PhD Theatre, Film and Television Studies

The Department offers opportunities for full-time or part-time MPhil or PhD study. Supervision and research training is offered in both English and Welsh, and supervisory expertise is available in topics such as aesthetics, politics and social engagement; site-specific performance; ecology and performance; Welsh and minority-language theatre, film, television and online media; contemporary British and Irish theatre; documentary and verbatim theatre; theatre and philosophy; performance historiography and archiving; national and trans-national processes of production and contexts of reception; film, press and broadcasting structures; histories and regulatory policies; alternative, avant-garde and experimental theatre and film; television drama, genres and aesthetics; scriptwriting; media fandom; reception and audience studies; documentary film and television; horror, fantasy and cult film and television; film stardom and performance; social media and multi-platform media; British cinema; Russian cinema and theatre. Facilities 4 Fully equipped studio theatres Digital, high definition television studio 3 Rehearsal rooms 36 Digital video editing, recording and viewing rooms Computerised lighting systems Digital sound studio with digital effects processing and multi-track recording facilities Research student study suite with dedicated computers, editing software, printer and telephone.

IELTS 7.0 with minimum 6.0 in each component, or equivalent

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• Aberystwyth, United Kingdom