[Commlist] The Danijela Kulezic-Wilson Memorial Award: PhD Scholarship in the School of Film, Music & Theatre, University College Cork.

The School of Film, Music & Theatre, University College Cork, is 
delighted to announce a scholarship for prospective PhD students with a 
value of US$10,000 (US Dollars) per year for three years (approximately 
EUR€9,000 at current exchange rates).

The Scholarship has been made available by Douglas Murray and the WHH 
Foundation /in memoriam/ Dr. Danijela Kulezic-Wilson, a member of staff 
in the UCC Music Department until her passing in 2021, whose innovative 
research on film music and sound is respected worldwide and was an 
outstanding exemplar of interdisciplinary thought.

The award will be made to the applicant who, in the opinion of the 
selection panel, proposes a PhD in any of the disciplines available in 
the School of Film, Music & Theatre that is notably innovative and, in 
line with Dr. Kulezic-Wilson’s research, addresses topics and/or employs 
methodologies that exhibit interdisciplinarity. The award is available 
for PhDs employing either scholarly or practice-based approaches, or in 
any combination permitted by the School’s current doctoral programmes.

We encourage the widest diversity of applicants. University College Cork 
is committed to being a fully inclusive global university. Equality, 
Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) are core values under our UCC 2022 
Strategic Plan. UCC holds a Bronze Athena SWAN award in recognition of 
our commitment to advancing equality in higher education. We value 
diversity and encourage applications from everybody, regardless of age, 
care-giving status, disability, ethnicity, gender and/or gender identity 
or expression status, nationality, marital status/civil partnership, 
pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/creed, and/or sexual orientation.

The UCC School of Film, Music & Theatre is a place of ground-breaking 
creative learning and experimentation that promotes parity of esteem for 
theoretical and practical teaching, research and practice. Our School 
nurtures the ambitions of all who walk through its doors, and produces 
the most innovative, pioneering research and analysis of creative 
practice across disciplines in Ireland. 

Douglas Murray is an Emmy Award-winning film sound designer who has 
worked in the feature film industry for many years. He has worked on 
many renowned films, including /The English Patient/, /Cloverfield/, /Ad 
Astra/ and /The Batman/ (2022). In 2020, he earned an MA in Experimental 
Sound Practice at UCC. The WHH Foundation was founded in 1961 by William 
H. Hurt and supports a broad selection of causes throughout the USA.

*Application Procedure*

The applicant should apply for the Award at the same time as submitting 
their application for a doctoral place in one of the Departments of the 
School of Film, Music & Theatre. The application should include the 
following:

  * A cover letter detailing how the proposed research/creative work
    addresses the terms of the award (no more than 1000 words).
  * A CV detailing prior academic and/or practice-based achievements,
    such as first degrees, notable public performances. Those that show
    a relationship to the proposed topic of research are particularly of
    interest.

Students may be required to attend an interview (in person, where 
possible; otherwise online) as part of the decision-making process. An 
award will not be granted until an applicant has accepted a doctoral 
place within the School of Film, Music & Theatre.

Applications must be received via email by the deadline of Thursday, 30 
June 2022 at the following address: Ms Eithne Egan, School Manager, 
School of Film, Music & Theatre, UCC, Email: (eithne.egan /at/ ucc.ie) 
<mailto:(eithne.egan /at/ ucc.ie)>.

For queries you may contact Professor Laura Rascaroli, Head, School of 
Film, Music & Theatre, Email: (l.rascaroli /at/ ucc.ie) 
<mailto:(l.rascaroli /at/ ucc.ie)>.

School of Film, Music & Theatre, University College Cork: 
https://www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/ <https://www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/>.

Graduate studies in the School: 
https://www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/graduatestudies/ 
<https://www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/graduatestudies/>.

The Danijela Kulezic-Wilson Memorial Award: 
https://www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/film/news/the-danijela-kulezic-wilson-memorial-award-phd-scholarship-in-the-school-of-film-music--theatre-university-college-cork.html 
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