*MQRES PhD Scholarships (Arts): Philosophy* Project: Cinematic Ethics: Exploring Ethical Experience through Film
Closing Date (extended): 30 APRIL, 2014 Reference Numbers: 2014093 2014094 Two full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES) are available for suitably qualified prospective PhD candidates in the Department of Philosophy associated with successful ARC Future Fellowship project FT130100334. *Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2014093 & 2014094 on your application form.* These two MQRES Scholarships are part of the ARC Future Fellowship project (FT130100334) on Cinematic Ethics awarded to Dr Robert Sinnerbrink. This project is a study of cinema as a medium of ethical experience and critical reflection. It brings together philosophy, film theory, aesthetics, and ethical theory, to understand how film can evoke ethical experience through images and narrative. Although recent work in philosophy of film has begun exploring the question of ethics, there is comparatively little theoretical reflection on what this means: how do movies evoke and express ethical ideas? How can they reveal the complexities of a moral or political situation? What role does our emotional involvement play in this process? Can the aesthetic elements of film be ethically significant? The successful PhD candidates will contribute to exploring these and related questions in order to theorise how film, through its power of aesthetic presentation, can exercise our moral imaginations and enhance our ethical understanding. The successful candidates would be expected to produce research with a complementary yet stand-alone focus with respect to the research project outlined above. The scholarships must be taken up by second semester 2014. Initial inquiries should be directed to Dr. Robert Sinnerbrink, email: [email protected], phone: +61 (0)2 9850 9935 before submitting an application. The 2014 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $25,392 pa tax exempt for 3 years. Prospective PhD applicants should have completed the equivalent of Macquarie University's Master of Research (MRes) degree, MPhil or other 2 year Masters degree with a major research component with excellent results. Refer to the HDR Entry Criteria<http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/research_degrees/applications/entry_criteria> webpage for more information. To be eligible for a PhD scholarship applicants are expected to have a record of excellent academic performance, especially in the research Masters degree, and additional relevant research experience and/or peer-reviewed research activity, awards and/or prizes in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to the HDR Scholarship Requirements<http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/Scholarships/scholarship_requirements> webpage for more information. Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the HDR Applications<http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/research_degrees/applications> webpage for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer. *Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2014093 & 2014094 on your application*. -- *Dr Robert Sinnerbrink* *Senior Lecturer* *Australian Research Council Future Fellow*Department of Philosophy Level 7, W6A Building Macquarie University North Ryde, NSW 2109 Sydney, Australia T: +61 2 9850 9935 F: +61 2 9850 8892 E: [email protected] Staff Profile Page<http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_philosophy/staff/robert_sinnerbrink/> Academia Page <http://mq.academia.edu/RobertSinnerbrink> Amazon Page <https://www.amazon.com/author/robertsinnerbrink> Editorial Board, Film-Philosophy Journal<http://www.film-philosophy.com/index.php/f-p> Associate Editor, Film and Philosophy Journal Deputy Chair, Executive Committee, Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy <http://www.ascp.org.au/> CRICOS Provider Number 00002J Please consider the environment before printing this email. This email (including all attachments) is confidential. It may be subject to legal professional privilege and/or protected by copyright. If you receive it in error do not use it or disclose it, notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system and destroy any copies. The University does not guarantee that any email or attachment is secure or free from viruses or other defects. The University is not responsible for emails that are personal or unrelated to the University's functions.
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