<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.75pt"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)"><span class="">MQRES</span></span> PhD Scholarships (Arts): <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Philosophy</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.75pt">Project: <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Cinematic</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Ethics</span>: Exploring <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Ethical</span> Experience through Film<b></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.75pt">Closing Date (extended): 30 APRIL, 2014</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.75pt">
Reference Numbers: 2014093 2014094</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.75pt">Two full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)"><span class="">MQRES</span></span>) are available for suitably qualified prospective PhD candidates in the Department of <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Philosophy</span> associated with successful ARC Future Fellowship project FT130100334.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.75pt"><b>Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2014093 & 2014094 on your application form.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.75pt">
These two <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)"><span class="">MQRES</span></span> Scholarships are part of the ARC Future Fellowship project (FT130100334) on <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Cinematic</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Ethics</span> awarded to Dr Robert Sinnerbrink. This project is a study of <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">cinema</span> as a medium of <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">ethical</span> experience and critical reflection. It brings together <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">philosophy</span>, film theory, aesthetics, and <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">ethical</span> theory, to understand how film can evoke <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">ethical</span> experience through images and narrative. Although recent work in <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">philosophy</span> of film has begun exploring the question of <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">ethics</span>, there is comparatively little theoretical reflection on what this means: how do movies evoke and express <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">ethical</span> ideas? How can they reveal the complexities of a <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">moral</span> or political situation? What role does our emotional involvement play in this process? Can the aesthetic elements of film be <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">ethically</span> significant? The successful PhD candidates will contribute to exploring these and related questions in order to theorise how film, through its power of aesthetic presentation, can exercise our <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">moral</span> imaginations and enhance our <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">ethical</span> understanding.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.75pt">The successful candidates would be expected to produce research with a complementary yet stand-alone focus with respect to the research project outlined above.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.75pt">The scholarships must be taken up by second semester 2014.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.75pt">
Initial inquiries should be directed to Dr. Robert Sinnerbrink, email: <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:robert.sinnerbrink@mq.edu.au" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:rgb(76,77,79);text-decoration:none">robert.sinnerbrink@mq.edu.au</span></a></span>, phone: <a href="tel:%2B61%20%280%292%209850%209935" value="+61298509935" target="_blank">+61 (0)2 9850 9935</a> before submitting an application.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.75pt">The 2014 <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)"><span class="">MQRES</span></span> full-time stipend rate is $25,392 pa tax exempt for 3 years.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.75pt">Prospective PhD applicants should have completed the equivalent of Macquarie University’s Master of Research (MRes) degree, MPhil or other 2 year Masters degree with a major research component with excellent results. Refer to the <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/research_degrees/applications/entry_criteria" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:rgb(76,77,79);text-decoration:none">HDR Entry Criteria</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>webpage for more information.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.75pt">To be eligible for a PhD scholarship applicants are expected to have a record of excellent academic performance, especially in the research Masters degree, and additional relevant research experience and/or peer-reviewed research activity, awards and/or prizes in line with the University’s scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to the <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/Scholarships/scholarship_requirements" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:rgb(76,77,79);text-decoration:none">HDR Scholarship Requirements</span></a></span> webpage for more information.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.75pt">Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. Refer to the <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/research_degrees/applications" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:rgb(76,77,79);text-decoration:none">HDR Applications</span></a></span> webpage for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.</p>
<b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please quote the allocation reference numbers 2014093 & 2014094 on your application</span></b><span style="line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">.</span><br clear="all" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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