This practice-based PhD (via MPhil) opportunity invites an emerging writer to create new work that engages with the histories and legacies of Transatlantic Enslavement, drawing on the collections of the British Library.

This project will be jointly supervised by Dr Raphael Hoermann (Senior Lecturer in English Literature & Senior Research Fellow) and Dr Yvonne Reddick (Reader in English Literature & Creative Writing) at UCLan and by Dr Philip Abraham and Ms Nicole-Rachelle Moore at the British Library. The student will spend time with both UCLan and the British Library and will become part of the wider cohort of AHRC CDP-funded PhD students across the UK.

UCLan and the British Library are keen to encourage applications from a wide range of students and particularly welcome those currently underrepresented in doctoral student cohorts, including minoritised students.

To apply and for more details, please go to the UCLan Research Studentships page (link below) and look for the studentship with the reference RS/24/03.
If you are interested in applying, you are welcome to contact the following for an informal discussion about this opportunity: Dr Raphael Hoermann, Senior Research Fellow (rhoermann@uclan.ac.uk) or Dr Philip Abraham, Interim Head of Programming at Eccles Institute for the Americas at the British Library (philip.abraham@bl.uk).