Comics-related PhD studentship offered at University of Leicester

By John Freeman on 12 June 2014

The Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester has a PhD studentship available to potential students interested in working on projects about seriality and media texts.

This can cover texts from film and television but also other media such as music, radio and art/graphic novels.

The Department are particularly interested to hear from potential students interested in working on cross-media texts.

The deadline is quite short but this is a re-advertisement so if you or anyone you know might be interested in this studentship do encourage them to apply.

The deadline is 27th June 2014 but the Department says it is happy to receive enquiry emails from anyone with any interest in advance and provide advice.

• Follow this link to apply and find further information: http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/research/funding/media-seriality

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.