Applications
are invited for a PhD scholarship on the project “Freedom,
oppression and resistance: Evolving stories in South African political ephemera
and propaganda, 1948-2004”. Informed by a critical geopolitics approach, the
project provides for a longitudinal analysis of the changing expressions of
power, resistance and participation within the British Library’s holdings of
political ephemera. Supported by the University of Sheffield and British
Library, this project draws together South African state and civil-society
produced narratives of nationalism, citizenship and participation during the
Apartheid (1948-1994) and early post-Apartheid (1994-2004) periods. Focussing
upon the political ideals and ideologies expressed through political ephemera,
this project will address the evolving nature of political participation within
contested public spheres in South Africa. In particular, attention is focused
upon the ways in which Apartheid and resistance influenced and were manifest in
everyday political life and thought. Overall, the project will contribute to
understandings of the changing nature and role of (un)civil society in South
Africa as located within shifting landscapes of invited and invented spaces of
public participation.
The studentship is supervised by Dr Daniel Hammett
and Professor Charles Pattie (University of Sheffield) and Ian Cooke (British
Library). The
scholarship pays: UK/EU tuition fees (Overseas students can apply but will
need to cover the difference in fees), a stipend at standard RCUK rate (£13,726
in 2013-14) and a research support grant of £500 per year. Awards are tenable
for a maximum of three years, subject to satisfactory progression, with the
project scholarship starting September 2013. For further details see: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/scholarships/britishlibrary.
Applications
and enquiries are welcome from interested applicants with a first class or
upper second class first degree in a relevant subject area and who hold or
expect to complete a Masters level degree before September
2013. Deadline for applications: 5pm 31 May 2013.
Enquiries
and applications should be directed to Dr Daniel Hammett –
[email protected]