Job: Two PhD positions at ANU - women in jazz or jazz and gender/sexuality studies

Call for two PhD Positions in at the School of Music at the Australian National University
Theme: Women, Gender and Sexuality in Jazz and Contemporary/Popular Music Performance
 
Start date: Feb. 2024 

Deadline: Oct. 31, 2023

The ANU School of Music announces two PhD positions dedicated to the study of women in jazz, or to gender (including gender expansive) and sexuality dynamics in jazz, whereby jazz may be understood as part of other musical styles including contemporary and popular music. The successful applicant will receive annual stipend (35,000 Australian dollars) for 3.5 years to pursue a well-designed research project which highlights the role of either women and women-identifying agents in jazz and which frames this topic within broader contexts connected to gender and sexuality dynamics within jazz+ performance fields.  

Related contexts and themes might include (but are not confined to these):

  • Jazz and intersectionality

  • Women in intercultural jazz/jazz from the Global South

  • The performing body within jazz and contemporary/popular music

  • Gender and sexuality in jazz performance contexts

  • Under-researched women in jazz (past and present)

  • The role of the voice in jazz performance

  • Performing strategies of women in jazz

  • Women in Australian jazz or jazz/contemporary music contexts

  • Gender and sexuality in jazz/contemporary/popular music media

  • Institutional approaches towards gender and sexuality in jazz performance

  • Gendered jazz roles (producers, composers, improvisers, instrumentalists, dancers, vocalists)

  • Jazz pedagogy in relation to gender and sexuality

TO APPLY

Please submit: 

  • A Research Proposal of three to four pages (i.e. maximum of 2000 words). See the application information and research proposal guidelines provided by the College of Arts and Social Sciences.

  • A curriculum vitae.

  • Evidence of ability to satisfactorily engage with theoretical matters and complete written research material. This could include papers submitted for prior degrees (essay, thesis etc) or published material including journal articles, reviews etc.

  • The candidate must have a H1 Honours or equivalent to be considered

Deadline: Oct. 31, 2023

Forms: Domestic and international student application forms.

School of Music special requirements

Applicants will need to demonstrate they have the capacity to pursue research at Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) level in the School of Music. Assessment of this is based on the applicant's prior achievement in the discipline and the merit of a submitted research proposal. In addition, the School's capacity to provide appropriate human and material resources is taken into consideration.

Prospective applicants should consult with Dr. Kristin McGee, Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance Convenor at Kristin.McGee[at]anu.edu[dot]au

Consideration of a Research Proposal may involve critical feedback, advice and subsequent amendment and re-submission of the Proposal.

Research Proposal guidelines [show details]

More information
International applicants should visit International student website for information regarding language requirements, and for other relevant information about studying at ANU.

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