#29 Newsletter Graduate Center
☞ Reminder: PhD-Co-Writing-Session
The Graduate Center listened carefully to the outcomes of this year's Klausur der Wissenschaften (KdW) and, together with the moderators of the PhD group, Vera Djemelinskaia and Abby Wagner, initiated the much needed monthly co-writing space, happening always on a Friday morning from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. We successfully started this pilot last month, and will continue next week in a group study room in the library. Seats are limited and reserved on a first-come, first-served basis, so it would help us immensely if you could please indicate with a quick email to graduiertenzentrum@mdw.ac.at which dates you would like to attend.
Friday, May 8, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Friday, June 5, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Friday, July 3, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Friday, July 31, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Friday, September 4, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
If there is interest, we can also consider a hybrid format and enable participants to join online.
☞ Reminder: Call for Contributions mdw PhD Meet and Greet
For the first time this year, the Graduate Center invites more advanced PhD candidates to present their doctoral projects to a broader yet internal mdw audience within the annual welcome event for new doctoral students.
The aim is to give new doctoral candidates an impression of the variety of ongoing projects, to provide opportunities to meet fellow PhD candidates, and to offer more advanced candidates greater visibility and the chance to present their research.
While the morning session will be reserved for new doctoral candidates, the afternoon presentations will be open to a wider audience. The event will take place on Thursday, October 8, 2026 at Spiel I Macht I Raum.
Proposals for submissions should briefly describe the PhD project and the focus of the presentation. We are also happy to hear about challenges or learnings during your PhD journey. The presentations should be ca. 10 minutes long.
There is also the possibility to receive ECTS credits in the area for extracurricular achievements within the PhD programme by giving a presentation.
We look forward to your submissions via graduiertenzentrum@mdw.ac.at
Deadline: June 30, 2026
☞ Open Call: Remix Echo Drift. Lateral Translation as Encounter on Eye-level
The editors invite contributions that are rooted in translational practice — texts that emerge from, document, or are themselves shaped by the experience of translating across media, disciplines, or modes of making. Experimental, hybrid, and formally inventive contributions are explicitly welcome alongside scholarly essays and artistic research. Publisher: TU Wien Academic Press. Editors: Marie Reichel: artist (https://mariereichel.com), Univ. Ass. at Research Unit Three-Dimensional Design and Model Making /
TU Wien, PhD candidate University of Applied Arts Vienna / Patrick Pazdzior: architect (https://gang-atelier.eu), PhD candidate, Univ. Ass. at Institute of Architecture
Technology / TU Graz. Partners: Kunst 2—Research Unit Three-Dimensional
Design and Model Making, TU Wien / touché—Forum for the Support and Mediation
of Interdisciplinary Artistic Practices and Discourses.
More information can be found here.
Deadline for abstracts: June 5, 2026
☞ 40. DVSM-Nachwuchssymposiums:
Critical Musicologies: Zwischen Kanonizität, Lehre und künstlerischer Praxis
Each year, the German Association of Musicology Students (DVSM) organises a symposium for young scholars, inviting students to submit proposals for its conception and implementation. For the 40th DVSM Young Scholars Symposium, the conference concept submitted by Musica Inaudita, titled «Critical Musicologies: Zwischen Kanonizität, Lehre und künstlerischer Praxis», was selected. The symposium will critically examine canons in concert and music programmes, particularly in musicology, thereby engaging in a critique of canons and pedagogy.
More information can be found here.
Deadline: June 30, 2026
☞ mdw Postdoc Fellowships
In 2026 the mdw offers for the fourth time two Postdoc Fellowships aimed at supporting early-stage researchers after the completion of their doctoral studies. The Fellowships are part of a set of measures taken to implement the mdw’s Research Strategy. The Fellowships are 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.
Here you can find more information on the call. For further information, please contact the mdw's research support office.
Application deadline: September 4, 2026
☞ Doctoral Fellowship Program of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
The DOC Fellowship Program of the Austrian Academy of Sciences offers funding for highly qualified doctoral candidates in all areas of research. The fellowships are intended to allow young researchers to dedicate themselves to working in focused fashion to complete their doctoral thesis within a clear timeframe.
Here you can find more information on the call. For further information, please contact the mdw's research support office.
Application deadline: September 15, 2026
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