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[Commlist] Salaried PhD position in musicology
Sat Apr 29 09:20:25 GMT 2023
*Salaried PhD position in musicology*
Vaxjo
Reference number: HR-2023/642
/Welcome to Linnaeus University! We meet the societal challenges of
today and tomorrow in a spirit of openness, curiosity, and creativity.
By creating arenas for exchange of knowledge from different subjects,
fields, and cultures, we open up for new ideas and create new
opportunities for long-term sustainable societal development. Linnaeus
University – where people grow./
/Linnaeus University is located in Växjö and Kalmar in the southern
Swedish region of Småland. The university has 2 100 employees and more
than 44 000 students and offers over 200 degree programmes and 1 500
freestanding courses. Research at Linnaeus University is of high
quality, nationally as well as internationally, not least at the Faculty
of Arts and Humanities, where research in intermedial and multimodal
studies, digital humanities, environmental humanities, global
humanities, colonial and postcolonial studies, young adult fiction, and
popular culture is prominent./
/The //Linnaeus University Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal
Studies/
<https://lnu.se/en/research/research-groups/linnaeus-university-centre-for-intermedial-and-multimodal-studies/>/(IMS)
is a world-leading interdisciplinary research centre studying relations
and interactions between media. IMS is part of the Faculty of Arts and
Humanities at Linnaeus University in Växjö./
/IMS and the Department of Music and Art are now inviting applications
for a salaried PhD position in musicology, as part of the graduate
school /The Future of Democracy: Cultural Analyses of Illiberal Populism
in Times of Crises (FUDEM)/, which is financed by the Swedish Research
Council./
*Subject area for the position*
Musicology
*Location until further notice *
Växjö
Linnaeus University is based in two cities – Växjö and Kalmar. The
graduate school is based in Växjö, but as a doctoral student, you will
be expected to participate in activities in both locations.
*Term and hours*
The position is a 48-month fixed-term full-time employment.
Employment as a doctoral student is limited according to Chapter 5,
Section 7 of the Higher Education Ordinance
<https://www.uhr.se/en/start/laws-and-regulations/Laws-and-regulations/The-Higher-Education-Ordinance/#chapter5>.
The total employment period may not exceed the equivalent of full-time
doctoral studies for four years. However, besides their own studies,
someone employed as a doctoral student may, to a limited extent, work
with education, (artistic) research, and administration, in which case
the period of employment will be extended proportionally. Such work may
not exceed 20 per cent of full-time work.
The current (1 January 2023) starting salary for a doctoral student
position is SEK 29 450 per month (subject to tax).
For more information about employment and working conditions at Linnaeus
University, see our website
<https://lnu.se/en/medarbetare/employed-at-lnu/>.
*Starting date*
1 September 2023, or as agreed upon.
*Job description*
As a doctoral student, you will be part of the Linnaeus University
Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies (IMS
<https://lnu.se/forskning/forskargrupper/linnaeus-university-centre-for-intermedial-and-multimodal-studies/>)
and the new graduate school /The Future of Democracy: Cultural Analyses
of Illiberal Populism in Times of Crises/ (FUDEM
<https://www.gu.se/en/cultural-sciences/doctoral-studies/the-future-of-democracy-cultural-analyses-of-illiberal-populism-in-times-of-crises-fudem>).
FUDEM is a collaboration between six universities: Linnaeus University,
Linköping University, Lund University, Södertörn University, University
of Gothenburg, and Uppsala University.
You will be pursuing your doctoral studies in the field of musicology,
focusing on cultural analysis of illiberal populism in times of crisis.
Your work will include project planning, data collection, processing and
analysis of collected material, publication of results, and presentation
of preliminary results and conclusions at conferences. You will be
expected to participate in research and teaching activities at FUDEM,
IMS, and the Department of Music and Art.
As a doctoral student, you will play an important part in the faculty’s
research environment and at your department. You will be expected to
contribute actively by regularly attending seminars, workshops,
retreats, courses, and other activities organised by the graduate school
and/or your department, and to interact regularly with other doctoral
students, researchers, and teaching staff at the faculty. You will be
expected to spend most of your working hours at the Växjö campus of
Linnaeus University, unless your research – for instance, in the form of
field work, archival research, or research trips – requires otherwise.
Your doctoral studies will comprise four years of full-time studies, and
include research, writing of a doctoral thesis, participation in
courses, and literary review.
The graduate school will offer several mandatory and optional courses,
workshops, and seminars focusing on illiberal populism, theories on
democracy from a humanistic perspective, and cultural analysis of
crises. As a doctoral student, you will be expected to organise a
research conference towards the end of your studies.
The programme’s working language is English.
You will find more information on the graduate school FUDEM and its
thematic specialisations here.
