[ecrea] Applicants for the PhD in Cultural Studies - Opening Notices

The first Doctorate Programme in Cultural Studies in Portugal, 
accredited by A3ES and in accordance with the Bologna Process, will be 
open applications from candidates on the Admissions  page, for the 
academic year 2012-2013, between the 7^th and the 21^st of May 
(http://www.ua.pt/saa)

As a result of the partnership established between the Universities of 
Minho and of Aveiro, specifically concerning the Institute of Social 
Sciences and the Department of Language and Culture respectively, the 
Programme will be operated from both of the aforementioned universities, 
on a rotational basis (the 2012-2013 programme will conducted in the 
University of Aveiro).

This third cycle degree of Cultural Studies addresses professional 
training in areas of cultural creativity, promotion, entertainment, 
mediation and cultural dissemination, as well as committing to published 
libraries, editing, centres of information production and cultural 
events, cultural association, and those responsibility for culture in 
embassies, institutions, foundations and cultural centres, amongst others.

The training of researchers in this area aims to qualify specialists 
capable of working as part of multi-disciplinary teams in the resolution 
of issues such as sustainable development, intercultural communications, 
business ethics, film studies, gender studies, media, internet, 
post-colonialism, preservation, cultural tourism, cultural marketing, 
cultural policies, bio-power, bio-politics, the genetization of the 
human being, imaginary anthropotechnology etc.

The research in this area needs to address the necessity of trained 
researchers, capable of examining environments which are intrinsically 
linked with diverse scientific areas such as Communications, History, 
Geography, Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, Literature and Heritage, 
amongst others.

The tuition of the doctorate students in the field of Cultural Studies - 
apart from the areas with which it is associated, such as Literature, 
Philosophy, History, Communications, Sociology, Geography and 
Anthropology - will develop the skills required to resolve concrete 
issues which engage populations and public authorities (issues such as 
social discrimination, xenophobia, extreme nationalism, social tensions 
and weak civic participation) and economic powers (the creation of 
museums, festivals, events, tourist attractions and the cultural 
industries in general), and the various social groups who wish to see 
themselves recognised in representation of the world,  requiring the 
legitimisation of new socio-cultural practices.

This Programme also seeks to stimulate the capacity to produce 
autonomous research in multidisciplinary contexts - which can be 
international, national or local - and to develop reading and writing 
skills in scientific contexts, in addition to reinforcing and deepening 
the critical aspects of the taught content.

The Doctorate Programme in Cultural Studies welcomes students who wish 
to develop their research skills in both the English and Portuguese 
languages.

For more information regarding the structure and content of the course, 
consult the following sites:

http://www.ua.pt/dlc/PageText.aspx?id=12010

http://www.ua.pt/PageCourse.aspx?id=239&b=1&lg=en&p=1 
<http://www.ua.pt/PageCourse.aspx?id=239&b=1&lg=en&p=1>

The Directors of the Programme,

Moisés de Lemos Martins ((moisesm /at/ ics.uminho.pt) 
<mailto:(moisesm /at/ ics.uminho.pt)>)

Maria Helena Sousa ((helena /at/ ics.uminho.pt) <mailto:(helena /at/ ics.uminho.pt)>)

Anthony Barker ((abarker /at/ ua.pt) <mailto:(abarker /at/ ua.pt)>)

Maria Manuel Baptista ((mbaptista /at/ ua.pt) <mailto:(mbaptista /at/ ua.pt)>)