Fw: H-ASIA: Masters funding opportunity for MA in Photographic History and Practice at De Montfort University, UK

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From: "Monika Lehner" <monika.lehner@UNIVIE.AC.AT>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 10:49 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Masters funding opportunity for MA in Photographic History
and Practice at De Montfort University, UK

> H-ASIA
> May 24, 2011
>
> Masters funding opportunity for MA in Photographic History and Practice at
> De Montfort University, UK
> ******************************************************************
> From: Elizabeth Lambourn <el5@soas.ac.uk>
>
> The Wilson Fellowship in Photographic History.
>
> Call for Applications.
>
> De Montfort University is pleased to announce the availability of one
> Wilson
> Fellowship for its MA in Photographic History and Practice. The Fellowship
> offers £5,000 toward the defrayal of tuition and other costs related to
> the
> MA, and is open to all students UK, EU and International. To apply for the
> Wilson Fellowship, please submit a piece of recent writing on photographic
> history no longer than 10,000 words, in English, to the Admissions
> Committee
> by August 1. For applications to the MA, please contact Student
> Recruitment
> at the Faculty of Art and Design at artanddesign@dmu.ac.uk or apply online
> at ukpass.ac.uk. For questions about the MA programme or the Wilson
> Fellowship please contact Programme Leader, Dr Kelley Wilder at
> kwilder@dmu.ac.uk.
>
> The MA in Photographic History and Practice is the first course of its
> kind
> in the UK. It lays the foundations for understanding the scope of
> photographic history and provides the tools to carry out the independent
> research in this larger context, working in particular from primary source
> material.
>
> In addition to our collaboration with the Wilson Centre for Photography
> Studies in London, we will work with the collections of the National Media
> Museum, Bradford, the Central Library, Birmingham, the British Library and
> private collections throughout Britain. Students handle photographic
> material, learn analogue photographic processes, write history from
> objects in collections, compare historical photographic movements, and
> debate the canon of photographic history. They also learn about digital
> preservation and access issues through practical design projects involving
> Website and database design.
>
> Research Methods are a core component, providing students with essential
> handling, writing, digitizing and presentation skills needed for MA and
> Research level work. Further modules will encourage independent thinking
> in theory and in history writing, introduce students to methodologies
> commonly encountered in photographic history, and set the students on a
> course for finding their own MA dissertation topic. Students receive
> expert advice on the thesis topic oftheir choosing, which is written in
> the summer months and submitted in September, one year after the course
> begins, in the case of full time study, or two years in the case of
> part-time. For further details on the course and application process,
> please download a course brochure from the website
> http://www.dmu.ac.uk/faculties/art_and_design/pg_courses/photographic-history-practice.jsp
>
> Elizabeth Lambourn
> <el5@soas.ac.uk>
>
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