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University of Roehampton
AHRC PhD studentships in Dance
Location: London
Deadline: 11 December 2023
AHRC Ph.D. Studentships in Dance available at the University of Roehampton for UK, EU and International students through the TECHNE Partnership.

The Dance programme at the University of Roehampton invites expressions of interest to join our Ph.D. Programme. All fields of Dance Studies are welcome, but we would be especially interested in hearing from potential candidates with proposals in the following areas:

  • Dance and art
  • Visual methodologies in Dance
  • Dance and digital media
  • Dance and health
  • Community dance
  • Dance and politics
  • Socially engaged dance
  • Dance embodied practice
  • Screendance
  • Dance practice
  • Practice-as-research
  • Choreography and expanded choreographic practice
  • Choreography and performance studies
  • Politics of performance
  • Dance and the everyday
  • Dance and Europe
  • Dance and heritage
  • Dance and ritual
  • German modern dance
  • Dance anthropology & ethnography
  • Post-colonial dance theatre
  • Folk dance in contemporary societies
  • Dance in Eastern Asia
  • Dance and literature
  • Ballet studies
  • Dance and disability
  • Spectatorship and audience

For dance specific enquiries, please contact Prof. Alexandra Kolb, Research Degrees Convener (see contact details below).

How to Apply

Please send your expressions of interest, consisting of a short paragraph (max 100 words) specifying your subject area and accompanied by a short CV, also to Alexandra Kolb.

The deadline for expressions of interest is December 11th 2023, with further submission deadlines in mid-January and February 2024. Earlier submissions of expressions of interest are strongly encouraged.

Contact Details
Contact Name: Alexandra Kolb
Email: Alexandra.kolb@roehampton.ac.uk
Website: www.roehampton.ac.uk/graduate-school/techne-ahrc-studentships