POSTGRADUATE
POSTGRADUATE BURSARIES
7th British Silent Cinema Festival
15-18
April 2004
Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham
The AHRB Centre for British Film & Television Studies in association with
Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham and the British Film Institute
A special programme of seminars and meetings with festival visitors will
take place throughout the festival, also open to accredited students who are
not bursary holders. This will offer a unique opportunity to engage with new
research methods and themes, and with a range of UK and international experts,
in relation to the main theme of this year's festival, 'British Silent Cinema
and World War 1'. The bursaries will cover accommodation and subsistence costs for the four days
of the festival. Bursary holders will be expected to complete a writing assignment
based on their experience at the festival, for presentation at next year's event.
Applications are invited from UK-based postgraduate students working in this
field, giving details of current enrolment in a higher education institution,
an academic CV and a brief statement of reasons for wishing to apply for a bursary.
The application should include an indication of approval from the applicant's
supervisor. Application details: Applications to and further details from:
Ann Jones to arrive no later than 15 March 2004 Further information about the 7th British Silent Cinema Festival is available
from:
Laraine Porter
Administrator
AHRB Centre for British Film and Television Studies
Birkbeck, University of London
43 Gordon Square
London WC1H 0PD
Broadway
14-18 Broad Street
Nottingham NG1 3AL