Join us for study, work or visit

The University of Brighton's Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories welcomes contact with academic researchers, current or prospective research students, independent researchers, and groups, organisations and institutions that engage with the study and practice of history, cultural memory, and the representation of 'the past' in narratives, images and discourse.

All who are interested in these issues and in understanding the relationship between the past, present and future are welcome to join one of our research seminars, symposia and conferences. We welcome proposals for engagement or collaboration, and hope that you will want to keep in touch with the centre and its activities.

Become a Researcher Member of the Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories. University of Brighton staff and postgraduate research students (doctoral and masters) with research interests relevant to the centre's aims, research themes and practices, and who would benefit from and contribute to our work, are welcome to join. Details of how to apply for membership can be found on our Centre for Memory Narrative and Histories blog site.

Study for your PhD with the Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories

The Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories invites applications to undertake postgraduate research leading to PhD or MPhil awards on topics that relate to any of our fields of interest and the supervisory expertise of the centre’s staff, especially topics that contribute to one of our thematic research areas. 

We welcome innovative approaches to interdisciplinary research grounded in theories and methods drawn from right across the arts, humanities and social sciences, and we support both academic and practice-based PhD projects.   

The Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories has a long-standing reputation for support with research degree studies and offers help with preparation of high-quality PhD proposals and funding applications. As a postgraduate research student you will be an active member of the centre with opportunities to play a key role in the conception and organisation of our research events, to propose ideas and initiate activities, to present your own work and to make beneficial interdisciplinary networks with academics and other postgraduate research students both inside and outside the University of Brighton.

For further information please contact the centre via MemoryNarrativeHistories@brighton.ac.uk, visit our 'Who we are' staff profiles for details on our academic supervisory staff,  or explore the links below.

The programme list is neither prescriptive nor exhaustive and we welcome innovative approaches to cross-disciplinary research. 

Apply for a postdoctoral fellowship: 

We welcome proposals from applicants to postdoctoral fellowship schemes offered by the British Academy, Leverhulme Trust or other funding bodies who wish to locate their research within the centre, and we are able to advise on the possibility of securing institutional support for such applications from the University of Brighton.

Postdoctoral researchers who have recently been awarded their PhD from the University of Brighton may apply for a Visiting Research Fellowship to continue their affiliation to the Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories.

 

email us regarding PhD supervision with the centre

Memorynarrativehistories@brighton.ac.uk

 

Join us as a visiting researcher or associate member

Visiting researchers 

The Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories regularly hosts, as Visiting Researchers, academic staff and research students based at other institutions, and independent scholars, who wish to make a research visit to Brighton over a specified period of time. Please send enquiries to Memorynarrativehistories@brighton.ac.uk, including a brief explanation of your research  interests, purpose in visiting the Centre, and proposed timing

Our Visiting Research Fellowship scheme is open to those seeking to make an extended visit with access to facilities, and we welcome such applications. Visit our blog site for further information on our Visiting Research Fellowships. Visiting Researchers are normally expected to present a seminar on their work. 

Associate membership

Associate Membership is open to academics, research students, independent scholars, educationalists, activists, creative artists, local and community historians and others who make a sustained contribution to our research areas and projects or who want an ongoing relationship to our activities. We look forward to hearing from applicants to join on this basis. 

To apply, please send us, via MemoryNarrativeHistories@brighton.ac.uk, a two-page CV and a short statement (circa 500 words) to introduce yourself and your research interests, explaining how these relate to the centre and your envisaged contribution. Approval is made by the centre’s Steering Group.

 

 

 

Propose a partnership or collaboration with the Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories

The Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories welcomes approaches from individual researchers, practitioners and activists, and from groups, organisations and institutions from the academy and wider society – local, national and global – to explore possibilities for collaborative work, grant applications or a potential partnership arrangement. 

Participate in our research events at the Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories

From our long-running themed seminar series to our annual symposium and regular conferences, the Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories offers many opportunities to be involved with its research. 

Many of our research events are free and anyone interested, from inside and outside the university, is welcome to attend. Academics and other researchers who have relevant material are welcome to contact us with a view to being invited to present their work. 

Details of all forthcoming centre events are available on our Centre for Memory Narrative and Histories blog site and also notified through our email list and social media.

Stay in touch through digital media

We hope you will choose to stay in touch with the Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories. 

Our regular email list updates offer news of interest to those working across memory, narratives and history. Do consider signing up to receive it. Contact us on Memorynarrativehistories@brighton.ac.uk to find out more.

Our twitter account gives information and updates on our many activites and events including seminar presentations an publications, as does our Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories presence on Facebook.

You can sign up for regular updates from our Centre for Memory Narrative and Histories blog site also, where we post details of events and academic work of interest.

 

 

Visit us in person

Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories
University of Brighton

10–11 Pavilion Parade,

Brighton,

BN2 1RA

Memorynarrativehistories@brighton.ac.uk