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PhD Scholarships in Architecture at the School of Architecture Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University_Deadline: 15th July 2018

Posted on by Mirna Pedalo

Newcastle University is delighted to announce two new PhD scholarships in Architecture at their School of Architecture Planning and Landscape, both open to creative practice and written thesis routes in any area of architectural research, with deadlines of 15th July for applications.

These are great opportunities for outstanding candidates to join their flourishing PGR and research community:

  1. The arq PhD Scholarship in Architecture  includes 1.5 days per week editorial work supporting the Cambridge University Press journal arq: Architectural Research Quarterly and is £15,000 per year for four years.
  2. The Forshaw PhD Scholarship in Architecture will be the inaugural appointment for a new endowed annual PhD scholarship in the school at £15,000 per year for three years. In accordance with the terms of the Forshaw endowment, the scholarship is open to women applicants only.

 

Featured image from University of Newcastle web-site.

History and Theory Open Lecture Series: Peg Rawes “Housing, Biopolitics, and Care” – Tuesday 6th February, 18:00, Robin Evans Room (M416)

Posted on by Mirna Pedalo

The History and Theory Open Lecture Series for the academic year 2017/2018 begins today, with Peg Rawes‘ lecture “Housing, Biopolitics, and Care”.

When: Tuesday, 6th February, 18:00

Where: Robin Evans Room (M416), Marylebone Campus

Peg Rawes is a Professor in Architecture and Philosophy, Programme Director of the MA Architectural History, and a PhD Supervisor for Architectural Design and Architectural History and Theory PhD Programmes at the Bartlett, UCL. Trained in art history and philosophy, her research and teaching focus on material, political, technological and ecological histories and theories of contemporary architecture and art. She regularly gives talks in the UK, EU and overseas, and has recently been invited to give lectures at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, University of Regensburg, University of Minnesota, Iowa State University, The British School in Rome, KTH Stockholm, London School of Economics, KADK Copenhagen and TU Delft.

Other speakers in the series will include:

  • 20th February, 17:15, M416: Emma Cheatle (Newcastle University) “As/saying Architecture: A Ficto-Spatial Essay of Lying-in”
  • 27th February, 18:00, M416: Tilo Amhoff (University of Brighton) “Architectural History and Theory Between Labour and Capital, 1967-1977”
  • 6th March, 18:00, M416: Lindsay Bremner, Andrew Peckham, Douglas Spencer (University of Westminster) “On Archipelago: Three Perspectives”
  • 13th March, 18:00, M416: Mark Dorrian (University of Edinburgh) “Auto-Affection: On Michael Webb’s Sin Centre and the Drawing of Mobility”