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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Asian Media and Cultural Studies Network
<u>PhD Scholarship Opportunities</u>, Deakin University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">We seek scholarship applications that address contemporary issues and dilemmas within the broad inter-disciplinary terrains of Asian Media and Cultural Studies. We particularly welcome
applications from candidates seeking to explore a research problem within one of the following areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">*Asian celebrity and fandom studies</span></i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">*Representations of identity within and across Asia</span></i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">* Asian cinema: authors, forms, genres</span></i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">* Asian digital media and digital youth cultures</span></i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">* Soft power and public diplomacy in Asia</span></i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">* The child or children in Asian popular culture and literature<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Prospective candidates should initially contact
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Sean Redmond:
<a href="mailto:s.redmond@deakin.edu.au">s.redmond@deakin.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Jia Xu:</span>
<span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:j.xu@deakin.edu.au">j.xu@deakin.edu.au</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Key dates</b>: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.deakin.edu.au/students/faculties/artsed/research" title="https://www.deakin.edu.au/students/faculties/artsed/research">Faculty of Arts and Education Expressions of Interest</a> close <b>Friday 29 April 2022</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Full online applications for the May scholarship round close <b>Friday 14 May 2022</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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