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Call for Applications Theme: Culture – Text – Act(ion) Type: Doctoral Scholarships Institution: University of Graz Location: Graz (Austria) Date: 2014–2015 Deadline: 14.6.2013 __________________________________________________ Graz University’s doctoral program “Culture – Text – Act(ion)” invites applications for up to 4 doctoral scholarships within the “European PhDnet Literary and Cultural Studies”. Two scholarships are financed by the Strategic Project “Promotion of young researchers, Doctoral and Post-doctoral Programs”, the other two scholarships are financed by the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Graz University. The “European PhDnet Literary and Cultural Studies” facilitates joint supervision of dissertation projects and awards binational degrees according to the Cotutelle Agreement. Scholarships are awarded for dissertation projects that are conducted within the doctoral program “Culture – Text – Act(ion)” and jointly supervised by members of Graz University’s doctoral program and members of the University of Giessen. Duration: January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2015. Value: € 1,000 per month The research based doctoral program “Cultural – Text – Act(ion)”, aims at an interdisciplinary investigation of the theoretical and methodological implications of the notions “text” and “act” or “action” (“Handlung”) as key concepts for the historical and systematic analysis of literary and cultural questions. Reaching from ancient rhetoric, poetics and ethics to modern cultural theory with its paradigms of “culture as text” and “culture as practice”, the reflection on these key concepts not only has a long tradition but also a strong presence in contemporary theories of various disciplines and domains. The program involves researchers from the following disciplines: Literary Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy, History of Ideas and Science, Sociology, Law, History, Jewish Studies, Musicology. It integrates PhD students in interdisciplinary and international research networks and provides theoretical and methodological support for dissertation projects that involve textual, performative or pragmatic approaches (e.g. poststructural theories, discourse analysis, narratology, performance and performativity studies, pragmaticism, action theory). Members: - Simone De Angelis, Centre for the History of Science - Peter Deutschmann, Department of Slavic Studies - Petra Ernst, Centre for Jewish Studies - Reinhold Esterbauer, Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Catholic Theology - Christian Hiebaum, Department of Legal Philosophy, Sociology of Law and Legal Informatics - Susanne Knaller, Department of Romance Studies, Centre for Cultural Studies - Helmut Konrad, Department of History - Josef Marko, Department of Austrian, European and Comparative Public Law, Political Science and Public Administration - Lukas Meyer, Department of Philosophy, Centre for Cultural Studies - Stephan Moebius, Department of Sociology - Anne-Kathrin Reulecke, Department of German Studies - Katharina Scherke, Department of Sociology - Alexandra Strohmaier, Department of German Studies, Centre for Cultural Studies - Michael Walter, Department of Music - Werner Wolf, Department of English Studies, Centre for Intermediality Studies - Arne Ziegler, Department of German Studies Speaker: Lukas Meyer Deputy Speaker: Alexandra Strohmaier Eligibility: Applicants need to hold a university degree in one of the above mentioned disciplines with an excellent G.P.A. In addition, applicants need to propose a research project of outstanding academic quality that is relevant to the research profile of the doctoral program. Required application documents: - Research proposal (about 5 pages including timetable) - Curriculum vitae - Copies of degree certificates - List of publication (if any) Duration: January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2015 Application deadline: June 14, 2013 Please, submit your application (all of the above mentioned documents in one single pdf-file) with the subject line ”Scholarships PhDnet” via e-mail to: [email protected] Selection procedure: There is a two-stage selection procedure. The candidates will be selected by June 30, 2013. Further information: www.kulturwissenschaften.at phdnet.uni-giessen.de Contact: Alexandra Strohmaier Centre for Cultural Studies University of Graz Mozartgasse 8 A-8010 Graz Austria Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.kulturwissenschaften.at/content/blogsection/27/175/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
