Women's Studies Centre Team
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GENDERGRADUATES
Marie Curie Fellowships for Early Stage Training in
Gender and Women's
Studies
EU Sixth Framework Programme (FP6)
2006
The Marie Curie Fellowships for Early Stage Training
in the field of
Gender
and Women's Studies allows early stage researchers
access to a training
programme offered by a network of seven universities
in different
European
countries. The partner institutions, with proven
record of high
expertise in
gender research and education, will jointly train and
exchange junior
PhD
students. The Marie Curie Early Stage Training Scheme
is designed to
encourage international mobility and therefore carries
an enhanced
salary/stipend package.
The partner institutions include:
- University of Bologna (Prof. Vita Fortunati),
- Cornelia Goethe Centrum in Frankfurt am Main (Prof.
Brita Rang),
- University of Hull (Prof. Gabriele Griffin),
- Linköping University (Prof. Nina Lykke),
- Ljubljana Graduate School in Humanities (Prof.
Svetlana Slapsak),
- University of Lodz (Prof. Elzbieta Oleksy),
- Utrecht University (Prof. Rosi Braidotti and Prof.
Rosemarie Buikema)
The training structure is a core curriculum of
structured courses, some
jointly taught by the partners. The language of
instruction will be
English.
Furthermore, each partner university will also provide
training and
supervision. The Gender Studies Department of Utrecht
University
co-ordinates the Marie Curie Fellowships for Early
Stage Training in
the
field of Gender and Women's Studies.
Within this Marie Curie Consortium there is currently
one PhD
fellowship
available for 12 months at Lodz University (Poland).
The fellow will be affiliated at Lodz University and
will be part of a
PhD
programme at this university. The commencement of the
fellowship is
September 1st 2006.
The PhD fellow is encouraged to travel for the
training purposes at the
early stage of her/his training, and to do initial
work on his/her
dissertation.
The fellowships are for beginning PhD students and not
open to post-PhD
researchers.
We envisage projects in the field of gender and the
humanities, with
special
emphasis on cultural studies in the areas of
ethnicity, subjectivity,
sexuality in the arts and/or technology and the media.
We are looking
for
candidates with a strong interdisciplinary profile and
expertise with
both
the analysis of texts and artifacts, empirical work
and/or interviews
and
with theoretical discussions. The students, apart from
being trained in
the
field of feminist and/or post-colonial studies should
preferably have
an
academic background in literature, art history, music,
film, media
studies,
social work, anthropology, ethnography and/or
philosophy. The specific
expertise of the Lodz team is gender in visual
cultures.
GRANTS:
The fellowship covers: living, mobility, travel and
career exploratory
allowances according to the EU standards. However,
medical health
insurance
is not included in the grant although some EU
countries provide this
automatically.
REQUIREMENTS CANDIDATES:
Each eligible researcher must simultaneously fulfill
the following
criteria:
. Nationality:
The researcher must be a national of a Member State of
the European
Community, or an Associated State or a third country
if legal
residence/main
activity has been in a Member State or Associated
State for at least 4
years
out of the 5 years prior to the appointment. In that
case the
researcher
will be considered a national of the state in which
s/he has resided
for the
longest period.
. Mobility:
The nationality of the fellow must be different from
the country in
which
the host university is located. In the case of holding
dual
nationality, the
researcher will be able to be hosted by the university
from the country
of
her/his nationality provided s/he has not resided
there during the last
5
years.
At the time of appointment, the legal residence/main
activity of the
researcher may not have been in the country of the
host university for
more
than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the
appointment.
. Qualifications:
Candidates applying for this fellowship should have a
university degree
(preferably MA). Please be aware that entrance
requirements for
doctoral
studies may differ at the participating
host-institutions. The degree
must
demonstrate a clearly identifiable interest in Gender
and Women's
Studies,
as evidenced in a minimum of 45 ECTS in this field of
study. Candidates
should have demonstrable knowledge of the main types
of research
questions
and methods in the field of Gender and Women's Studies
as well as a
working
knowledge of the basic concepts used in the
discipline; have
demonstrable
research qualities and above average scores; be highly
motivated to do
academic research. A good knowledge of English is
required.
The researcher is within the first 4 years (full-time
equivalent) of
her/his
research activity (including training) since gaining a
university
degree (or
equivalent institution of higher education) giving
access to doctoral
studies in the country in which the degree was
obtained. The degree/s
already obtained must entitle the holder to embark on
doctoral studies
without having to acquire any further qualifications.
Researchers who
have
already obtained a doctoral degree are not eligible.
If you have any questions about your eligibility, we
kindly urge you to
contact the Marie Curie office in Utrecht before
submitting your full
application.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
Applications, in English, must include:
- The application form completed in all sections (to
be downloaded from
the
website);
- A motivation letter in which the applicant explains
clearly his/her
academic and personal reasons for entering the
programme.
- A brief curriculum vitae (including language skills,
and any
publications);
- An outline of a proposal for a PhD project (max. 4
pages). This
should be
accompanied by a brief abstract;
- A copy of the student's previous academic record
(courses) and
diplomas.
If necessary, the candidate must provide a translation
into English.
This
need not be an official translation;
- A copy of one or more written assignments, possibly
in English, which
may
be relevant for admission to the programme;
- A photocopy of the candidates passport;
- Two letters of recommendation with the referees full
address.
DEADLINE:
The application form, motivation letter, CV and PhD
proposal should be
sent
by April 28, 2006 as an email attachment (Word format)
to the Utrecht
office:
gendergraduates@???
A hard copy of all the documents, including the sealed
letters of
support,
should arrive by registered mail on April 28, 2006 at
the latest at the
Utrecht office:
Utrecht University
Marie Curie GenderGraduates Programme
Muntstraat 2A
3512 EV Utrecht
The Netherlands
The application form can be downloaded from the
website.
INFORMATION:
You can check the website for more information:
http://www.gendergraduates.org
gendergraduates@???
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'Some differences are playful; some are poles of world
historical
systems of domination. Epistemology is about knowing
the difference'.
Donna Haraway
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