[Students-l] [Fwd: Air-L Digest, Ph.D. fellowships - U of Copenhagen

[M.J. Menou]

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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:26:05 +0100
From: Klaus Bruhn Jensen <kbj at hum.ku.dk>
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13 Ph.D. Fellowships at the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of
Humanities

The Faculty of Humanities? Graduate School at the University of
Copenhagen is inviting applications for 13 PhD fellowships starting
September 1, 2009 for a period of up to three years. Application
deadline is February 9, 2009. For the complete announcement, please
consult http://www.humanities.ku.dk/research/phd/announcements/

One subject area is 'IT and Communication':
The research group concerning Digital Communication and Aesthetics
focuses on new forms of communication and aesthetic expression in the
digital media, for example:

- The remediation of 'old' media, e.g., the interrelations between
television programs and the websites associated with them, digital
production and distribution of film, and marketing via the internet;
- The distinctive features of 'new' media, e.g., computer games and
social network sites;
- The potential of 'emerging' media, e.g., mobile services,
ubiquitous computing, and intelligent environments.
For more information, please contact Head of Department Jan Riis
Flor, flor at hum.ku.dk, phone: + 45 35 23 88 53. Website: http://
english.mef.ku.dk/

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Klaus Bruhn Jensen

Professor, dr.phil.
Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication
Film and Media Studies Section
University of Copenhagen
Njalsgade 80
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
Denmark

kbj at hum.ku.dk
www.media.ku.dk
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I'd add 2 other areas of potential relevance:

> Language technology, preferably within the strategic fields: language resources and tools (research infrastructure), cognitive science, knowledge systems and tools for multilinguality
> 
> At CST we investigate methods and tools for creation, annotation and exploitation of language resources, in particular for Danish, but also for other languages. In the field of cognitive science we focus on multimodality and within knowledge systems we are investigating ontologies and their contribution to intelligent search algorithms. Multilinguality at CST concerns e.g. statistical machine translation (SMT) and methods for searching multilingual websites
> 
> For more information, please contact senior researcher Bolette Pedersen, phone: +45 35 32 90 78. Website: http://english.cst.ku.dk/ 



> Forms of cultural attention
> 
> Applications are invited for one or more Ph.D.-scolarships within the research theme Forms of Cultural Attention: In modern information society attention has become a cultural focal point. This applies to visibility sought in quiz and reality shows, on blogs, and by communication consultants. And it applies to unwanted visibility created through electronic surveillance, bugging, and surveys. These forms of attention expose the individual to the gaze of others and differ from attention given to a citizen stating his or hers views in the public and for a political community.
> 
> Projects within the research theme should theoretically and analytically investigate how forms of culture shape and comment upon collective attention across frontiers and historical periods. In general projects should contribute to the understanding of how forms of cultural attention focus certain aspects of the world and leave others unattended. Specifically, projects should contribute to the understanding of how artistic practices in the present and in historical perspective have shaped and commented upon cultural attention. 
> 
> For more information, please contact Research School Manager Kirsten Zeuthen, phone: +45 35 .... Website: http://artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/