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The Faculty of Arts is offering PhD scholarships attached to a number of current research projects. For information on individual projects, contact the project supervisor.
These project -based scholarships are offered in addition to the general scholarships for higher degree by research.
If you would like to know more about being a PhD candidate at the University of Tasmania, visit the Graduate Research webpages.
This scholarship is located within a larger project, ‘Adapting Australia’, headed by Prof Whelehan. The project comprises analyses of the textual, commercial and socio- historical contexts of adaptation, as well as exploring changing constructions of national identity, moments of conflict or consensus and images of ethnic diversity. It will develop a fresh critical approach to understandings of the changing representations of Australian culture and encourage investigation of all genres of film and literature. Potential PhD projects may include topics such as: the Australian adaptation industry, the impact of state funding on Australian adaptations; regional adaptations, Cross-cultural adaptations; contemporary Australian adaptations; Australian genre adaptations.
This is an Elite Research Scholarship.
Contact the supervisor: Prof. Imelda Whelehan +61 3 6226 8503 (office)
Follow the Graduate Research Application Process.
There is considerable scope to negotiate research topics; discussion with Dr Elizabeth Leane is advised. The projects will be located in both the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and the Faculty of Arts, and (depending on topic) can draw on the community of researchers forming the Arts and Environment Research.
This is an Elite Research Scholarship.
Contact the supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Leane +61 3 6226 2894 (office)
Follow the Graduate Research Application Process.
Expressions of Interest are invited from well-qualified candidates, with a background and/or expertise in sociology, geography, media studies, planning or political science, for two full-time Elite PhD scholarships on an Australian Research Council (ARC) funded project on contemporary housing problems in Australia.
Possible areas for the PhD research might include:
This is an Elite Research Scholarship.
Contact the supervisor: Prof Keith Jacobs +61 3 6226 2928 (office)
Follow the Graduate Research Application Process.
Who amongst the convicts sent to nineteenth-century Van Diemen’s Land were punished? Did punishment patterns change over time, and if so, were those punishments driven by convict behaviour, changes in penal administration, or the performance of the wider colonial economy. This project will provide an outstanding opportunity for a student with a background in history, economics or sociology to explore these questions while working as part of an international team of researchers.
The successful candidate will join an exciting group of researchers, from honours to senior academics, in the Centre for Colonialism and Its Aftermath . The research will be part of a wider Arts and Humanities Research Council UK project working with
Contact the supervisor: Assoc. Prof Hamish Maxwell-Stewart +61 3 6226 1983 (office)
Follow the Graduate Research Application Process.
How did ideas, authors, and writing from the Australian colonies contribute to the rich nineteenth-century print culture brought about by new technologies, new cultures of reading, and the global networks of the British Empire? Possible projects may include: settler colonialism and English literature; convict narratives; representations of migration; representations of race in British print culture. The field is wide: negotiating your topic with Assoc Prof Anna Johnston is strongly encouraged.
This project is located in literary studies (English), with strong interdisciplinary connections to colonial and postcolonial studies, book history, and the “new” imperial history. The successful candidate will join an exciting group of researchers, from honours to senior academics, in the Centre for Colonialism and Its Aftermath .
There is potential for this project to be considered for an Elite Scholarship.
Contact the supervisor: Assoc. Prof Anna Johnston +61 3 6226 2367 (office)
Follow the Graduate Research Application Process.
How was information collected in the colonies and then transformed into global knowledge? This project provides an opportunity to study the rich and unique archival resources held in Tasmania and its contribution to British settler colonialism. Who were the colonial collectors, and how did the voices of their ex-convict and Aboriginal guides enter the imperial archive? What use did other colonies make of Tasmanian data? How did settler colonial material enter the social and intellectual world of the British Empire? The field is wide: negotiating your topic with Assoc Prof Anna Johnston is strongly encouraged.
This project is located in literary studies (English), with strong interdisciplinary connections to colonial and postcolonial studies and the “new” imperial history. The successful candidate will join an exciting group of researchers, from honours to senior academics, in the Centre for Colonialism and Its Aftermath.
There is potential for this project to be considered for an Elite Scholarship.
Contact the supervisor: Assoc. Prof Anna Johnston +61 3 6226 2367 (office)
Follow the Graduate Research Application Process.
This project is located within the field of International Political Economy and Global Governance and is concerned with research into the factors which influence whether states and other actors comply with their international obligations. Possible PhD topics could explore variations across different economic issue arenas (tax, prudential standards, executive pay controls etc); the impact of Crisis-induced institutional innovations (the influence of the G20, new peer review instruments etc) and or theoretical debates (the social construction of compliance). Within this broad field of research there is considerable scope to negotiate research topics.
Contact: Assoc. Prof Richard Eccleston +61 3 6226 2896 (office)
Follow the Graduate Research Application Process.
This project is located within the field of Comparative Public Policy and Law is concerned with the impact of the Financial Crisis on Fiscal Federalism and State-level Public Finances both in Australia and other federal systems. Possible PhD topics could provide comparative analysis of intergovernmental financial relations and how they have been influenced by the Crisis or a more detailed Australian study of how the Crisis and its aftermath have shaped Australian federalism. Within this broad field of research there is considerable scope to negotiate research topics.
Contact the supervisor: Assoc. Prof Richard Eccleston +61 3 6226 2896 (office)
Follow the Graduate Research Application Process.
The C-Domain aims to foster inter- and cross-disciplinary research that addresses questions relevant to the themes of creativity and culture in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Computing and Information Systems. Recognising Tasmania’s growing reputation as an innovative creative hub, C-Domain capitalises on opportunities emerging from new technologies and the forthcoming Academy of Creative Industries and Performing Arts, based in Hobart. A PhD scholarship is available for inter- or cross-disciplinary research in the broad domain of culture and creativity. Students may undertake either a research project leading to a thesis or a practice-led research work leading to a creative work and exegesis.
Applicants will be asked to submit a proposal of 4 pages including scope, research aims and questions, methodology, and a defence of how their proposed project might be considered inter- or cross- disciplinary in nature. Shortlisted proposals must speak to research strengths in the Faculty of Arts.
Contact the supervisor: Prof. Imelda Whelehan +61 3 6226 8503 (office)
Follow the Graduate Research Application Process.
Expressions of Interest are invited from qualified candidates, with a background and/or expertise in sociology or related discipline for a full-time PhD scholarships on an Australian Research Council (ARC) funded Linkage project on Aboriginal perspectives on race, race relations and governance. The ARC Linkage partner is Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation.
Preference will be given to candidates who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait-Islander.
Possible areas for the PhD research might include:Applicants are invited in the first instance to email an expression of interest to Assoc Professor Daphne Habibis at d.habibis@utas.edu.au with a short statement outlining their preferred topic for research, their interest in undertaking the research project and a curriculum vitae by December 1st 2013. Applications (excluding the CV) should not exceed 2 pages.
Contact the supervisor: Assoc Prof Daphne Habibis +61 3 6226 7487 (office)
Submit an expression of interest by 1 December 2013.
Follow the Graduate Research Application Process.
Authorised by the Dean, Faculty of Arts
3 October, 2013
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