PhD in English Literature and Creative Writing

CAMC is a truly exceptional environment where a team of world-leading researchers, artists and creative practitioners from a variety of fields are engaged with each other’s work and are committed to nurturing our early career researchers and PGRs. CAMC welcomes postgraduate candidates to our renowned research ecology, where they explore rich sites of innovation and learning, guided by experts in their fields. The Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities at Coventry University extends an invitation for expressions of interest from candidates wishing to apply for a funded PhD studentship supported by the AHRC Midlands 4 Cities (M4C) consortium. We welcome expressions of interest in any of the fields represented by CAMC: Cultural Memory: Research within the cultural memory strand is concerned with the importance and meanings of sites, monuments, museums, art-works, objects, images and texts in shaping histories and identities of memory and belonging across cultures, with a core focus on transnational memory contexts. Wellbeing and the Arts: This strand draws together researchers from various disciplines (including art, design, photography, literature and history) who are interested in the contribution creative subjects can make to the understanding and promotion of health, wellbeing and inclusion. Critical Practices: The Critical Practices strand brings together practitioner-researchers in the fields of visual arts, the curatorial, and performance arts interested in working across disciplines and exploring innovative and speculative interdisciplinary enquiries that address and intervene in the world around us.

A minimum of a 2:1 first degree in a relevant discipline/subject area with a minimum 60 percentage mark in the project element or equivalent with a minimum 60 percentage overall module average. In the event of a first degree classification of less than 2:1, a Masters Degree in a relevant subject area will be considered as an equivalent. The Masters must have been attained with minimum overall marks at merit level (60 percentage) (or higher where stipulated against a specific opportunity). In addition, the dissertation or equivalent element in the Masters must also have been attained with a minimum mark of merit level (60 percentage). Applicants must hold a Masters qualification (or be nearing completion), or relevant professional experience.