[ecrea] Call for Applications: 2016-2017 Media@McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship (Media and the Environment)

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    *Call for Application: Media@McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship*

    *Media and the Environment *

    *Description: *Media@McGill is a hub of interdisciplinary research,
    scholarship and public outreach on issues in media, technology and
    culture, located in the Department of Art History and Communication
    Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. To see the list of
    postdoctoral fellowships, click here

<http://media.mcgill.ca/en/content/mediamcgill-postdoctoral-fellowships>.

    Media@McGill offers every year one Postdoctoral Fellowship to a
    promising scholar engaged in media-related research, as defined in
    Media@McGill’s mission statement <http://media.mcgill.ca/en/mission>.

    Fellows are provided with a workspace, and are expected to take an
    active role in the research activities and academic life of
    Media@McGill (participation in conferences, seminars, etc.). They
    may also have the possibility of teaching a course within the
    Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill.

    *Eligibility: *The Media@McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship is open to
    both national and international scholars who have**completed their
    doctoral**degree in a university other than McGill no earlier than
    June 1, 2012. Candidates must have defended their dissertation and
    received their PhD by May 1, 2016. Fluency in English is essential;
    working knowledge of French is an asset.

    *Value and Duration: *The stipend for the Media@McGill Postdoctoral
    Fellowship is $45,000 CAD for 12 months (this includes a travel
    research stipend) beginning in September 2016.

    *Application Process Deadlines: *Media@McGill will be offering one
    Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2016-2017.

    *1.* In a cover letter, applicants must stipulate how their research
    is related to Media@McGill’s mission statement
    <http://media.mcgill.ca/en/mission> and Media@McGill’s 2016-17
    theme: *Media and the Environment*

<http://media.mcgill.ca/en/content/2012-2017-program-media-and-democracy#2016>.
    Applicants should also identify a potential faculty supervisor from
    the McGill Department of Art History and Communication Studies, who
    is a member of Media@McGill <http://media.mcgill.ca/en/members> and
    whose research is closely tied to that of the applicant. Please do
    not contact the potential supervisor at this stage.

    The following should be included in all statements of interest and
    be *sent in a single pdf* (*the application will not be accepted
    otherwise). *The documents’ order follows the list below:

     1. a cover letter;
     2. a research proposal (750 words);
     3. a Curriculum Vitae (maximum 5 pages).

    *Deadline:* Completed statements of interest should be sent to
    (sophie.toupin /at/ mcgill.ca) <mailto:(sophie.toupin /at/ mcgill.ca)> by *Friday,
    January 29, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. E.D.T.*

    *2.* Statements of interest will be reviewed by the Media@McGill
    potential supervisor, and candidates will be notified of results
    shortly after. If successful, the short-listed applicants will be
    asked to provide the following additional documents:

     1. official copies of transcripts during graduate studies;
     2. three letters of recommendation (one of which is by the
        potential Media@McGill faculty supervisor);
     3. a writing sample (maximum 20 pages).

    *Deadline:* Completed**applications should be sent to
    (sophie.toupin /at/ mcgill.ca) <mailto:(sophie.toupin /at/ mcgill.ca)> by
    *Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. E.D.T.* Applications will be
    reviewed by Media@McGill’s Steering Committee, and candidates will
    be notified of results in early May 2016.

    For additional information, please contact (sophie.toupin /at/ mcgill.ca)
    <mailto:(sophie.toupin /at/ mcgill.ca)>






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