Café PhD
A social opportunity to discuss, debate and learn
more about postgraduate research
Are you interested in doctoral study at the University of Birmingham?
Would you like to find out more about being postgraduate
researcher in your College?
Do you want to meet and socialise with postgraduates
across your College?
If you answered yes to one or more of the above, then
Café PhD is for you. Café PhD is a social, a research forum and a discussion
session rolled in to one.
Ultimately, Café PhD is an informal social event
designed to showcase and discuss exciting PhD research being done at Birmingham,
as well as offering the chance to find out what postgraduate research is all
about.
The latest event is scheduled as
follows:
College of Arts and Law Café
PhD
from 5.30pm, Wednesday 21st November
Beorma Bar
Guild of Students
Come along and get a chance to:
· Hear three current PhD candidates from the College
introduce key issues from their research
· Discuss and debate these issues in a relaxed and
social atmosphere
· Find out about postgraduate funding opportunities in
the College
· Ask questions about all aspects of the PhD
experience
· Enjoy free drinks
Speakers:
Helen Coy
(Department of History): ‘Crusader Identities’ (Helen will also be talking about
her involvement in student groups EMREM and
CeSMA);
Katie
Barnett (Department of American and Canadian Studies): ‘Representations of
Fatherhood in 1990s Hollywood Film’ (Katie will also be telling us about the
journal 49th
Parallel and the
experience of running a student journal)
Clare
Watters (Department of Italian Studies): ‘Italian Comedians in the Berlusconi
Era’ (Clare will also be speaking about her involvement with the Graduate Centre
for Europe and other exciting opportunities available to PhD researchers in Arts
and Law).
Introduced
by Dr Holly Prescott (Formerly of the Department of English) – see what a
finished PhD thesis actually looks like!! If you would like to learn more about Café PhD, or if you are a current doctoral researcher interested in paid speaker opportunities to present at a Café Event, email Holly Prescott: h.prescott@bham.ac.uk
For more details about the event and for upcoming Cafes, visit Cafe PhD on the web at: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/cafephd.aspx or find the event on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/events/550790791603273/
Café PhD is
run in association with the University’s Postgraduate and Mature Students’
Association.