The School of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Huddersfield is offering competitive PhD scholarships for 2015. Part of the call represents our aspiration to extend existing, and build future research relationships within the Yorkshire Sculpture triangle. Some of the topics may be of interest to you and your contacts.

Scholarship details are listed below.

Art Research and Sculptural Thinking - PhD Scholarships

Drawing from expertise in sculpture studies, photography, art history, philosophy, theory, public engagement and cultural analysis, staff working in this area have made significant contributions to understanding the changing role of art, its distribution and reception in local and global environments. Building on a longstanding formal relationship with Yorkshire Sculpture Park, new research exchanges are being established both regionally, in the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle and worldwide.
Applications are welcome to support interdisciplinary research to address, but are not limited to, one of the following areas:

1. The international contemporary art exhibition as a site for interdisciplinary practice and thinking.

2. From allegory to digital fable: facing the past and imagining the future, new narratives in art for a global world.

3. Histories, theories and practices of sculptural thinking in the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle and beyond.

4. 3D digital realizations and interpretations of archival material.

5. Complex structures: intersections between scientific modelling and sculptural form.

6. New urban spaces for contemporary art: social change and social belonging.

7. Engagement with local cultural stakeholders and the role of the museum in a changing urban environment.

Contact for further information: Dr Alison Rowley - a.j.rowleyhud.ac.uk

Further details of the scholarships - http://www.hud.ac.uk/researchdegrees/scholarships/schoolofartdesignandarchitecturescholarships20places/