#21 Newsletter Graduate Center
☞ Reminder: Informal network events for PhD candidates at mdw
Starting in the winter semester 2025, the Graduate Center will organize informal networking events once a semester for mdw's PhD candidates. We would love to organize this event not just for, but with you. Therefore, we are looking for two motivated PhD candidates to join us in conceptualizing and organizing this new format - so that it truely reflects your interests and needs. If you would like to get involved, please send an e-mail to graduiertenzentrum@mdw.ac.at. Participation can be credited within the new PhD curriculum as "Co-organization of an academic event" with ECTS points in the elective area of study but the role is unpaid.
☞ Call for Proposals – Early Career Researcher and PhD Network Panel within the 16th Annual Conference of the Association of Cultural Management
The annual conference of the Fachverband Kulturmanagement e.V. will take place from 17th to 19th September in Basel. It is organised by the Association for Cultural Management in cooperation with the study programme cultural management of the University Basel. The Early Career Researcher and PhD Network in the Cultural Management Association is once again organising a panel for doctoral students this year. You can submit your proposal until June 15, 2025. Keep in mind that the mdw offers grants for the active participation in an international conference.
☞ Call for Papers: Music in Socio-Cultural Turmoil
The Department of Musicology of the Faculty of Music of the University of Arts in Belgrade is pleased to announce its Seventeenth International Conference that will take place in Belgrade from 19 to 31 October 2025. The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to June 15, 2025. You can find the call here. Keep in mind that the mdw offers grants for the active participation in an international conference.
☞ Reminder: Workshop Completing your dissertation - the final year
The Graduate Center, following the successful implementation of the onboarding workshop "Ankommen-Loslegen" is now planning an offboarding workshop for the final year of the PhD programme: "Dranbleiben-Abschließen". This new workshop is scheduled to take place for the first time in the upcoming winter semester (November) and is aimed at advanced PhD students who intend to submit their dissertation in about a year (i.e., fall/winter 2026). If there is sufficient interest (at least six participants), we would launch a pilot version and therefore welcome feedback on whether there is a need for such a workshop. Please send us a short message via e-mail at graduiertenzentrum@mdw.ac.at, also if you would be able to follow in German or if you would like the workshop to be held in English.
☞ Reminder: mdw Post-Doc Fellowship
The mdw Post-Doc Fellowship is open to early-stage researchers from all disciplines who plan on submitting a proposal to the ESPRIT programme of the FWF or other post-doc funding programmes, or who intend on re-submitting a proposal that has not been funded despite excellent evaluation. The successful candidate should be able to start their Post-Doc Fellowship position by latest December 2025. Deadline for applications: June 10, 2025. Please contact forschungsfoerderung@mdw.ac.at.
☞ mdw's Academic Doctoral Programme Advancement Scholarship
This scholarship facilitates the production of outstanding dissertations at the mdw. Its concrete aim is to support early-stage researchers’ doctoral studies and lend visibility to their achievements in the context of the mdw’s PhD programme. Support in the form of the PhD Programme Advancement Scholarship (700-1000 € per person) can be provided for a total of 2 academic years. The call has been published in the "Mitteilungsblatt" (May 21, 2025) and is open from August 1 - October 15, 2025.
☞ Invitation to an info event for the ÖAW DOC Fellowship
The Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) supports highly qualified doctoral candidates from all fields of research who are pursuing their studies at a university in Austria. On June 13, 2025 from 10-11:30 am they offer an online information session about the DOC Fellowship and the application process. If you are interested, please register until June 10, 2025 via stipref@oeaw.ac.at.
We hope that these offers are interesting for you and that you will take advantage of the possibilities. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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