[ecrea] Art and media: postdoc residency in Mexico

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Call for postdoctoral residency, 2014

Research Group (RG) Teorías del arte y los medios contemporáneos [Art
theories and contemporary media]
Doctorate in Creation and Cultural Theory
Universidad de las Américas Puebla, México

Universidad de las Américas Puebla and the project “La epistemología más
allá del texto. Prácticas culturales en la era de la información”
[Epistemology beyond the text form. Cultural practices in the
information age.] offer a research residency for a term of 6 months, in
the research group Teorías del arte y los medios contemporáneos [Art
theories and contemporary media], for the period 2014-2015.4

The applicant must:
1) hold a Ph.D. at the time of application and not after more than 5
years of obtaining the degree;
2) have conducted a research in any discipline related to Arts,
Humanities, or Social Sciences and have addressed some of the issues
that Research Group studies in its project “La epistemología más allá
del texto” (v.g., digital culture, non-textual practices, expanded forms
of writing, subaltern knowledge).

It is expected from the postdoctoral applicant to fulfill the following
activities: 1) to join the discussions in the RG, which holds meetings
fortnightly (in the periods January-May and August-December); 2) to
deliver a public presentation on his/her research work; 3) to conclude a
research paper developed during the residency in the RG for publication
in a refereed international journal; besides, the paper must include the
opportune recognition to the program; 4) to review and comment the
research work of the Ph.D. students and postgraduates of the program
that may be related to the interests of the applicant; 5) to present a
final report assessing his/her work at the RG.

The term of residency must be consecutive and uninterrupted from August
1, 2014.

Total compensation for the 6 months period – travel, accommodation, and
meals expenses, which are borne by the applicant, are included – is for
105,000 Mexican pesos (U.S. $ 7,958 at exchange rate of February 17th
2014), to be delivered in six monthly payments of 17,500 Mexican pesos.

The postdoctoral visitor will have full access to the library and the
campus internet network.

At the time of starting the residency, the postdoc must present an
existing private health insurance that covers the whole residency period.

A Curriculum Vitae, a letter of intent and a brief work project (max.
1,000 words), all of them in free format, must be delivered to the
Research Group Director, Alberto López Cuenca, Ph.D., by e-mail at
<(alberto.lopez /at/ udlap.mx)>

Applications will be received until Monday May 19th 2014. Notification
to the selected applicant will be delivered on June 16th 2014, at the
latest.

Discussions in the RG are held in Spanish, so some acquaintance with
Spanish is advisable but *it is not a requirement for applicants since
English is fluently spoken in the RG*.

Any issue related to this call can be consulted via the above mentioned
e-mail.


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