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PhD CoursePhD CourseThe conference will be combined with a PhD course where doctoral candidates will present and discuss their research projects with senior researchers as well as with fellow doctoral candidates. The first part of the course consists of active participation in the lectures and sessions that form the conference Nordic Asian Studies in the 21st Century – Stocktaking for the Future. The second part of the course will consist of individual written work, oral presentations and feedback from and discussion with teachers and course participants. The 2016 NNC PhD course will focus on the academic and societal relevance of Asian studies. Taking the questions, problems, dilemmas and decisions of the individual research project as the point of departure the focus will be on clarifying processes of knowledge production in an inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural setting. Commentators at the PhD Course
Your presentation You are expected to prepare and present a ten page text about your research in which you draw on and relate to the course readings. What you write will of course depend on where you are in the research process:
Regardless of where you are in the research process your text should relate to the overall theme of the conference and the current societal challenges in Asian studies. Your text should not present and discuss your research findings in the format of a traditional academic text. The focus should be on reflections and discussions of the academic relevance of the project as well as its relevance for the wider society. Importantly – the point is to discuss the aspects of your project that you find problematic and that you are struggling with, where you can benefit from a discussion. You may also have found interesting arguments in your project literature that you want to discuss, or perhaps you have found something that you want to contest or problematize based on your own research. PhD candidates for whom the above does not apply or fit well with their current work, are invited to produce a more educational and academic jargon-free paper that would fit the expert column in a serious newspaper or magazine. Suggested issues for such “op-eds” or feature article texts:
Deadline for Conference and PhD Course
Fee and Accommodation for PhD CourseThe fee for the conference and PhD course is 300 Euro, which includes conference fee, accommodation, reception, lunches and dinner (according to the programme). Accommodation is provided for 4 nights from 7-11 November. More information on this will follow on the conference website shortly. |