The Netherlands Research school for Media Studies (RMeS) is a national network of academic experts in media research. It is organized to advance knowledge on media and to educate young scholars, both PhD candidates and promising RMa students, in classical and cutting edge theories and methodologies in media studies, and to offer them an opportunity to start building a network.
Application deadline: 17 November 2024
PhD position in the project: “Financial Challenges Facing Journalism”
We are seeking a PhD candidate for the project “Financial Challenges Facing Journalism.” This is a 3-year PhD project, in which the PhD candidate will investigate the financial challenges that journalism faces regarding the ability to let audiences pay for their products, and how journalistic organizations can possibly combat this issue.
The PhD track is embedded in the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (department of Communication Science) at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam. You will be working together in a team with dr. Mark Boukes and dr. Anke Wonneberger.
Friday 15 November | University of Amsterdam
Georgian-Armenian-Ukrainian filmmaker and artist Sergei Parajanov (1924-1990) left a singular, enigmatic and unclassifiable body of work, mainly produced in the sixties and in the eighties in the Soviet context. Known for his poetic cinema, his idiosyncratic approach to art and for his creative adaptation of the literary and material cultures of the Caucasus, he has not only invented a new language of cinema but also a transgressive poetics and aesthetics that resists easy national and style classification.
21-22 November 2024 | University of Ljubljana
The event is co-organized with Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and offers travel and accommodation stipends for (research) masters students and PhD candidates.
The new paradigm in thinking agency and intelligence demands a fresh look at the concepts of inclusion and diversity. Our Autumn School places this task within the scope of what we term “ecological intelligence,” defined as the entanglements of human and nonhuman agencies.
Friday 8 November 2024 | Utrecht
The cultural sector was among the hardest hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, and though the pandemic has officially ended, its impact lingers. Cultural habits have shifted, audiences have not yet fully returned, and many cultural practitioners still face uncertain conditions. At the same time, the pandemic has highlighted the vital role of culture as a key source of resilience, connection and recovery. In this context, Marijke de Valck, Cyd Sturgess and Dianora Hollmann, in partnership with the Queer Film Festival Utrecht (QFFU) and the Open Cities Platform, are organizing the event On Connection. Happening on Friday, November 8, this event focuses on how film festivals can help rebuild and strengthen ties with the queer community, while positioning the city as an open, inclusive meeting space.
In the sixth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) talks to Nick van Hummel (RU) about his research on children and their media usage. They discuss how identity is socially and relationally constructed by children when interacting with media. Simultaneously, they also explore how differences in the fields of […]
How are media keeping us busy these days?
In this podcast series the RMeS PhD council interviews media doctors that either work in or outside academia.
The RMeS PhD council welcomes RMa students, PhD students and post docs in media studies to join the RMeS Grad Students Discord server!
RMeS Winter School & Graduate Symposium 2024-25
/in RMeS News /by Chantal29 & 30 January 2025 | Maastricht University
Confirmed keynote speaker: Professor Lauren Klein (Emory University)
The RMeS winter school offers PhD candidates the opportunity to present their current work, and receive feedback from their peers and senior scholars. Presentations can be on any topic students are working on and would like to get feedback on, ranging from chapter and article drafts to research proposals. Students will as much as possible be matched with reviewers that have expertise on their topic.