The cluster of excellence (Labex) “Pasts in the Present: History, Heritage, Memory,” will award three doctoral fellowships, in July 2015, for dissertations undertaken at one of the graduate programs of the University of Paris West Nanterre La Defense:
ED 138 Letters, Languages, Spectacles [Lettres, Langues, Spectacles]
ED 139 Knowledge, Language, Modeling [Connaissance, Langage, Modélisation]
ED 395 Milieus, Cultures, and Societies of the Past and Present [Milieux, Cultures et Sociétés du Passé et du Présent]
ED 396 Economy, Organization, Society [Economie, Organisation, Société]
ED 141 Law and Political Science [Sciences juridiques et politiques]
Duration: 3 years, from October 1st, 2015.
The candidates have to enroll in one of the host units, conducting a project within the cluster on January 1st, 2015, on the list below. The host units and Labex partners are :
la Maison Archéologie et Ethnologie, René-Ginouvès (MAE) USR 3225;
le laboratoire Archéologies et sciences de l’antiquité (ArScAn) UMR 7041
le laboratoire Préhistoire et technologie UMR 7055
le Laboratoire d’ethnologie et de sociologie comparative (LESC) UMR 7186
le laboratoire Institut des sciences sociales du politique (ISP) UMR 7220
le laboratoire Modèles, Dynamiques, Corpus (Modyco) UMR 7114
l’équipe de recherche Histoire des Arts et Représentations (HAR) EA 4414
The following research units can also host PhD students :
l’équipe de recherche Centre d’Histoire sociale et culturelle de l’Occident (CHISCO), EA 1587
l’équipe de recherche Traitement et Appropriation des Connaissances par les TIC (TACTIC) (EA 1738). The dissertation project must pertain to the Labex’s general theme.
The Pasts in the Present: History, Heritage, Memory cluster of excellence is concerned with the presence of the past in contemporary society. The cluster of excellence seeks to understand mediations of history in the digital age, politics of memory, social appropriations of the past up – and downstream from heritage policies. The reflection is interdisciplinary and organised in two fundamental themes. The first, “Connections to the Past: Representations and Assessments,” seeks a global analysis of representations of the past from every epoch (from prehistory to the present). The second, “Active Knowledge of the Past: Practices and Tools of Transmission,” is based on documentary and archival resources and collections conserved by the cluster’s different partners. It seeks to make available, for different audiences, new digitized collections, which, for some, contribute to the history of disciplines (archaeology, ethnology, ethnomusicology). Digital Humanities, along with questions of modelizations, frames of reference, uses, digital culture, are transverse to these two themes.
The research is organised into four (4) themes which are at the crossroads of history, heritage and memory. They create interdisciplinary dynamics and transversalities between research and heritage professions:
Representations and uses of the past from every epoch (from the oldest to the most contemporary) : historiographies, history of representations in various epochs, migration of works and images, memory policies, heritage policies, etc.);
The effects of the mediation of the past, analyzed from the perspective of social and cultural appropriations of memory and heritage policies, on one hand, and of new digital uses of sources for history, on the other hand (future of online digitized heritage, uses of social networks, etc.) ;
History, heritage, memory : new sources for new uses (new archives depositors, collecting testimonies for oral history, research-action dynamics, etc.) ;
History, heritage, memory : new digital access, new perspectives (history of sciences, epistemology, process of creation of knowledge; sources for history and Linked Data; impact of the digital access to sources on the creation of knowledge; process of heritage creation in a digital context, etc.).
Eligibility:
The candidates must either not be enrolled in a PhD programme but have defended their master’s thesis before the application deadline or not be enrolled in a PhD programme for more than 6 months at the beginning of the doctoral fellowship. These candidates are eligible for a 3-year fellowship.
In exceptional cases, the candidates can be enrolled in a PhD for maximum 1 year at the beginning of the doctoral fellowship. These candidates are eligible for a 2-year fellowship.
Candidates may have studied at Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, any other French university, or abroad.
Scientific criteria:
The main criteria for evaluating a candidate are the scholarly quality of his/her master’s degree and dissertation project. The selection committee will pay particular attention to a project’s interdisciplinarity and to candidates enrolled in academic programs who seek a career in research, teaching, and/or heritage-promoting agencies and institutions. In order to promote joint degrees, special attention will be paid to candidates who obtained their master’s degree from a foreign university.
Remuneration :
The annual amount of the doctoral fellowship is 20 220€ (gross). For 3-year-fellowship contracts, governed by decree no. 2009-464 of April 23, 2009 relating to contractual doctoral students of public institutions of higher education or research, the fellow will have the possibility of seeking a supplementary assignment in the form of an additional clause to the research contract, during the second and third year of contract. For 2-year-fellowship contracts, governed by decree no. 86-83 of January 17, 1986, the fellow will also have the possibility of seeking a supplementary assignment.
Elements of the electronic application:
Cover letter;
Curriculum vitae;
Master’s thesis (pdf) [if applicable];
Master’s degree transcripts, copy of diploma and certificate of master’s thesis defense;
Completed application form signed by the student’s mentor, host director of graduate studies, and the director of the host unit;
Overview of the dissertation (maximum 10,000 characters) and explanation of the subject’s inclusion in the laboratory’s main themes (max. 3,000 characters).
Elements of the paper application:
Cover letter;
Curriculum vitae;
Master’s degree transcripts, copy of diploma and certificate of master’s thesis defense;
Completed application form signed by the student’s mentor, host director of graduate studies, and the director of the host unit;
Overview of the dissertation (maximum 10,000 characters) and explanation of the subject’s inclusion in the laboratory’s main themes (max. 3,000 characters).
Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
NB : Candidates can contact Marie-Claire Lavabre, responsible for the lab’s scholarship and technology, or Ghislaine Glasson Deschaumes (allocations15@passes-present.eu), the program director, for more information on matching their project with potential host research directors in the Université Paris Ouest graduate programs.
Application process :
The complete fellowship application must be sent by 12am, June 11th, 2015. Please use dropbox to share your documents, via the following address allocations15@passes-present.eu
Please, create a single PDF file for you application and name it as the following example: NAME Surname – allocations15.pdf
Paper application must be sent to the following address :
Labex Les passés dans le présent
Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense
Bât T – Bureau T209
200 avenue de la République
92001 Nanterre Cedex
FRANCE
Each successfully uploaded application will receive an electronic confirmation Interviews will take place June 29th, 2015.
Winners will be announced on July 3rd, 2015, at the latest.
Contact:
Ghislaine Glasson Deschaumes (allocations15@passes-present.eu)