phd masterclass

Discourse Theoretical Approaches to Politics, Society, Communication and Media
Brussels
​6.2.19

DESIRE, the centre for the study of Democracy, Signification and Resistance, is organizing a one-day PhD masterclass on discourse theoretical approaches to politics, society, communication and media. The PhD masterclass will take place on 6 February 2019 in Brussels.
 
During the masterclass, each student will present her/his PhD project and receive in-depth feedback on theoretical and methodological aspects of the project from one of the four professors giving the masterclass. Depending on the topic, you will receive feedback from Nico Carpentier (Charles University in Prague), Jason Glynos (Essex), David Howarth (Essex) and Steven Griggs (De Montfort University Leicester), Yannis Stavrakakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), or Ruth Wodak (Lancaster/Vienna). Each student will also receive feedback from one fellow doctoral student and is expected to give feedback to one fellow student. There is a 1-hour slot per PhD student.

Final programme

You can find the final programme here.

More information

Preference goes to students whose research takes a post-structuralist or post-foundationalist discursive approach, broadly defined. There is no limitation in terms of topics or disciplines.
 
Selected participants are expected to submit a 5-page paper on their project before 20 December 2018. This paper should include a problem statement, research questions, conceptual framework, methodological framework, empirical material, preliminary results, and a set of questions to be discussed.  
 
Participation in the masterclass is free. Masterclass participants are expected to cover travel and accommodation costs themselves.
The masterclass is organized the day before the colloquium ‘Discourse Theory: Ways Forward’, which takes place on 7-8 February. PhD students participating in the PhD masterclass can attend the colloquium for free. 

This event is supported by ​the Doctoral School of Human Sciences.