Graduate Workshop: The borders within, the borders without.

The borders within, the borders without.

Social, historical, linguistic and geographic frontiers

in the ancient and medieval Mediterranean basin. Permeability and connectivity

see concept note and programme at the dedicated page.

Whom does it concern?

Both MA students and PhD candidates are welcome to apply, at any stage of their career. If willing to pursue an academic career in an international environment and at the same time to network with a variety of professionals and academic institutions which may help them grow on a professional level and develop their ideas and projects on a long-term perspective. Interested MA students are invited to submit a draft proposal for a PhD research project.

Interested PhD candidates, on the other hand, are invited to submit post-doctoral research projects with special reference to a potential development for funding within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Individual Fellowships) or with special reference to a potential development for funding within the SSHRC Doctoral or Postdoctoral Fellowships.

Dates and Deadlines

the workshop will take place on January 13-15th 2021 5-7 PM CET

Deadline for Receipt of Projects: 3 Jan 2021

Notification of Acceptance: 9 Jan 2021

Online Workshop: 13th-15th Jan 2021

All those who are interested in participating in the workshop should send their projects, together with their affiliation and email. Please send it by January 3rd 2021 through the application form (see link in the box in this same page) Participation to the workshop is cost-free and a certificate of participation will be released at the end of the event.

Logistics and organizational issues

The initative will be held online; the address for the virtual access will be given in due course to all of those who applied for the workshop.

The workshop will be organized in two hours sessions taking place 5-7 PM on January 13th, 14th and 15th. On each of the three days, an introductory lecture focusing on specific topics related to the theme of the workshop (ca. 40 minutes each) will be delivered by a senior scholar, followed by discussions involving all the participants (ca. 15 minutes).

The second part of the workshop will be entirely devoted to the discussion of the PhD and Post-Doc projects, which will be peer-reviewed by the participants themselves and by senior scholars.

The solidity of the projects will be peer-reviewed and discussed on the basis of: internal coherence, relevance of the topic in the ongoing debate, awareness of scholarship related to the topic, perspectives for future developments, opening up to a new international and interdisciplinary audience.

Participants will be invited to cross review each other projects on the basis of a specific evaluation form with criteria for discussion.

Language of the Workshop: English

Accepted language for projects’ outline: English, Italian, French, Spanish

This workshop has been conceived as a means of support for those young students willing to pursue a career in the academe, whose work has been impacted by CoViD-19 throughout these months. With this initiative, we intend to show our sympathy for them and to familiarize them with the highly competitive application process for PhD and Post-Doc positions in Classics and Ancient History across the globe.

For further information

Please contact:

Beatrice Girotti: beatrice.girotti3@unibo.it

Giulio Iovine: giulioiovine@hotmail.com

Giulio Leghissa: giulio.leghissa@mail.utoronto.ca

Carla Salvaterra: carla.salvaterra@unibo.it