Studying the South: Approaches and Orientations (University of Herefordshire)

PhD (via MPhil) Studentship in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the Institute for Black Atlantic Research IBAR Reference RS1625 Applications are invited for a full PhD (via MPhil) studentship in the School of Humanities and Social Science.  The studentship is tenable for 3 years full-time and will cover the cost of tuition fees at UK/EU rates. International applicants may apply for the studentship but will be required to pay the difference in tuition fees  The successful applicant will be required to comply with the terms of funding. It is expected the successful applicant will commence 1 July 2017. Project Title Black Atlantic Culture Project Description The PhD student will be based in the Institute for Black Atlantic Research (IBAR) in the School of Humanities & Social Science, and will work on the following topic. This project will utilise the researchers at the Institute for Black Atlantic Research […]

The School of English is seeking to appoint a Research Associate to work with Dr Sara Lyons (PI) and Dr Michael Collins (CO-I) following the award of a two-year AHRC Project Grant to investigate how British and American novelists understood and represented intellectual ability between 1880 and 1920, with a particular focus on how novelists responded to the rise of intelligence testing and the associated concepts of I.Q. and meritocracy. The post-holder will complement their work by using the periodical press to discover how debates about the measurability of intelligence affected the reception of literary texts, the discourses of literary criticism, and understandings of authorial identity in the period. In the first six months of the project, the postholder will assist the PI and Co-I by surveying the intersections between literary discourses and debates about the nature of intellectual ability in the periodical press. The successful candidate will have a […]