[ecrea] Call for Application: Media@McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship - Art, Media and the Public Sphere

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*Call for Application: Media@McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship - Art, Media 
and the Public Sphere*



*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 Postdoctoral Fellowships to promising scholars 
engaging 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 completed their doctoral degrees 
in a university other than McGill no earlier than June 1, 2011. 
Candidates must have received their PhD by May 1, 2015. 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 2015.



*Application Process Deadlines*: Media@McGill will be offering one 
Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2015-2016.



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 to Media@McGill's 
2015-16 theme: Art, Media and the Public 
Sphere<http://media.mcgill.ca/en/content/2012-2017-program-media-and-democracy#2015>.  
Applicants should also identify a potential faculty supervisor 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 
a 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: Complete statements of interest should be sent to 
(sophie.toupin /at/ mcgill.ca)<mailto:(sophie.toupin /at/ mcgill.ca)> by Friday, 
January 30, 2015 at 5 p.m. E.S.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, 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*: Complete applications should be sent to 
(sophie.toupin /at/ mcgill.ca)<mailto:(sophie.toupin /at/ mcgill.ca)>  by Thursday, 
March 26, 2015 at 5 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 2015.



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



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