Cooperation Research Lab between the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETH), the University of Zurich (UZH), and the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)
Second Call (10–12 positions; deadline: 13th May 2018)
The programme entitled “Epistemologies of Aesthetic Practices”, situated at the Collegium Helveticum, is a collaborative project including the ETH Zurich, UZH and ZHdK. Funded by swissuniversities it develops a cooperative doctoral degree programme between universities and colleges of higher education, focusing on aesthetic research. The programme collects a total of eight university teachers from the three institutions involved (Andreas Kilcher, Philip Ursprung; Elisabeth Bronfen, Fabienne Liptay, Sylvia Sasse; Florian Dombois, Dieter Mersch, Germán Toro-Pérez). The laboratory is based in Zurich.
The research laboratory offers interested doctoral students in the field of aesthetics, artistic practice and its epistemology in the broadest sense (including, among other fields, philosophy of art, composition, music theory and performance practice, theatre, dance, exhibition, film, visual arts, media art, performance, installation, art education, design, design philosophy, etc.) a forum to discuss and complete their doctoral thesis.
The structured programme includes colloquia, workshops, lecture series, retreats, and a summer school. Moreover, it develops new formats for transdisciplinary works. The participating universities and university teachers guarantee in particular the mentoring of projects by graduates of technical universities. Note that neither stipends nor paid positions can be offered as part of the programme.
Swissuniversities’ financial support of the programme is rather intended to provide a budget for the infrastructure and activities of the laboratory which is located at the Collegium Helveticum.
For this second call, a total of 10–12 positions are to be awarded. Applications by both university graduates and graduates of colleges of higher education are equally welcome.
Application prerequisites: academic degree with distinction in the humanities or an artistic field, as well as a doctoral project thematically relevant to the programme of the research school and a good knowledge of German and English.
Application documents: convincing proposal sketching the topic and methodology (not more than 10 pages) of the research project, as well as a curriculum vitae and copies of diplomas. Additional materials detailing the exceptional performance of graduates of colleges of higher education will be evaluated sur dossier by the research school faculty.
Contact: Complete applications with all documents and diplomas are to be submitted by 13 May 2018, to Prof. Dr. Dieter Mersch, Zurich University of the Arts, Institute for Theory, Pfingstweidstr. 96, CH-8031 Zurich. Applications may also be submitted electronically to: Katerina Krtilova (ZHdK) and Benno Wirz (UZH). Please use for your application one PDF.