Qualification Type: | PhD, Integrated Masters / Doctorate |
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Location: | London |
Funding for: | UK Students, EU Students, International Students |
Funding amount: | UKRI National Minimum Doctoral Stipend for 2024/2025 is £19,237, plus a CDP maintenance payment of £600/year, plus London Weighting of £2,000/year |
Hours: | Full Time, Part Time |
Placed On: | 22nd March 2024 |
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Closes: | 17th May 2024 |
The University of Westminster and the Museum of the Home (MotH) are delighted to announce a call for applicants for a fully funded collaborative doctoral studentship from October 2024, under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP4) scheme.
This PhD will be the first to research the relationship between the home darkroom and LGBTQ+ people’s quest for freedom of expression and visual representation in Britain from the 1950s to the present. The project will combine the archival study of LGBTQ+ photographic practices at home with two complementary collecting projects: oral history interviews with LGBTQ+ darkroom users and photographs of and produced in home darkrooms. By working with contemporary practitioners, the student will also rethink how to share such hidden stories with museum audiences.
The project will be supervised by Dr Sara Dominici (Senior Lecturer in Photographic History and Visual Culture), Professor Pippa Catterrall (Professor of History and Policy) and Dr Alison Hesse (Lecturer in Museum and Gallery Studies) at Westminster; and, at the MotH, by Marina Maniadaki (Exhibitions and Project Manager) and Louis Platman (Curator). The successful applicant will be expected to spend time at both Westminster and at the MotH, as well as becoming part of the wider cohort of AHRC-funded students.
The core research aims are:
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NB: On completing the application form:
All prospective students are strongly advised to first make informal contact with the lead supervisor. Dr Sara Dominici (s.dominici1@westminster.ac.uk).
The deadline for applications is 5pm (BST) on Friday 17th May 2024
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 5th June 2024
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