italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies This is a reminder that the deadline for our scholarship in early music studies is looming. Applicants must have an undergraduate degree, but it does not need to be in music. Three-Year Doctoral Scholarship in Early-Music Studies University College Cork, Ireland The Department of Music at University College Cork is excited to offer a three-year scholarship for doctoral research on any aspect of sixteenth-century Italian vocal music. The successful candidate will work with Dr Melanie Marshall whose particular interests in this field encompass word-music relations, archival research, editing, patronage (especially at courts and academies), gender (including early modern masculinities), sexuality and eroticism. The successful candidate will have demonstrable scholarly interest and experience in the field or a cognate area, and will have obtained at least a Second Class Honours degree. In the event that the successful candidate does not hold a Masters degree, s/he will be registered in the first instance for the degree of MPhil, with the possibility of subsequently upgrading to PhD. The scholarship is worth EUR8,235 per annum, consisting of a fee waiver of EUR3,945 and a stipend of EUR4,290, in return for work as a teaching assistant on the Department's undergraduate programmes. A successful applicant from outside the EU could apply for an additional fee waiver from other University sources. The selection procedure is in two stages. In addition to UCC's standard PhD application form and a 1000-word research proposal, candidates should submit a chapter and bibliography from an undergraduate or Masters thesis by 30 June 2006. Short-listed candidates will be interviewed. Applicants whose proposals are sufficiently compelling will also be considered for the Department's other funding schemes. The Department's century-long tradition of integrating musicologies, performance and creativity is second-to-none in Ireland. With a highly qualified staff of international standing and a unique approach modeled on the best practices from either side of the Atlantic, the Department boasts an extraordinary breadth of staff interests and an unrivalled ability to cross intellectual borders and break new ground. Recent and future international conferences hosted by the Department include the 2005 conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland, a one-day New Music symposium (2006), and two events in 2007: a symposium of the International Council for Traditional Music (Ireland) and an interdisciplinary conference on "Sexualities, Textualities, Art and Music in Early Modern Italy". Cork's thriving musical culture is a fitting complement to the Department's diversity. Known in Ireland as the festival city, Cork's international events include the long-established Guinness Jazz Festival, the Cork International Choral Festival and the Beamish Cork Folk Festival. The new annual East Cork Early Music Festival attracts international performers (in 2005 the festival included both Emma Kirkby and Ensemble Currende), and there are ample local, regional and national performance opportunities. For an informal discussion and application information, please contact Melanie Marshall ([log in to unmask]). Dr Melanie L. Marshall Department of Music University College Cork Cork Ireland Tel +353 (0)21 490 4530 Fax: +353 (0)21 421 2507 Web: http://www.music.ucc.ie/ Email: [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies.html