Research Studentship in Women, Ageing and Media

Applications are invited for a 3-year full-time PhD Studentship in the
research area of Women Ageing and Media, to the value of £10,000 pa
plus tuition fees.

The studentship will be associated with the Faculty's Women, Ageing
and Media (WAM) Research Group. Proposals should focus on the study of
either film or television but can address any of WAM's key research
themes:

* Invisible/Visible - The visibility of sexuality, desire in
older women, visibility of older woman in public sphere, visibility of
aged woman's naked body.


* Emotion and Affect - caring and regret in older women's
relationship to child bearing/rearing and sexuality/desire.

* Monstrous/scary femininity - The issues here relate to older
woman as corporeally frightening.

* Public Sphere/Domestic sphere – This focuses upon the
commodification of ageing and the increasing visibility of the older
woman as a consumer with disposable income.

* Generational feminism - relationship between second and third
wave feminism.

It is expected that the successful applicant will already have a relevant MA.

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Ros Jennings on 01242 715002,
email: rjennings@....

An application form may be downloaded from
www.glos.ac.uk/apply/postgraduate/forms.cfm or obtained from the
Research Administration Office:

Research Administration Office
University of Gloucestershire
The Park
Cheltenham
GL50 2RH

Tel: 01242 714179
Email: researchadmin@...

Closing date for applications: Friday 30 March 2007
Interviews are expected to take place during the week beginning 30 April 2007

The successful candidate will be expected to commence their studies as
soon as possible after 1 June 2007