19.173, Support: Multidisciplinary: PhD Student, Freie Universit ät Berlin

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Date: 15-Jan-2008
From: Christiane Bohn < cbohn at zedat.fu-berlin.de >
Subject: Multidisciplinary: PhD Student, Freie Universität Berlin, Graduate School: Languages of Emotion, Germany

 

	
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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:02:45
From: Christiane Bohn [cbohn at zedat.fu-berlin.de]
Subject: Multidisciplinary: PhD Student, Freie Universität Berlin, Graduate School: Languages of Emotion, Germany
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Institution/Organization: Freie Universität Berlin, Graduate School: Languages of Emotion 
Department: Department of Philosophy and Humanities 
Web Address: http://www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/languagesofemotion/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Sociolinguistics 
 

Description:

The Graduate School of the Cluster "Languages of Emotion" invites applications for 
10 Doctoral Grants, beginning in October 2008.
 
The research cluster is dedicated to the complex interrelations between the use
of signs/symbols, the transfer of emotions, aesthetic practices, mental
dispositions and affective modes of constructing both personal and social
identities the cluster. The graduate school which is a part of the cluster
focuses on the following research areas: 
-  the relations between affective phenomena and various representational 
media (language, sound, image) 
-  the artistic practices and poetics of (re)presenting/shaping emotion
-  correlations between emotional and linguistic competencies (and their 
disorders) 
-  modes of emotion modeling at the level of cultural codes and patterns of 
social behavior and identity

Applicants interested in pursuing a doctorate with an emphasis in one of the 
cluster's research areas must have a completed degree (MA or the equivalent)
with above average marks by mid-April in one of the disciplines: Anthropology,
Biology, Dance Studies, Film Studies, Japanese Studies, History of Art,
Linguistics, Literary History and Criticism (Comparative Literature, Classical
Greek and Latin Studies, English and American Studies, German Studies, Romance
Languages and Literatures, Slavic Studies), Musicology, Near Eastern Studies,
Neuropsychiatry, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies,
Sociology, and Theater Studies. Grants are awarded for a period of one year with
the possibility of two annual extensions. 

All application materials (completed application form, study proposal of 3
pages, outline of dissertation project of 8-10 pages, curriculum vitae, two
recent letters of reference, copies of earned degrees, proof of language skills,
and a writing sample) must be received by February 29, 2008 at the application
address listed below:

For further information on application requirements and the graduate 
program please see: http://www.fu-berlin.de/loe/graduiertenschule 

Application Deadline: 29-Feb-2008 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Prof. Gisela Klann-Delius 
	Freie Universität Berlin, Graduate School 
	Habelschwerdter Allee 45 
	Berlin Germany 14195 
	Germany 	
	
Contact Information: 
	Prof. Gisela Klann-Delius 
	gyzheel at zedat.fu-berlin.de 
	Phone:+49-(0)30-838-54443 
	Fax:+49-(0)30-838-52530  




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