The position is available for a period of three years from January 2011.

The PhD fellowship is connected to the project Popular Music and Gender in a Transcultural context. The project is jointly funded by the Norwegian Research Council under the programme FRIHUM, and the University of Oslo, which will run from July 2010 through June 2014.

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The main aim of this project is to consider the cultural construction of gender through popular music. The relevance of this project is to develop new theoretical insights into gendered performance, which will involve research within both a Norwegian and international context. While cultural and historical approaches will inform this project, the prime direction will be a reflective consideration of identity politics through critical musicology. Music’s visual representation is also of importance in this project, and audiovisual performativity constitutes a principal site for research attached to this post.

An important outcome of this project will be both the publication and mediation of research work in the field of popular music, with a specific emphasis on new perspectives within gender studies.

Requirements for applicants :

• Applicants must hold a Master’s degree in Musicology.

Qualifications and personal skills:

• We are interested in projects of high quality of an innovative nature, which demonstrates an excellent grasp of the theoretical and methodological approaches within the field of popular musicology.
• In assessing the applications, special emphasis will be placed on the quality of the project proposal as much as an assessment of the candidate’s ability to complete the dissertation within the given time frame. Candidates short-listed for this post will be called for an interview.

Please also refer to the rules for appointments to recruitment posts:

Submissions:

Applicants must submit the following attachments with the electronic application:

• letter of application
• Curriculum Vitae including grades
• a possible list of published and unpublished works
• project description, including a detailed progress plan for the project (maximum 5 pages, see Guidelines for project descriptions)

Educational certificates, master theses and the like are not to be submitted with the application, but applicants may be asked to submit such information or works later.

See also Guidelines for appointments to research fellowships at the Faculty of Humanities.

Application Deadline: August 31, 2010