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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8">Call for Applications! Apply NOW for two fully funded four-year PhD studentships on the ERC-funded BROKENSONG project, based at Maynooth University,
IRELAND, commencing 1 July 2024. The funding covers tuition fees and offers a generous living stipend for four years. First consideration given to applications received before March 15, 2024. </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8">For
one of the PhD positions, I'm looking for a medievalist or musicologist with interests in early music, for the second, someone with experience in computer science/data science/encoding with a background in music would be ideal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8">Please spread the word among your colleagues and students, and encourage candidates to be in contact with me directly with any questions (<a href="mailto:karen.desmond@mu.ie" target="_blank">karen.desmond@mu.ie</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8">PhD Student 1</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8"> will be a medievalist
or musicologist, with a Bachelor’s, or preferably a Master’s, degree in medieval studies/history, medieval Latin, liturgy and theology, and/or plainchant. Preference will be given to candidates demonstrating competence in Latin and music notation.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D"><br>
<b><span style="background:#F8F8F8">PhD Student 2</span></b><span style="background:#F8F8F8"> will be either be a music, digital humanities, or computer science graduate with interests in music, or a scholar-performer specializing in medieval vocal improvisation
(plainchant or polyphony). They will have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field and research interests in the analysis of humanities data. Preference will be given to candidates who have expertise in either computational approaches to the analysis
of music, image, or text content, or performance-based analysis of early music including improvisation and practice-based research.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8">More details available at this here:
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:#F8F8F8"><a href="https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/music/news/two-funded-phd-studentships">https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/music/news/two-funded-phd-studentships</a></span></p>
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