RICC PhD Programme: Interdisciplinary Study of Culture (ISC)
The Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures (RICC) welcomes applications for doctoral dissertations on any aspect of one of the following broadly defined themes:
- Living Cosmopolitanism: Cities, Transnationalities and Migration
- Injustice, Inequality and Violence: Rethinking Materialities
- Mediating Cosmopolitanism: Film, Technology and Fantasy
- Imagining Otherness, Embodying Difference: Gender and Postcolonialism
- Genealogies of Cosmopolitanism: History, Literature and Memory
- Belonging and Exclusion: Exile, Diaspora and Cultures of Citizenship
It is required that students in the RICC PhD Programme be (co)supervised by one of the three full-time RICC Chairs:
Nina Glick Schiller (Professor of Social Anthropology, SOSS)
Jackie Stacey (Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, SAHC)
Galin Tihanov (Professor of Comparative Literature and Intellectual History, SLLC).
Other members of RICC’s academic staff, which includes the RICC RCUK/Leverhulme Fellows and Postdoctoral Associates, can also be involved in the supervision.
Finding a supervisor
See staff profiles for our research interests.
Eligibility
Candidates must hold a first or upper second class UK honours degree and a M.A. degree, or equivalent qualification gained outside of the UK, in an appropriate area in the humanities or the social sciences.
English language proficiency
Evidence of proficiency in English language will be required from candidates whose first language is not English unless they have previously graduated from a University where the language of instruction is English, or are due to do so ahead of September 2009. English language proficiency is typically awarded in the form of an IELTS/TOEFL certificate, and may differ across the admitting School.
Applicants to the School of Languages, Linguistics & Cultures who have graduated from an English speaking non-UK University may still be required to have an IELTS score of 7.0, depending on the entry requirement of the graduating University.
How to apply
RICC is a Faculty-wide interdisciplinary Research Institute; we welcome applications from candidates from a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences, and from those whose interests do not fall neatly in any one particular discipline. You will be supervised by one of the members of the Institute’s academic staff.
Phd Programmes in the Faculty of Humanities are administered through Schools. Applications to the RICC PhD Programme in the Interdisciplinary Study of Culture must be made through one of the three Faculty of Humanities schools associated with RICC: the School of Social Sciences (SOSS); the School of Arts Histories and Cultures (SAHC); or the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures (SLLC). The choice of school will depend on your supervisor at RICC and your research topic.
Online application is the preferred option. Depending on whether you wish to study full-time or part-time, and depending on which School handles the registration process for your proposed topic of research, please choose one of the following codes:
PhD Interdisciplinary Study of Culture FT (RICC/SAHC) - 06597
PhD Interdisciplinary Study of Culture PT (RICC/SAHC) - 06600
PhD Interdisciplinary Study of Culture FT (RICC/LLC) - 06598
PhD Interdisciplinary Study of Culture PT (RICC/LLC) - 06601
PhD Interdisciplinary Study of Culture FT (RICC/SOSS) - 06599
PhD Interdisciplinary Study of Culture PT (RICC/SOSS) - 06602
Your application should include the following: an up to date CV; evidence of qualifications (certificates or transcripts) to show that you meet, or expect to meet the entry requirements; evidence of English language ability, if English is not your first language; two academic references; a research proposal (see below). Apply online.
Research Proposal Length
Length and format of Research Proposals vary between schools and discipline areas. The School of Social Sciences offer some guidelines which may help; they suggest 3000 words.
RICC Contact
Please contact Caitriona Devery at RICC with queries in the first instance. caitriona.devery@manchester.ac.uk
If you wish to discuss informally the academic aspects of your application, please contact in the first instance one of the full-time RICC Chairs:
Professor Nina Glick Schiller (nina.glickschiller@manchester.ac.uk)
Professor Jackie Stacey (jackie.stacey@manchester.ac.uk)
Professor Galin Tihanov (galin.tihanov@manchester.ac.uk)
School contacts
School of Social Sciences (SOSS): vicky.barnes@manchester.ac.uk, tel. + 44 (0) 161 275 4743;
School of Arts, Histories and Cultures (SAHC): sahcpg@manchester.ac.uk, or andrew.rigg@manchester.ac.uk, tel. + 44 (0) 161 275 3144;
School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures (SLLC):amanda.mathews@manchester.ac.uk, tel. +44 (0)161 275 8050.