[Air-L] PhD fellowship available: extremist discourse online

Laetitia le chatton laetitia.lechatton at gmail.com
Thu Dec 13 06:00:08 PST 2012


Dear Jill,

Great topic! it is crucial now to understand extremist discourses and their
prefered means of transmission.

Best,


On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Jill Walker Rettberg <
jill.walker.rettberg at uib.no> wrote:

> After July 22 and the massacre on Utøya, Norwegians have been forced to
> attempt to understand extremist discourse online, and it is clear that we
> need more research on this topic. My department (Linguistic, Literary and
> Aesthetic Studies at the University of Bergen) has a 4-year PhD fellowship
> available for a humanities-based project on online extremism and I would
> encourage anyone interested to apply or to let people who might be
> interested know about this. We are very open to what kind of extremism
> should be the focus of the project and to which methods and disciplinary
> perspectives are used, so long as it is within the scope of one of the
> disciplines represented in our department: Linguistics, Comparative
> Literature, Digital Culture, Greek, Latin, History of Art, Scandinavian
> Languages and Literature and Theatre Studies. See the complete description
> below for details. DEADLINE JAN 15!
> http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=88851
>
> We are also advertising open fellowships, where digital culture is one of
> the possible areas. We have a strong program in digital aesthetics, digital
> humanities and critical perspectives on technology and society. Please get
> in touch if you have questions.
> http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=88850
>
> Applicants must have a research-based MA and submit a five page project
> description with their application. You must have contacted an advisor at
> the dept. Norwegian PhDs pay well, NOK 416.300 (a bit over USD 70,000) a
> year, and the four-year job includes 75% research (on your PhD project) and
> 25% teaching. One semester's work (30 ECTS) is coursework, and conference
> presentations and participation in doctoral consortiums of your choice can
> be included in this. You also would qualify for Norwegian welfare rights,
> such as parental leave, subsidised childcare etc.
>
> Please get in touch with me if you have any questions, or need help
> finding an advisor in the department. I'd also appreciate it of you spread
> this to anyone who'd be interested!
>
> Jill Walker Rettberg
> Professor of Digital Culture
> University of Bergen
> http://jilltxt.net
>
> ---------
> PhD research fellowship earmarked research on online extremism
>
> A PhD research fellowship earmarked research on online extremism is
> available at the Department of Linguistic, Literary, and Aesthetic Studies,
> Faculty of Humanities, University of Bergen from 1 August 2013. The project
> must be based in one or more of the disciplines taught at the department
> (Linguistics, Comparative Literature, Digital Culture, Greek, Latin,
> History of Art, Scandinavian Languages and Literature and Theatre Studies).
>
> Events in the last years have shown that extremism online is more
> widespread and more serious than commonly thought, and that extremism can
> take different shapes in different contexts. There is a need for more
> research in this area. The Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic
> Studies at the University of Bergen therefore invites applications for a
> four-year PhD. fellowship to study extremist discourse and rhetorics in
> social media.
>
> The project should analyse a selection of extremist discourse on the
> internet, and applicants must explain their choice of this selection in the
> project description. The material to be analysed can be Norwegian or from
> another cultural context. For example, the project might focus on a
> selection of blogs, on comments from readers in online newspapers, on
> YouTube videos and comments, on discussion fora, on Facebook groups, on
> image use or other extremist forms of expression and communication online.
>
> The analysis might focus on language, rhetoric, ideology, visual aspects,
> aesthetics, discourse or social networks. The applicant must explain how
> the concept "extremist" is understood in the project, and what theoretical
> framework is used. We are open to analyses of all kinds of extremism,
> whether left- or right-wing or not clearly connected to the conventional
> political axis, such as extremism within discussions of gender, the
> environment, religion or animal rights. Research on historical development
> might also be of interest, for example using archived material from the
> internet, or following a community or topic over time, or comparing
> extremist discourses online with extremist expressions in historical media.
>
> Qualification requirements
> Applicants must meet the formal requirements for admission to the PhD
> programme at the University of Bergen. The University requires the
> equivalent of a master’s degree (i.e. 3 years bachelor and 2 years master,
> 300 ECTS altogether). Applicants must have completed their master’s degree
> at the time of application.
>
> Please note:
> Applicants must have completed their master’s degree in the actual subject
> area at the time of application.
> The applicant’s research project must be connected to one of the research
> groups within the department. See: http://www.uib.no for an overview.
> Make sure that the name of the supervisor at University of Bergen is given
> in your application letter. The candidate’s main supervisor must be
> permanently employed at the Department of Linguistic, Literary and
> Aesthetic Studies. Please contact the department’s Head of Research Tor
> Trolie about this (see below).
>
> About the position
> The fellowship’s main goal is to lead to a PhD degree, which qualifies for
> independent research activities, and for other work that requires
> particular competence. The fellowships are awarded for a period of four
> years. The research and educational part of the fellowship is 75%, while
> 25% is dedicated to teaching and other work for the department. An
> agreement concerning the actual work load has to be signed by the candidate
> as soon as he/she takes up the post.
>
> The successful applicant will be expected to have her/his main residence
> in Bergen, and to conform to the regulations that apply to the position.
>
> Salary
> Salary will be in accordance with level 50 (code 1017/frame 20.8) on the
> Norwegian government salary scale, currently NOK 416.300 gross p.a.
> following ordinary meriting regulations. A compulsory 2% contribution to
> the State Pension Fund (Statens pensjonskasse) will be deducted from gross
> salary.
>
> Additional information
> Further information about this fellowship can be obtained from the
> department’s Head of Research, Associate Professor Tor Trolie +47 55 58
> 29 65, e-mail:tor.trolie at lle.uib.no<mailto:tor.trolie at lle.uib.no>, or
> from the department’s Research Officer, Håvard Peersen tel. +47 55 58 20
> 58, e-mail:havard.peersen at lle.uib.no<mailto:havard.peersen at lle.uib.no>.
>
> State
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