Paris and the built environment 1850-1900: an interdisciplinary project (start date 2020-2021)
About the project or challenge area
How can the built environment in nineteenth-century literature and visual culture in France help us understand today's environmental pressures and possibilities? Exploring Impressionist art, novels by Emile Zola, and a range of critical thought on cultural and material modernisation, this project will ask how textual and visual culture of the past can help us understand more deeply our present and, perhaps, our future.
Why choose this opportunity?
You will get the opportunity to develop a keener sense of how the past shapes our values, consciousness, and behaviours today. You will acquire fluency in the exploration of text and image. You will have the opportunity to work across the boundaries between text, image, and 'real world' instances.
About you
You will have a desire to engage with pictures and narrative texts and have an enthusiasm for exploring urban contexts and cultures.
How to apply
All students can apply using the button below, following the Admissions Statement (PDF, 220kB).
Before applying, we recommend getting in touch with the project's supervisors. If you are interested in this project and would like to learn more about the research you will be undertaking, please use the contact details on this page.
Supervisor
Your supervisor for this project will be Professor Susan Harrow, Ashley Watkins Chair in French Language and Literature in the School of Modern Languages. You can contact her at +44 (0) 117 331 8337 or email s.r.harrow@bristol.ac.uk.
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