PsyLit Meeting Friday March 14th 2014

The next PsyLit meeting will take place on Friday March 14th from 2-3pm in Room 104.  Joanna Kellond (University of Sussex) will be giving a paper on the U.S. TV series ‘In Treatment’, the series dramatizes the sessions of a Psychotherapist and his involvement with the lives of his patients.  Joanna’s paper is entitled‘Television and/as Therapy: the Case of ‘In Treatment’.  Reading/Viewing is as follows:

‘In Treatment’ Season One-The Tuesday/Alex Sessions

 

D.W. Winnicott-’Mirror-Role of Mother and Family’, Chapter 9 of Playing and Reality

In the seminar Joanna will be looking at the Alex sessions which are made up of episodes 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 32 and 37 of Season 1. 

Please do circulate this email to anyone you think may be interested in coming along to PsyLit. We welcome staff and students both at Birmingham and further afield who are either working on, or interested in, literature and psychoanalysis.

 

If you would like to attend future PsyLit meetings or would like more information, please email Matt Geary, Rosie Reynolds and Oliver Penny at uob-psylit@contacts.bham.ac.uk. You can stay up to date by following us on Twitter (@uob_psylit) or WordPress (http://uobpsylit.wordpress.com/).

 

Thank you for all your support!
We look forward to seeing you!
Matt Geary, Rosie Reynolds and Oliver Penny

Universitas 21 PhD Scholarships

Applications are now invited for the Universitas 21 PhD Scholarships Programme. We are keen to encourage as many PhD students as possible to take advantage of this excellent opportunity. PhD students can apply for a Scholarship award of up to £1500 for a period of around one month’s stay at a Universitas 21 institution. The main aim of the award is to allow students to enhance their research by providing access to expertise or resources not readily available at Birmingham. It also aims to facilitate collaboration with academics internationally and create opportunities to present, helping to raise the profile of students’ work. Funding is for projects to be initiated during 2013-14.

For a full list of U21 institutions please visit the official U21 website at www.universitas21.com/member  

 

We have up to ten scholarships on offer to be used for a research visit during 2013-14. Please follow the link below for an application form:
2013-14-Application-Form-U21-PhD-Scholarship

The application deadline is Friday March 29^th 2013. For any further queries contact:

Matt Clulee, International Office, Beech House 0121 41 45323 m.clulee@bham.ac.uk  or visit the intranet pages.

Jamaican poet Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze @ the Birmingham and Midland Institute

We are delighted to announce that the legendary Jamaican poet Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze is now confirmed as a participant at the inaugural Race in the Americas conference on 16^th and 17^th April 2013 at the Birmingham and Midland Institute. 

 

Please find attached the complete programme of events and a promotional flyer. We would be most grateful if you would circulate this information amongst your contacts and colleagues.

 

Registration is now open. Please go to www.raceintheamericas.com and follow the link for registration. Please do not hesitate to contact us at info@raceintheamericas.com if you require further information

 

Kind Regards

Adunni Adams and James Heath

Universitas 21 PhD Scholarships

Applications are now invited for the Universitas 21 PhD Scholarships Programme. We are keen to encourage as many PhD students as possible to take advantage of this excellent opportunity. PhD students can apply for a Scholarship award of up to £1500 for a period of around one month’s stay at a Universitas 21 institution. The main aim of the award is to allow students to enhance their research by providing access to expertise or resources not readily available at Birmingham. It also aims to facilitate collaboration with academics internationally and create opportunities to present, helping to raise the profile of students’ work. Funding is for projects to be initiated during 2013-14.

The application deadline is Friday March 29^th 2013. For further information please go to https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/external/international/Universitas-21-students/U21-PhD-Scholarships.aspx

Universitas 21 PhD Scholarships

Applications are now invited for the Universitas 21 PhD Scholarships Programme. We are keen to encourage as many PhD students as possible to take advantage of this excellent opportunity. PhD students can apply for a Scholarship award of up to £1500 for a period of around one month’s stay at a Universitas 21 institution. The main aim of the award is to allow students to enhance their research by providing access to expertise or resources not readily available at Birmingham. It also aims to facilitate collaboration with academics internationally and create opportunities to present, helping to raise the profile of students’ work. Funding is for projects to be initiated during 2013-14.

The application deadline is Friday March 29^th 2013. For further information please go to https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/external/international/Universitas-21-students/U21-PhD-Scholarships.aspx

 

Erasamus Mundus GEM

Looking for: 

A truly international program rooted into excellence?

An exiting interdisciplinary research agenda dealing with the challenges facing the global system? 

Generous doctoral scholarships? 

JOIN THE ERASMUS MUNDUS PhD SCHOOL ON GLOBALIZATION, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND MULTILATERALISM (GEM PhD SCHOOL)

The Erasmus Mundus GEM PhD School just launched its new call for applications' round. It offers up to 10 Erasmus Mundus 3-year long PhD Scholarships funded by the European Commission. 

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: DECEMBER 20th 2012

3 Overarching Research Projects are proposed: 

MORGANITE: Institution centred research focusing on regional and global institutionalized multilateral cooperation. Led by the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)

CITRINE: Interest centred research focusing on interaction between European policy mechanisms and global imperatives. Led by the University of Warwick (United Kingdom)

AMETRINE: Norms centred research focusing on the normative components of European international politics. Led by LUISS-Guido Carli (Italy)

CALLS FOR APPLICATION AND INFO AVAILABLE ON THE GEM WEBSITE: www.erasmusmundus-gem.eu

Funding Opportunities

Dear all,

We can confirm that details about the Research Councils (AHRC/ESRC) and the College of Arts and Law funding opportunities are now available from the College of Arts and Law Website:

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/calgs/scholarships/index.aspx. 

This website will be updated accordingly as other funding opportunities become available.

If you are interested in finding out more about these specific funding options, Dr Gavin Schaffer, Director of the College of Arts and Law Graduate School, will deliver a Funding Talk, on Wednesday 5 December 2012 in Lecture Room 6, Arts Building at 4.00p.m.

If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us at: calpg-research@contacts.bham.ac.uk

College of Arts and Law

Graduate School Research Team

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 21^st 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.