[MEI-L] Call for Applications by March 15, 2024: 2 fully funded PhD Studentships in Medieval Music/DH at Maynooth University, Ireland

[Karen Desmond]

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. 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.

Please spread the word among your colleagues and students, and encourage candidates to be in contact with me directly with any questions (karen.desmond at mu.ie<mailto:karen.desmond at mu.ie>).

PhD Student 1 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.
PhD Student 2 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.

More details available at this here: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/music/news/two-funded-phd-studentships

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