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[Katalin Fabian]

Gender Studies department at Utrecht University - Marie Curie Fellowship
Description:
Marie Curie Fellowships for Early Stage Training in Gender and Women's
Studies 

EU Sixth Framework Programme (FP6)

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 (Dr. Ulla
Wischermann), - 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)

The training structure is a core curriculum of structured courses, some
jointly taught by the partners, offered at Utrecht University. 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 36 months at Utrecht University (the Netherlands). The
preferred commencement of the fellowship is September 1st or October 1st
2005. PhD candidates for the 36 months-fellowships are offered the
opportunity to follow a high-level doctoral training, including a course
package and opportunity to prepare a dissertation with a professor from
Utrecht university.

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 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.

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 nationality of the
researcher should be other than Dutch. Furthermore: The researcher must be a
national of a Member State of the European Community, of 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.

· Qualifications: Candidates applying for this fellowship should have a MA
degree (or an equivalent of a MA degree) from a university. 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; - 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 sealed letters of recommendation
with the referees full address.

DEADLINE: The application form, motivation letter, CV and PhD proposal
should be sent before August 12th 2005 as an email attachment (Word format)
to the Utrecht office: gendergraduates at let.uu.nl

A hard copy of all the documents should arrive by registered mail on August
12th 2005 at the latest at the Utrecht office:

Utrecht University 

Marie Curie GenderGraduates Programme Muntstraat 2A 3512 EV Utrecht The
Netherlands 

The application form be can found on the website.

INFORMATION: http://www.gendergraduates.org

gendergraduates at let.uu.nl


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Katalin Fabian
Lafayette College
Department of Government and Law
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Tel: (610) 330-5392
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