-----Original Message----- From: Dominic McIver Lopes <[email protected]> To: news <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Dec 3, 2013 11:10 am Subject: [AE] Fwd: Doctoral Scholarships in Philosophy of Art (University of Kent)
Begin forwarded message: From: Hans Maes <[email protected]> Subject: Doctoral Scholarships in Philosophy of Art (University of Kent) Date: December 3, 2013 at 05:32:38 PST Reply-To: Hans Maes <[email protected]> The Aesthetics Research Centre at the University of Kent is pleased to announce details of scholarship opportunities for postgraduate study for 2013/14 entry. (1) The School of Arts at the University of Kent has a number of Doctoral Scholarships to award as part of the University of Kent?s 50th Anniversary scheme. These scholarships will be for Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs), which will cover tuition fees at the home/EU rate plus a maintenance grant and a salary. GTAs will be offered for one year in the first instance, renewable for a maximum of three years subject to satisfactory academic progress. Within the School of Arts, the 50th Anniversary scholarships will be attached to the School?s influential research centres. (2) In addition to the 50th Anniversary scholarships, we are pleased to announce that the Faculty of Humanities at Kent is a member of CHASE (with six other institutions in the South East), a consortium that was recently awarded an AHRC Block Grant Partnership, which provides a series of studentships available in 2014/15 across the entire consortium. ?Applicants wanting to pursue a PhD in Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics will be able to compete for these studentships with applicants to other programmes in the School of Arts, other schools at Kent and other members of the consortium. About us : The Aesthetics Research Centre brings together faculty and postgraduate students from History and Philosophy of Art, Film, Fine Art, and Philosophy. It has particular research expertise around visual art forms including painting, photography and film; depiction and representation; intersections between ethics and aesthetics; beauty, taste and the sublime in 18th century aesthetics; the aesthetics of popular music; the interrelations between art and science; and topics in the contemporary philosophy of art. Applications in any of these areas are encouraged. For more information on the Aesthetics Research Centre, its members and activities, please visit: https://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/hpa/aestheticsresearchgroup/ How to apply? Details about both the selection process for the CHASE scholarship and Kent?s 50th Anniversary scholarship can be found here: http://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/scholarships.html If you are interested in applying for a PhD in Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics, please contact our Postgraduate Administrator, Angela Whiffen ([email protected]). For questions about research proposals please contact Dr Hans Maes ([email protected]) or Prof Murray Smith ([email protected]). You may also wish to consult our list of staff and their research interests for guidance on possible supervisory expertise: https://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/hpa/aestheticsresearchgroup/ The deadline for applications (including all supporting information such as references, etc.) is 31 January, 2014, so it is important that prospective applicants contact the School as a matter of urgency to start the application process. More information and details of how to apply to both MA and PhD programmes can be found at: http://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/hpa/postgraduate/index.html _______________________________________________ news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.aesthetics-online.org/listinfo.cgi/news-aesthetics-online.org
