[Air-L] Call for applications: 2014-2015 Media at McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship

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*2014-2015 Media at McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship*

_Description_: Media at 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.

Media at McGill offers Postdoctoral Fellowships to promising scholars
engaging in media-related research, as defined in Media at McGill’s mission
statement.

Fellows are provided with a workspace, and are expected to take an
active role in the research activities and academic life of Media at 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 at 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, 2010.
Candidates must have received their PhD by May 1, 2014. Fluency in
English is essential; working knowledge of French is an asset.
Value and Duration: The stipend for the Media at McGill Postdoctoral
Fellowship is $45,000 CAD for 12 months (including research and travel
stipend) beginning in the first week of September 2014.
Application Process Deadlines: Media at McGill will be offering one
Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2014-2015.

1.	 In a cover letter, applicants must stipulate how their research is
related to Media at McGill’s mission statement (1-see below for link) and
to Media at McGill’s 2014-15 theme: Media, Senses and Sensibilities (2). We
are particularly interested in work that extends or challenges recent
scholarly innovations in the critical study of media, the senses and
sensibilities, from approaches such as sound studies, visual culture,
affect theory, new materialisms, sensory history and anthropology, and
related fields.  Applicants should also identify a potential faculty
supervisor who is a member of Media at McGill (3) 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:

-	a cover letter;
-	a research proposal (750 words);
-	a Curriculum Vitae (maximum 5 pages).
Deadline: Complete statements of interest should be sent to
sophie.toupin at mcgill.ca by February 7, 2014 at 5 p.m. E.S.T.

2.	Statements of interest will be reviewed by the potential Media at McGill
supervisor, and candidates will be notified of results by February 28,
2014. If successful, applicants will be asked to provide a full
application. The following should be included in all applications and be
sent in a single PDF (the application will not be accepted otherwise).
The documents order follows the list below:

-	a cover letter;
-	a research proposal (750 words);
-	a Curriculum Vitae (maximum 5 pages);
-	official copies of transcripts during graduate studies;
-	3 letters of recommendation (including one by the Media at McGill faculty
supervisor);
-	a writing sample (maximum 20 pages).

_Deadline_: Complete applications should be sent to
sophie.toupin at mcgill.ca by March 27, 2014 at 5 p.m. E.D.T. Applications
will be reviewed by Media at McGill’s Steering Committee, and candidates
will be notified of results in early May 2014. For additional
information, please contact sophie.toupin at mcgill.ca or call (514) 398-8364.

For more info visit: http://media.mcgill.ca/en/postdoctoral_fellowship

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1) http://media.mcgill.ca/en/mission
2)
http://media.mcgill.ca/en/content/2012-2017-program-media-and-democracy#2014
3) http://media.mcgill.ca/en/members