<div dir="ltr"><div>Hey all!</div><div><br></div><div>I have a full PhD scholarship available for Queen's Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies program. Sadly it's only for Canadian citizens and residents, but in case anyone out there is eligible and interested, I'm sharing the information below.</div><div><br></div><div>Best!</div><div>Menotti</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">* * *</div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.95pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA">Queen's University Screen Cultures and
Curatorial Studies graduate program is offering a fully funded PhD in the
topics of <b>image, space, and technologies</b> for domestic Canadian students
under the supervision of Dr. Gabriel Menotti, <b>beginning in September 2021</b>.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.95pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.95pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://www.queensu.ca/filmandmedia/faculty-and-staff/faculty-and-staff-bios/gabriel-menotti" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dr. Menotti</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA"> specializes in
moving image curation across different platforms. He is currently working on
the subject of digital replicas and cultural heritage.<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.95pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA"><span> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.95pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA">Dr. Menotti is looking for projects that
promote new approaches to moving image practices. Possible subjects include but
are not limited to: the interaction between cinema, new media and contemporary
art; audiovisual installations and live performances; VR and volumetric
filmmaking; videogames, machinima, procedural and algorithmic movies; online
video cultures; computer vision and machine learning; media ecologies;
exhibition and distribution platforms. Initiatives that deploy
research-creation and curation are particularly welcomed. The selected
candidate will work in connection with the </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://besidesthescreen.com/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Besides
the Screen network</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA">. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.95pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA"><span> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.95pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA">The grant comprises a funding package of CAD
21,000 for four years (it is the responsibility of the student to pay tuition
and fees, currently around $7200).<span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.95pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA">Launched in the Fall of 2019, the Screen
Cultures and Curatorial Studies program is a collaboration between Queen's<span> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://www.queensu.ca/filmandmedia/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,100)">Department of Film and
Media</span></a></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA">and<span> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://agnes.queensu.ca/" title="https://agnes.queensu.ca/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,100)">Agnes Etherington Art Centre</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA">. The program’s three
strongly interconnected areas of focus—studies, production, and curation —are
designed to stimulate inventive dialogue in ways that ensure their respective
influence, and in ways that open exciting points of access to multiple
disciplinary formations. This collaborative tripartite structure is not
offered in any other film, media, cinema, art or communication Master’s or PhD
program in Ontario.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.95pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA"><span> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.95pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-CA">Interested candidates should first contact
Dr. Menotti at </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="mailto:gabriel.menotti@queensu.ca" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">gabriel.menotti@queensu.ca</span></a></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-CA"> </span></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" lang="EN-CA">by <b>December 2020</b>.</span></span></p></div>
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