<https://www.gu.se/en/cultural-sciences/doctoral-studies/the-future-of-democracy-cultural-analyses-of-illiberal-populism-in-times-of-crises-fudem>
*The context of the position*
As a FUDEM doctoral student you will be part of the Linnaeus University
Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies (IMS) in Växjö.
At IMS, art historians, linguists, and scholars of literature, film,
design, music, and media studies, examine the complex mixture of media
and modalities involved in communication, drawing on intermedial and
multimodal perspectives as well as on perspectives used in media and
communications. At IMS we study intermedial and multimodal aspects of
media in relation to our four main themes – Meaning Making, Narration,
Learning, and Truthfulness – and we strive to meet the societal
challenges of a mediated society through our four research clusters: IMS
Green, IMS News, IMS Memory, IMS Literacy. These interdisciplinary
research clusters explore societal challenges such as how film,
literature, and games communicate research findings about the climate
crisis (IMS Green); multimodal and transmedial challenges of journalism
and the dissemination of disinformation (IMS News); contested cultural
heritage and memory cultures in the digital age (IMS Memory); and the
role of media and modes in education (IMS Literacy).
For the graduate school, we welcome research proposals in the field of
intermediality, multimodality, and cultural analyses of illiberal
populism in times of crisis in a broad sense, but we particularly
encourage proposals that fit into one of the research clusters described
above.
Examples of themes for doctoral theses in musicology include:
* music/sound in illiberal mass media
* illiberal populism in different musical traditions and genres
(popular music, classical music, traditional music, etc.)
* representations of illiberal populism in and through music/sound
* musical representations of passions, emotions, and values in
relation to illiberal populism
* audio-visual analyses of illiberal propaganda.
*Eligibility*
*General entry requirements according to Ch 7 S 39 of **the Higher
Education Ordinance*
<https://www.uhr.se/en/start/laws-and-regulations/Laws-and-regulations/The-Higher-Education-Ordinance/#chapter7>*:*
A person meets the general entry requirements for admission to doctoral
studies if they
1. have been awarded a master’s degree
2. have at least 240 credits of passed courses, of which at least 60
credits are at the master’s level; or
3. have acquired essentially equivalent knowledge in some other way, in
or outside Sweden.
*Linnaeus University’s specific entry requirements:*
* at least 120 credits in musicology, or equivalent knowledge acquired
in some other way, in or outside Sweden
* at least 30 credits in musicology at the master’s level, including
an independent project of at least 15 credits
* knowledge of English corresponding to the general entry requirements
for university studies in Sweden at the bachelor’s level (see also
the information provided by the Swedish Council for Higher Education
<https://www.universityadmissions.se/en/entry-requirements/english-language-requirements/>).
All eligibility requirements must be met by the time of the application
deadline.
For more information on specific entry requirements and doctoral
education at Linnaeus University, please see the general syllabus
<https://lnu.se/en/research/PhD-studies/musicology/> for doctoral
education in musicology.
*Application*
The application should be written in English and include the following:
1. a cover letter explaining why you are applying for the position (max
two pages)
2. your CV (max five pages)
3. attested copies of transcript(s) of records supporting your
eligibility for the position, including proof of proficiency in
English for non-native speakers
4. a research plan (max 10 000 characters excl. references), including
aim, theory, research questions, method, time plan, and an account
of how your project fits in with FUDEM and, if applicable, with one
of the research clusters (i.e., IMS Green, IMS News, IMS Memory, or
IMS Literacy)
5. a copy of your master’s thesis, or the equivalent
6. names and contact information for up to three referees.
For more information about the application procedure and to apply,
please visit Linnaeus University’s job page
<https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/work-at-the-university/>.
The application deadline is 26 May 2023. Interviews with selected
candidates are scheduled to commence in June 2023.
*Assessment criteria*
The selection of candidates will be made based on an assessment of the
applicants’ ability to benefit from doctoral education. The assessment
will be based on the following criteria:
* the relevance, originality, and feasibility of the research plan in
relation to the field of intermediality and illiberal populism (for
further details, see the FUDEM webpage
<https://www.gu.se/en/cultural-sciences/doctoral-studies/the-future-of-democracy-cultural-analyses-of-illiberal-populism-in-times-of-crises-fudem>)
* the applicant’s academic qualifications, especially as regards the
quality and relevance of the master’s thesis (or the equivalent)
* other relevant qualifications and references.
*Contact*
Martin Knust <https://lnu.se/personal/martin.knust/> – FUDEM board
member in Växjö, member of IMS, and associate professor of musicology
Eva Kjellander Hellqvist <https://lnu.se/personal/eva.kjellander/> –
Head of the Department of Music and Art
Sandra Kron <mailto:(sandra.kron /at/ lnu.se)> – HR partner at the Department
of Music and Art
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