Constructing Charles Dickens, 1900-1940
University of Leicester/Charles Dickens Museum
The Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester has been awarded an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Studentship in partnership with the Charles Dickens Museum (London) for the topic ‘Constructing Charles Dickens, 1900-1940'. The PhD will be supervised by Dr Holly Furneaux at Leicester and Dr Florian Schweizer at the Charles Dickens Museum and will start in October 2008. We invite applications from outstanding postgraduate students for this award, which is equivalent in value to a standard AHRC doctoral studentship and lasts for three years.
This project looks at the social, cultural and private uses to which ‘Dickens' - his work and perceptions of the man - were put in the first half of the twentieth century. In the approach to the bicentenary of Dickens's birth in 2012 the project looks back a century to a comparable Dickens explosion. Research could encompass such unworked material as the Charles Dickens Museum's outstanding early twentieth century press cutting collection, the institutional records of the Dickens Fellowship, the personalised collections of Dickens's works as well as the photographic collection. The project will have a strong literary focus, investigating the reception and interpretation of Charles Dickens, exploring the transformation of literature into popular spectacle, the determinants of literary fame and the heritage industry within a particular period.
Candidates should have:
- A First Class or Upper Second Class Honours degree in an appropriate discipline;
- A masters degree in an appropriate discipline, although applicants who do not hold a masters degree will be considered if they can demonstrate sustained and relevant experience and meet the criteria outlined in the AHRC guidelines;
Candidates must meet the AHRC's academic criteria and due to funding regulations, must be either a UK national, or be a non-UK national who satisfies AHRC eligibility criteria. Applicants are advised to consult the 'Guide for Applicants for Postgraduate Awards in the Arts and Humanities: The Doctoral Awards Scheme' on the AHRC website www.ahrc.ac.uk, or to contact the AHRC directly (tel. +44[0]117 987 6500) to establish whether or not they meet these requirements.
To apply, you should send two copies of:
- A cover letter
- A current CV
- A transcript of your qualifications to date, and anticipated results if you are still studying.
- Two letters of academic reference to be included with the rest of your application.
Applications should be sent to:
Dr Holly Furneaux
Department of English
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester
LE1 7RH
The deadline for Applications is Friday 6 June. Candidates may be required to attend for interview in the week commencing 16 June.
For further information please contact Dr Holly Furneaux, hf35@le.ac.uk
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