[ecrea] Writing Academic Applications. A workshop for young scholars in media, communications and gender studies

From julie uldam <(ju.ikl /at/ cbs.dk)>

YECREA organises a Young Scholars Workshop as part of the ECREA 
conference “The Mediation of Scandal and Moral Outrage” 16-17 December 
2011 (organised by the Communication and Democracy – Gender and 
Communication – YECREA sections) http://www.ecrea.eu/events/about/id/60.

Please note:
If you plan to attend the workshop, please send your specific questions about application writing to the organisers. This will ease the practicalities of the participant-centred interactive part of the workshop and help the speakers prepare. Please email your questions to Maria Kyriakidou (m.kyriakidou /at/ lse.ac.uk) and Julie Uldam (ju.ikl /at/ cbs.dk)

The workshop is open to all young scholars attending the “Mediation of Scandal and Moral Outrage” conference, and is especially tailored to the interests and needs of those in the last stage of their PhD or in the early steps of their academic career, who are faced with the task of job hunting and application writing, and the concomitant daunting questions: What are the principles of a good application? What do academic employers expect from it? What do funding bodies expect from it? What funding possibilities exist?
Addressing these concerns that await young scholars on completion of their PhDs, the workshop aims at providing advice and guidance on writing successful applications for academic posts. It will address the particularities and demands of applications for: (a) teaching and research posts (e.g. lectureship/assistant professorship/teaching fellowship/research fellowships), and (b) postdoctoral funding proposals (for research councils and other funding bodies).

The workshop will have an interactive format, which will allow space for the provision of hands-on advice on application writing. It will consist of a brief panel discussion of senior scholars, who will share their experiences of applying for academic jobs and postdoctoral grants. The panel discussion will be followed by group work, where the workshop participants will be divided into groups depending on the type of application they are planning to prepare. The groups will be guided by the senior scholars, who will help participants in each group to brainstorm on the main issues and concerns related to the specific application type they are engaging with. The workshop will conclude with a plenary discussion of learning outcomes.

Speakers:
Bart Cammaerts, Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science
Nico Carpentier, Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University
Mia-Marie Hammerlin, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media, Lund University
Tonny Krijnen, Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication at the Erasmus University Rotterdam

YECREA organisers:
Carla Cerqueira, Maria Kyriakidou, Tina Askanius and Julie Uldam

The workshop is open to all young scholars attending the “Mediation of Scandal and Moral Outrage” conference at LSE in December. Registration is open here http://eshop.lse.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=95&deptid=211&catid=39




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