under the Centre of Research in the Arts (CoRA). 

We are seeking candidates with academic qualifications in the Arts and Humanities, or related disciplines, to conduct research projects related to the vibrant academic community operating in the CoRA research centre, with a variety of methodologies and approaches, including practice-based research, empirical work on audiences and texts, as well as theory-driven analysis, industrial research, and both historical and contemporary perspectives.  

We welcome applications on any topic related to the multifaceted research strands in the School, and are particularly interested in research proposals focussed on: 

-Contemporary and historical audiences

-Conceptual and historical approaches to popular film and television

-Music and film

-Opera

-Digital storytelling

-Sound Art

-Photography

-Art theory

-Creative practice

-Book history

Application Deadline: 1 September 2023

More details on the role are available here