[ecrea] 2 Domestic PhD Scholarships in Philosophy and Film at Macquarie University

MQRES PhD Scholarships (Arts): Philosophy

Project: Cinematic Ethics: Exploring Ethical Experience through Film

Closing Date (extended): 30 APRIL, 2014

Reference Numbers: 2014093 2014094

Two full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships 
(MQRES) are available for suitably qualified prospective PhD candidates 
in the Department of Philosophy associated with successful ARC Future 
Fellowship project FT130100334.

Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2014093 & 2014094 on your 
application form.

These two MQRES Scholarships are part of the ARC Future Fellowship 
project (FT130100334) on Cinematic Ethics awarded to Dr Robert 
Sinnerbrink. This project is a study of cinema as a medium of ethical 
experience and critical reflection. It brings together philosophy, film 
theory, aesthetics, and ethical theory, to understand how film can evoke 
ethical experience through images and narrative. Although recent work in 
philosophy of film has begun exploring the question of ethics, there is 
comparatively little theoretical reflection on what this means: how do 
movies evoke and express ethical ideas? How can they reveal the 
complexities of a moral or political situation? What role does our 
emotional involvement play in this process? Can the aesthetic elements 
of film be ethically significant? The successful PhD candidates will 
contribute to exploring these and related questions in order to theorise 
how film, through its power of aesthetic presentation, can exercise our 
moral imaginations and enhance our ethical understanding.

The successful candidates would be expected to produce research with a 
complementary yet stand-alone focus with respect to the research project 
outlined above.

The scholarships must be taken up by second semester 2014.

Initial inquiries should be directed to Dr. Robert Sinnerbrink, email: 
(robert.sinnerbrink /at/ mq.edu.au), phone: +61 (0)2 9850 9935 before 
submitting an application.

The 2014 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $25,392 pa tax exempt for 3 years.

Prospective PhD applicants should have completed the equivalent of 
Macquarie University’s Master of Research (MRes) degree, MPhil or other 
2 year Masters degree with a major research component with excellent 
results. Refer to the HDR Entry Criteria webpage for more information.

To be eligible for a PhD scholarship applicants are expected to have a 
record of excellent academic performance, especially in the research 
Masters degree, and additional relevant research experience and/or 
peer-reviewed research activity, awards and/or prizes in line with the 
University’s scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to the HDR Scholarship 
Requirements webpage for more information.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application 
form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the 
Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the HDR Applications webpage for 
further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the 
successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.
Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2014093 & 2014094 on your 
application.

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Dr Robert Sinnerbrink
Senior Lecturer
Australian Research Council Future Fellow
Department of Philosophy
Level 7, W6A Building
Macquarie University
North Ryde, NSW 2109
Sydney, Australia


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