With staff research expertise and interests ranging from eighteenth-century British Gothic literature and architecture to contemporary Gothic cinema and gaming cultures, the Centre for Gothic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University is uniquely placed to offer specialized Doctoral training and supervision in all aspects of Gothic Studies, however broadly conceived. The recent amalgamation of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences (HLSS), The Manchester School of Art and the Manchester Fashion Institute into the Faculty of Arts and Humanities has only further underlined the Gothic’s interdisciplinary reach at Manchester Metropolitan University. To this end, we invite innovative and original proposals from suitably qualified individuals for a scholarship in any aspect of the Gothic, from the eighteenth century through to the present day, and across all possible forms, modes, cultures, mutations and disciplinary boundaries. Though the precise topic remains open and unspecified, it is expected that the successful candidate will engage with the Gothic in some of its interdisciplinary manifestations, that is, its interactions with, say, science, technology, medicine, architecture, education, history, the social sciences, fashion, art or culture and/or the creative industries more generally.

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