NORTHERN BRIDGE DOCTORAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP

PHD STUDENTSHIPS IN SPANISH, PORTUGUESE AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES CLOSING DATE: AT NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY. 13/JANUARY/2020

The Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership invites top-calibre applicants to apply to its 2020/2021 doctoral studentships competi- tion. Up to 67 fully-funded doctoral studentships are available across the full range of arts and humanities subjects, including: Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies.

The Northern Bridge is an exciting, AHRC-funded collaboration between:

Newcastle University, Durham University, Queen’s University Belfast, Ulster University, Northumbria University, Sunderland University, and Teesside University. Our aim is to deliver outstanding doctoral education in the arts and humanities, and successful applicants will join a thriving cohort of almost ffty Northern Bridge PhD students recruited through last year’s studentship com- petition. WHY CHOOSE US

Northern Bridge ofers exceptional supervision by aca- demic staf researching at the cutting edge of their disci- plines, vibrant research environments that promote inter- disciplinary enquiry, and research training and career development opportunities tailored to the needs of twenty-frst-century researchers. SUPERVISION AREAS Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American Studies ofers supervision in the following areas:

SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, AND LATIN AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY AND POPULAR CULTURE. Dr Jorge Catalá-Carrasco, Dr Nick Morgan, Dr Patricia Oliart, Dr Dunja Fehimović and Dr Fernando Beleza. DISCOURSES OF RACE AND IDENTITY IN LATIN AMERICA. Prof Rosaleen Howard, Dr Patricia Oliart, Dr Nick Morgan, Dr Dunja Fehimović and Dr Fernando Beleza. LATIN AMERICAN FILM, LITERATURE AND THEATRE. Dr Philippa Page, Dr Dunja Fehimović and Dr Fernando Beleza.

HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN 19TH- AND 20TH-CENTURY LATIN AMERICA. Prof Jens Hentschke, Dr Patricia Oliart and Prof Rosaleen Howard. SUPERVISION AREAS

DEMOCRACY, PARTICIPATION AND NATIONALISM IN LATIN AMERICA. Dr Nick Morgan.

YOUTH CULTURES AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, MUSIC AND POLITICS. Dr Patricia Oliart and Dr Fernando Beleza.

SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, AND LATIN AMERICAN NOVELS. Dr Jorge Catalá-Carrasco and Dr Fernando Beleza.

POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES, ESPECIALLY BRAZIL AND THE SOUTHERN CONE. Prof Jens Hentschke. SUPERVISION AREAS

ANTHROPOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICS, AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS OF LATIN AMERICA, INCLUDING QUECHUA LANGUAGE . Prof Rosaleen Howard. SEMANTICS, PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE, HISTORY AND SPREAD OF SPANISH IN LATIN AMERICA, LATIN AMERICAN DIALECTS AND CREOLE . Prof Ian Mackenzie. CATALAN NATIONALISM. Dr Jorge Catalá-Carrasco.

FILM, LITERATURE, AND POPULAR CULTURE OF THE SPANISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN AND ITS DIASPORAS . Dr Dunja Fehimović. FINANCIAL SUPPORT: We provide a comprehensive and attractive package of fnancial support over the duration of study, which incorporates: Fees and maintenance at the UK Research Councils’ national rate

A research training support grant (RTSG) to fund the costs of study abroad, conference attendance and feldwork

Financial support to attend our cohort-building events

Financial support to incorporate placements, international study visits and specialist training events in order to develop your skills. Our partners provide a wide range of placement, research, and training opportunities and. currently comprise:

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art; BBC Northern Ireland; Belfast City Council; Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure NI; Durham Cathedral; Historic England; National Science and Media Museum; New Writing North; Newcastle City Council; Sage Gateshead; Seven Stories National Centre for Children’s Books; The Bowes Museum; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; and Wordsworth Trust. CONTACT AND MORE INFO: Subject contact: Dr Nick Morgan ([email protected])

See our website for more information about the School of Modern Languages at Newcastle.

Please note that there will be an applicant masterclass at Newcastle University on Application Masterclass on the afternoon of Wednesday 20 November, from 1:00pm in the Barbara Strang Teaching Centre application page can be found here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-bridge-consortium- masterclass-for-applicants-north-east-2019-tickets-74955418675

For further details, please see:

http://www.northernbridge.ac.uk/ https://www.ncl.ac.uk/fippingbook/postgraduate/2019/ https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/