in:flux - 1845-1945: A Century in Motion

Thursday 27 June 2013

Registration is now open for in:flux  - 1845-1945: A Century in Motion, an interdisciplinary conference for arts and humanities postgraduate researchers to be held at the University of Birmingham.

Full details of how to register, and more details about the day, can be found on the Registration page on our website – http://pgculturalmodernity.wordpress.com

The event is free and open to all who are interested.

PGR CV Writing Workshop

 Tuesday 04 June 2013     14:00 -15:30pm     Muirhead Tower     Room 429

 

It’s important to make an impact with your CV. This Careers workshop is geared specifically towards PGRs in Social Sciences and Arts & Law, during which we will discuss tips and strategies for tailoring your CV towards the types of opportunities you wish to pursue, both during and beyond your PhD, whether inside or outside academia.

 

To book a place, please email Emma Deegan at e.j.deegan@bham.ac.uk

Call for papers: A century in motion, An interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference

How did the rapid period of industrialisation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries help to shape societies and lifestyles in the West? What types of social changes, movements and developments characterise this time period? This interdisciplinary postgraduate conference, in affiliation with the Centre for the Study of Cultural Modernity and hosted by the College of Arts and Law, seeks to explore the various ways in which this century was one of ‘motion’, in every sense of the word.

Abstracts of 250-300 words for 20 minute papers along with a short biographical note of no more than 50 words should be sent to pgculturalmodernity@contacts.bham.ac.uk by 17^th May 2013. For a list of potential topics that papers might cover, see the full Call for Papers on our website: http://pgculturalmodernity.wordpress.com

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.