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PhD candidate in the HERA project Night spaces | Cape Verdean community in Rotterdam

Início: Fim: Data de abertura: Data de encerramento: Países: Holanda

Doutoramento, Emprego, Estudos Culturais, Migrações

O Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) convida candidaturas para um candidato a doutoramento no projeto HERA (1.0 FTE) Espaços noturnos: migração, cultura e integração na Europa, com enfoque na comunidade cabo-verdiana em Roterdão.

O candidato ao doutoramento trabalhará num sub-projeto no âmbito do projeto de investigação colaborativa de três anos (2019-2022) intitulado Night spaces: migration, culture and inTegration in Europe (NITE), financiado pelas Humanidades no Espaço Europeu da Investigação (HERA) e liderado pelo Dr. Sara Brandellero.

O candidato ao doutoramento investigará os espaços noturnos relacionados com a comunidade cabo-verdiana em Roterdão desde o primeiro movimento de imigração nos anos 50 até aos dias de hoje. O sub-projeto se concentrará em como os espaços foram construídos, através do mapeamento histórico dos principais locais urbanos noturnos (por exemplo, Heemraadsplein, o icónico Delta Hotel). Centrar-se-á também na análise de narrativas (literárias e audiovisuais) que surgiram das experiências cabo-verdianas em Roterdão. Os materiais para análise incluirão, de entre outros: depoimentos, folhetos de locais, narrativas literárias e filmes.

A data limite para candidaturas é dia 07 de abril de 2019.

Mais informações: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies/2019/q1/19-115-phd-in-the-hera-project

 

PhD candidate in the HERA project
Vacancy number: 19-115 6132
Function type: PhD positions
Hours (in fte): 1.0 FTE
External/ internal: External
Location: Leiden
Placed on: 08 March 2019
Closing date: 07 April 2019

 

The Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a

PhD candidate in the HERA project (1.0 FTE)

Night spaces: migration, culture and inTegration in Europe, with a focus on the Cape Verdean community in Rotterdam

Project description

The PhD candidate will be working on a subproject within the three-year (2019-2022) collaborative research project entitled Night spaces: migration, culture and inTegration in Europe (NITE), funded by the Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) and led by Dr Sara Brandellero.

Night spaces: migration, culture and inTegration in Europe (NITE) brings together 5 European universities (Leiden, University College London, Limerick, Aarhus, Leuphana) and Principal Investigators Dr Sara Brandellero (Leiden), Prof. Ben Campkin (University College London), Prof. Manuela Bojadzijev (Leuphana), Dr Derek Pardue (Aarhus) and Dr Ailbhe Kenny (Limerick), and a number of non-academic partners to study how night spaces are dynamically produced, imagined, experienced and narrated by migrant communities in Europe. These spaces (both material and virtual) are taken to be important sites of crisis and regeneration, memory and heritage, community solidarity and growth. The project focuses on eight European cities. Through a programme of community co-designed cultural events and activities, and close engagement with policy-makers, NITE aims to enable a better understanding of the cultural dynamics and diversity of night spaces and contribute to policy approaches to night-time economies in creating more inclusive cities.

We are looking for a highly motivated, enterprising and enthusiastic PhD candidate to join our project and work with the Leiden team, which will include: Dr Sara Brandellero, Dr Kamila Krakowska (who will act as co-promotors) and Prof. Frans-Willem Korsten (promotor). The PhD candidate will investigate night spaces connected with the Cape Verdean community in Rotterdam from the first immigration movement in the 1950s to the present day. The subproject will focus on how spaces of belonging were/are constructed, through historical mapping of key nocturnal urban sites (e.g. Heemraadsplein, the iconic Delta Hotel). It will also focus on the analysis of narratives (literary and audio/visual) that have emerged from Cape Verdeans’ experiences in Rotterdam. Materials for analysis are expected to include: testimonials; venue flyers; literary narratives; music lyrics, film.

Key responsibilities

  • Finalize an original PhD thesis within the allocated time under supervision;

  • Undertake ethnographic fieldwork and archival research in Rotterdam and potentially elsewhere in the Netherlands; although the PhD candidate will be primarily based in Leiden;

  • Participate in regular team meetings, present research findings at workshops and conferences in Europe and prepare papers for publication in consultation with supervisors;

  • Contribute to the research group’s blog and the construction of a database of materials emerging from their research;

  • Contribute to the organization of the cultural events and workshops/conference envisioned within the Leiden project;

  • Participate in the training programme of the Institute, local Graduate School and the relevant national research school;

  • Participate in staff meetings and the intellectual life of the LUCAS community;

  • In the 2nd year of their appointment, the PhD candidate may be given opportunities to contribute to teaching.

Selection criteria

  • A Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field of Cultural Analysis;

  • A background in Lusophone studies will be an advantage. Knowledge of Cape Verdean migration studies will be an advantage;

  • Native/near native speaker knowledge of Dutch;

  • Knowledge of Portuguese. Knowledge of Cape Verdean Creole will be an additional advantage; 

  • Excellent communication skills in written and oral academic English;

  • Demonstrable interest in the topic;

  • Intellectual independence;

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a larger research team;

  • Excellent proven time-management skills;

  • Proven experience or willingness to work in an international and competitive research environment;

  • Proven experience or willingness to collaborate  in the organization of related academic/cultural events;

  • Proven experience to undertake fieldwork/interviews and archival work, or demonstrable willingness to acquire the necessary skills to undertake such work;

  • Demonstrable experience of or the potential to engage with wider/non-academic community and generate research impact beyond the strictly academic context;

  • Team player skills, flexibility.

+ info: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies/2019/q1/19-115-phd-in-the-hera-project

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