Postgraduate Research
Arts Management and Cultural Policy Drama Film Media and Broadcast Music
The postgraduate community in the Arts is one of the largest in the UK or Ireland (over 100 registered PhD students in 2013-14) with students working on a range of theoretical, historical, practice-based and technical projects across the School. The international student population is extremely valued and serves to establish word-wide graduate networks reaching Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America. In 2013, a third of the 43 students conducting research at SARC was either international or from EU countries.
The School offers PhD programmes in all areas of staff research expertise and interests. PhD programmes can consist of thesis only, portfolio of creative practice with commentary and a hybrid submission which combines a written thesis with practice based work.
DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THE ARTS AND CULTURAL SECTOR
Researchers at the School are focused on the social, historical and political processes involved in making, managing, and developing policy for the arts and culture
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OUR VIBRANT GRADUATE COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTES STRONGLY TO DRAMA’S THRIVING RESEARCH CULTURE
Critical and practice-based methods and whilst recent activities and outputs primarily relate to Irish theatre, dramaturgy, post-conflict performance and applied theatre
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Creative Practice
Students opting for the PhD (Creative Practice) route will produce a body of supervised creative work, accompanied by a written critical treatment contextualising this work with the broader field of film and audiovisual cultures.
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Critical Practice
The PhD in Film and Visual Studies (Critical Practice) route offers students the opportunity to undertake advanced, original research in one of our current areas of specialisation: cinema history and historiography; sound and film; world and comparative film studies; documentary film; and Irish film and audiovisual culture.
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The PhD (Creative Practice) results in a body of creative work supported by a written critical component that places the creative output within the broader field of media and broadcast cultures and engages with appropriate critical approaches to this material. Particular areas of supervision expertise include journalism, documentary production and digital media, covering video, TV, radio, podcast, VR & AR and interactive media.
Candidates can apply for the standard PhD, or for the Integrated PhD, with a first year involving a mix of taught modules and independent work intended to develop skills and knowledge to enhance and develop the doctoral project.
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Doctoral candidates undertaking the PhD (Critical Practice) will develop advanced, original research relating to their chosen subject. Particular areas of supervision include gender and culture, representations of terrorism, the history of broadcast media and fantastic genres.
Candidates can apply for the standard PhD, or for the Integrated PhD, with a first year involving a mix of taught modules and independent work intended to develop skills and knowledge to enhance and develop the doctoral project.
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