The Northern Bridge Consortium invites applications in the following subject areas. Please note that not all subject areas are offered by each institution:

Archaeology

• Archaeological Theory
• Archaeology of Human Origins
• Archaeology of Literate Societies
• Industrial Archaeology
• Landscape and Environmental Archaeology
• Maritime Archaeology
• Prehistoric Archaeology

Classics

• Classical Literature
• Classical Reception
• Epigraphy and Papyrology
• Languages and Linguistics
• Philosophy, Thought and Religion

Cultural and Museum Studies

• Conservation of Art and Textiles
• Cultural Geography
• Cultural Studies and Pop Culture
• Gender and Sexuality Studies
• Heritage Management
• Museum and Gallery Studies
• Policy, Arts Management and Creative Industries

Development Studies

• Area and Development Studies

History

• American Studies
• Cultural History
• Economic and Social History
• History of Science/Medicine/Technology
• Imperial/Colonial History
• Political History
• Post-Colonial Studies
• Religious History
• War Studies

Information and Communication Technologies

• Information and Knowledge Management

Law and Legal Studies

• Common Law, including Commercial Law
• Comparative Law
• Criminal Law and Criminology
• EU Law
• Human Rights
• International Law
• Jurisprudence/Philosophy of Law
• Law Regulated by Statute
• Law Relating to Property
• Legal History
• Public Law

Library and Information Studies

• Archives
• Computational Studies
• Information and Knowledge Management
• Information Science and Retrieval
• Library Studies
• Records Management

Philosophy

• Aesthetics
• Epistemology
• Ethics
• History of Ideas
• History of Philosophy
• Language and Philosophical Logic
• Metaphysics
• Philosophy of Mind
• Philosophy of Religion
• Philosophy of Science and Mathematics and Mathematical Logic
• Political Philosophy

Political Science and International Studies

• Diplomacy and International Relations

Theology, Divinity and Religion

• Alternative Spiritualities/New Religious Movements
• Atheism/Secularism
• Buddhism
• Church History and History of Theology
• Contemporary Religion
• East Asian Religions
• Hinduism
• Inter-faith Religions
• Islam
• Jainism
• Judaism
• Liturgy
• Modern Theology
• New Testament
• Old Testament
• Sikhism
• Systematic Theology

Design

• Architecture History, Theory and Practice
• Design History, Theory and Practice
• Digital Art and Design
• Product Design

Drama and Theatre Studies

• Drama and Theatre - Other
• Dramaturgy
• Performance and Live Art
• Scenography
• Theatre and History
• Theatre and Society
• Theories of Theatre

Media

• Film History, Theory and Criticism
• Journalism
• Media and Communication Studies
• New Media/Web-Based Studies
• Publishing
• Television History, Theory and Criticism

Music

• Classical Music
• Composition
• History of Music
• Music and Society
• Musical Performance
• Musicology
• Popular Music
• Traditional Music

Visual Arts

• Applied Arts History, Theory and Practice
• Art History
• Art Theory and Aesthetics
• Community Art including Art and Health
• Design History, Theory and Practice
• Digital Arts History, Theory and Practice
• Film-based Media History, Theory and Practice
• Fine Art History, Theory and Practice
• Installation and Sound Art History, Theory and Practice
• Photography History, Theory and Practice
• Time-based Media History, Theory and Practice

Languages and Literature

• American Studies
• Asiatic and Oriental Studies
• Celtic Studies
• Comparative Literature
• Comparative Studies
• Creative Writing
• English Language and Literature
• Ethnography and Anthropology
• French Studies
• Gender Studies
• German Studies (including Dutch and Yiddish)
• Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin Studies
• History and Development of the English Language
• Interpreting and Translation
• Italian Studies
• Lifewriting
• Literary and Cultural Theory
• Medieval Literature
• Middle Eastern and African Studies
• Post-Colonial Studies
• Russian, Slavonic and East European Languages and Culture

Linguistics

• Applied Linguistics
• Language Variation and Change
• Lexicon
• Linguistic Theory
• Linguistics (General)
• Morphology and Phonology
• Phonetics
• Semantics and Pragmatics
• Syntax
• Textual Editing and Bibliography