PhD Position in Speculative Fiction and Imaginaries of the Future
6 dagen geleden
Research Project Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join our research project on speculative fiction and imaginations of the future. The project explores how speculative fiction contributes to conceptualizations of the future, with a focus on past and peripheral imaginations of the future that envision less 'futuristic' futures for both human animals and the planet.
Research Objectives
- Develop a PhD project of your own choosing within the scope of speculative fictions
- Explore different approaches to future science and technology
- Investigate philosophical notions of nature-culture, human and non-human relations (posthumanism)
- Examine ecofeminist philosophies and social practices
- Investigate more than human futures: intersections between food, animal, gender and environmental studies
- Study indigenous epistemologies and other literatures (saberes ancestrales, natural narratives, geoliterature)
- Reconsider modernity and (post-)coloniality
- Investigate the future and genre (science fiction, utopia, dystopia, apocalyptic literature, cyberpunk, solarpunk, fiction about and beyond AI)
- Apply decolonial methods to literary studies and decolonizing the future
- Investigate translation, translingualism and transculturation
- Explore afrofuturism and techno-orientalism
- Investigate non-capitalist futures
Responsibilities
- Submission of a PhD thesis within the period of appointment
- Participation in meetings of the project research group, as well as in the organization of a conference in Amsterdam
- Publishing one single-authored, peer reviewed article and a co-authored article or chapter within the larger project
- Presentation of intermediate research results at workshops and conferences
- Organisation of knowledge dissemination activities
- (Co-)teaching courses at BA-level in the second and third year of the appointment (maximum 0.2 fte per year)
- Participation in the Research School and Faculty of Humanities PhD training programmes
Requirements
- Completed Master's degree in languages and literatures (Spanish, Italian, French, Chinese, etc.), comparative literature, area studies or a related discipline
- Excellent research skills demonstrated by an outstanding Master's thesis and a record of participating in academic conferences or workshops
- Strong cooperative attitude and willingness to engage in collaborative research
- Enthusiasm for communicating academic research to non-academic audiences
- Good command of English, in speaking and writing
What We Offer
- Temporary employment contract for the period of 48 months
- First contract for 16 months, with an extension for the following 32 months, contingent on a positive performance evaluation within the first 12 months
- Employment contract for 38 hours a week
- Salary in the first year of the employment contract €2, and in the last year a maximum of €3, gross per month on the basis of a full working week of 38 hours
- Tuition fee waiver
- Free access to courses offered by the Graduate School of Humanities and the Dutch National Research Schools
- Excellent possibilities for further professional development and education
- Inspiring academic and international work environment in the heart of Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Universiteit van Amsterdam VoltijdResearch Project: Speculative Fictions and Imaginaries of the FutureWe are seeking a highly motivated and intellectually curious PhD researcher to join our research project on speculative fictions and imaginaries of the future. The project explores how speculative fiction contributes to conceptualizations of the future, with a focus on past and peripheral...
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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Universiteit van Amsterdam VoltijdResearch Project: Speculative Fictions and Imaginaries of the FutureWe are seeking a highly motivated and intellectually curious PhD researcher to join our research project on speculative fictions and imaginaries of the future. The project explores how speculative fiction contributes to conceptualizations of the future, with a focus on past and peripheral...
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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Universiteit van Amsterdam VoltijdResearch Project: Speculative Fictions and Imaginaries of the FutureWe are seeking a highly motivated and intellectually curious PhD researcher to join our research project on speculative fictions and imaginaries of the future. The project explores how speculative fiction contributes to conceptualizations of the future, with a focus on past and peripheral...
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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Universiteit van Amsterdam VoltijdResearch Project: Speculative Fictions and Imaginaries of the FutureWe are seeking a highly motivated and intellectually curious PhD researcher to join our research project on speculative fictions and imaginaries of the future. The project explores how speculative fiction contributes to conceptualizations of the future, with a focus on past and peripheral...
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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Universiteit van Amsterdam VoltijdResearch Project: Speculative Fictions and Imaginaries of the FutureWe are seeking a highly motivated and intellectually curious PhD researcher to join our research project on speculative fictions and imaginaries of the future. The project explores how speculative fiction contributes to conceptualizations of the future, with a focus on past and peripheral...
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