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The Department of Cultural Sciences offers third-cycle education in several disciplines: art history and visual studies, musicology, film studies, gender studies, ethnology, and cultural studies. Several research projects are linked to the department.
We invite applications for a PhD student position in Art History and Visual Studies at the Department of Cultural Sciences. We are looking for a PhD student who is motivated to perform independent and critical thesis work. The collegium in art history and visual studies has the following research areas and expertise: visual and multisensory cultures, digital media, photography, art markets, scenography and critical costume, historiography, archives and critical cultural heritage, digital art history, design, architecture, art sociology and art education.
The doctoral student will be admitted at the same time as a group of doctoral students within the cross disciplinary research school The Future of Democracy: Cultural Analyses of Illiberal Populism in Times of Crisis (FUDEM): https: // www. gu.se/en/cultural-sciences/doctoral-studies/the-future- of-democracy-cultural-analyses-of-illiberal-populism-in-times-of-crises-fudem In addition, a doctoral student in film studies will be employed at the same time. The position as a doctoral student in art history and visual studies at the Department of Cultural Sciences will therefore involve participation in a dynamic research environment together with a large group of other research students.
General information about being a doctoral student at the University of Gothenburg can be found on the university's doctoral student pages. staff portal/doctoral student
Duties The successful candidate's main responsibilities will be to write a doctoral dissertation, and to complete obligatory course work. He or she may also undertake a limited amount of teaching, administration, or research not directly connected to her or his dissertation topic. Such departmental duties corresponding to up to 20 % of full-time employment, distributed throughout your study period. The successful candidate is expected to spend his or her time primarily in Gothenburg and to regularly participate in departmental activities, especially the research seminars.
Eligibility To be eligible for the position, the applicant must meet both general and specific entry requirements. The general entry requirements for third-cycle (doctoral) programs are:
Admission to the third-cycle program in Art History and Visual Studies also requires:
How to apply In order to apply for a doctoral position at the University of Gothenburg, you have to register an account in our online recruitment system.
The application shall be written in English or Swedish, and include:
The publications that cannot be attached to the application digitally should be sent in two exemplars to: Gunilla Zachau, Department of Cultural Sciences, P.O.Box 200, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden. Please mark PAR 2023/183 on the letter.
It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the job advertisement, and that it is submitted before the deadline. Closing date is March 27, 2023.
Assessment The ability to absorb a postgraduate education is crucial and the applicant must be able to prove this through documentation knowledge in Art History and Visual Studies, including regarding scientific theory and methodology.
All written projects (including the research proposal) that are included with the application are evaluated based on the following quality criteria:
In addition to the above, the research proposal draft is also evaluated based on feasibility within the scope of a doctoral studentship.
Recruitment process Admission must, in addition to review of submitted merits, also include online interviews with selected candidates at the end of April. Selection, interview and assessment are carried out by a local recruitment group. The final decision is made by the head of department after suggestion from the group.
Employment Once you have been admitted for education at third-cycle level, you will be employed as a doctoral student at the University of Gothenburg. The provisions for employment as a doctoral student can be found in ordinance SFS 1993:100. Initial employment as a doctoral student may apply for a maximum of one year, and may be renewed by a maximum of two years at a time. A doctoral student may be employed as a doctoral student for a maximum of eight years, but the total period of employment may not be longer than the equivalent of full-time education at third-cycle level for four years.
Employment: Time limited employment (temporary), 4 years Extent: 100% Location: Department of Cultural Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Starting date: 1 September 2023
The University applies a local agreement on salaries for doctoral students.
For further information please contact For questions about our third-cycle studies please contact Associate Head of Depart. for Doctoral Studies, Catharina Thörn, [email protected] For questions about art history and visual studies, please contact Professor Karin Wagner, [email protected] For questions about the employment procedure, contact Human Resources Officer Gunilla Zachau, [email protected]
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The University works actively to achieve a working environment with equal conditions, and values the qualities that diversity brings to its operations.
Salaries are set individually at the University.
In accordance with the National Archives of Sweden's regulations, the University must archive application documents for two years after the appointment is filled. If you request that your documents are returned, they will be returned to you once the two years have passed. Otherwise, they will be destroyed.
In connection to this recruitment, we have already decided which recruitment channels we should use. We therefore decline further contact with vendors, recruitment and staffing companies.