Collaborative PhD Awards

Applications are invited for three fully-funded AHRC NWCDTP Collaborative Doctoral Award (+3) beginning in September 2025. We are pleased to be able to host and support one of these doctoral awards in collaboration with Keele University; Visual story-telling and ‘fascist brand’: the photobooks of Fascist Italy.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday, 28 February 2025. Please send application materials to Roland Clark (clarkr@liverpool.ac.uk) in the first instance, stating which of the three projects you wish to work on and including a current CV, a completed EDI form, and a 500 word summary of how you intend to approach the topic. You will be sent the EDI after submitting the CV and summary.

Specific enquiries should be directed to ONE (the most relevant) member of the supervisory team:

Professor Aristotle Kallis, Keele University (a.kallis@keele.ac.uk)

or

Rebecca Jackson, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service (rebecca.jackson@staffordshire.gov.uk)

Applicants must have achieved a first class or high 2:1 undergraduate degree and postgraduate qualification (or expecting to complete PGT studies before September 2025) in a related Humanities or Social Science discipline. Competency in the languages of the countries being studied is required. Applicants are advised to check the AHRC NWCDTP guidance on eligibility for Studentship Awards which can be found on the NWCDTP website: https://www.nwcdtp.ac.uk/home/current-students/funding-prospective-students/

Please download the PDF for more information.