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Edinburgh College of Art: PhD Scholarships 2014-15

Oct 27

The Edinburgh College of Art at the University of Edinburgh, UK, is inviting applications for PhD and Post Graduate scholarships. Scholarships are open to new PhD students commencing study in the academic year 2015-2016. All scholarships are for full-time study only and they are being offered across the College’s five schools:

School of Design: Place, Body and Environment; Design and Digital Technologies; Materiality and Making; Mechanics of Narrative; Design History and Theory; Design Anthropology; and Contemporary Film Theory and Practice.

School of Art: Contemporary Art and Education; Contemporary Art Practices; Extradisciplinary Arts: Education/Anthropology/Social Practices/Sciences; Parahumanities; Contemporary Visual, Material and Sensual Cultures; Contemporary Art Theories, Histories & Criticism; Artist-led Cultures. Read More…

Victoria University of Wellington PhD Scholarships, New Zealand. 2015

Jul 25

Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, is offering doctoral (PhD) scholarships for international students in any discipline (including disciplines in the School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies, School of Design, and School of Social and Cultural Studies). A total of 35 scholarships are available and awarded strictly on the basis of academic merit. Applicants must be graduates of any university within or outside of New Zealand who intend to enroll full time for a Doctorate (PhD) at Victoria University of Wellington or who have commenced their doctoral study at Victoria University of Wellington.

InterMedia Doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Oslo, Norway

Oct 08

Two research fellowships are available at InterMedia, University of Oslo, for work within the research group CHANGE. CHANGE is an interdisciplinary research group that aims to push the boundaries of design and the use of digital environments in learning and communication. This research group explore design, use of and learning with technology-based environments in schools, museums and workplace settings.

The proposed starting date for the fellowship is spring 2013 onwards.

International Post Graduate Research Scholarships, University of Adelaide. 2013

Jul 30

The University of Adelaide (Estd. 1874), Australia, offers a scholarships scheme for international students undertaking postgraduate research study. Its purpose is to attract high quality overseas postgraduate students to areas of research strength in the University of Adelaide to support its research effort.

The scholarship provides:

Course tuition fees for two years for a Masters degree by Research and three years for a Doctoral research degree (an extension is possible for doctoral programs only);
An annual living allowance of approximately $23,728 (2012 value) for the normal duration of the program.

Judith Butler, Gender Theorist

Jul 18

Judith Butler is the Maxine Elliot professor in the departments of rhetoric and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley and this 2006 ‘bio-pic’ by Paule Zajdermann (for German French TV Channel ‘arte’) gives a perspective on her intellectual life and her influential thought. This includes interviews and sections of her lectures. (in English and French with French subtitles | split into six parts). The voice-over is in French (without subtitles), but thankfully its brief, and, she speaks in English (with a bit of German). Sync problem with part four, just listen in.

Anthony Giddens lectures at the USC Annenberg: On Globalization

Jul 11

‘Globalization and Communication’ is what Anthony Giddens lectures about in this recording from 2008 at the USC Annenberg. A sociologist of considerable repute and a prolific author to boot, Giddens talks about the impact and debate of globalization, calling it the single most important debate of the beginning of this century. He also considers this as one of many debates pointing to the dislocation with the enlightenment project. Includes a Q & A with a pointer to India as well. Give it a listen, accept OR reject him.

University of Padua, Italy. International PhD Fellowships 2012-2013.

Jul 10

Università degli Studi di Padova (University of Padua), one of the oldest universities in the world (estd. 1222), is offering PhD fellowships across its various schools for the academic year 2012-2013. Of particular interest is the School of Social Sciences: Interactions, Communication, Cultural Constructions.

15 research fellowships for foreign students to attend Doctoral Schools/International Courses. The duration of the doctoral courses is three years, starting on 1st January 2013 and ending on 31st December 2015.

Application Deadline: 5 September 2012.

Michel Foucault: Self and Subjectivity (Lecture). 1983

Jul 03

The work of late French historian and philosopher Michel Foucault wields a wide and considerable influence on structuralist and post structuralist thought across a broad range of disciplines in philosophy, humanities and social sciences, to this day. I was quite excited to hear Foucault’s voice in this, articulating his thoughts as only he can. The ultra heavy French accent takes a while to listen in to, but once you do, the ride is great. He examines Western culture’s conceptual development of individual subjectivity. Recorded at the University of California, Berkeley, April 1983. (Note: There are some distortions in the audio once a while (sound sped up), but the ‘rough patches’ get over quickly.)

PhD studentship in Human Geography at the University of Leicester, UK, 2012.

Jul 02

PhD studentship in Human Geography at the Department of Geography for the students of UK/EU and International students at the University of Leicester, UK, 2012. Internationalisation of British Higher Education and Social Media: Academic Identities, Transnational Socialisation, and Engaged Pedagogic Practice.

Study Subject(s): Human Geography Course Level: PhD

Eligibility: Applicants must have a first-class or high upper second-class honours degree (or equivalent qualification) in geography or a social science discipline relevant to the project (such as media studies or education) and meet the University’s standard English language entry requirements.

Jacques Derrida

Jun 21

Every discourse, even a poetic or oracular sentence, carries with it a system of rules for producing analogous things and thus an outline of methodology.