Applications are now open for the third annual Kent Summer School in Critical Theory (KSSCT) offering early career academics and research students a unique opportunity to work intensively and collaboratively with a leading critical scholar.
The two-week summer school will be held at the University of London Institute in Paris from 26 June to 7 July with seminars led by Professor Timothy Campbell of Cornell University, USA and Professor Patricia Williams of Columbia Law School, USA.
Successful applicants will work closely with one of the seminar teachers for the duration of the school but can also enjoy lectures delivered by both Professor Campbell, Professor Williams and invited guests. Throughout their stay, applicants will have opportunities to make the most of the school’s location in the city.
The event is supported by Kent Law School and its Centre for Critical Thought and has been jointly organised by Kent Law School Reader Maria Drakopoulou and Lecturer in Law Connal Parsley.
Connal said: ‘We believe it is increasingly important to proliferate and defend spaces for critical thinking in the contemporary academy. Equally important is the maintenance of spaces within the PhD and early career calendar to pursue the kind of academic practice that engenders genuine and sustained intellectual activity.’
In previous years seminars have been led by scholars such as Professors Samantha Frost (Illinois, USA), Peter Goodrich (Cardozo, USA), James Martel (San Francisco), Davide Tarizzo (Salerno, Italy), and Bernard Stiegler (IRI, Pompidou Centre, France).
The fee for this year’s school is £850. This amount covers seminar tuition and several drink and lunch receptions. Attendees will cover their own travel, accommodation and subsistence fees. Limited financial assistance will be available in the form of scholarships for a small number of excellent applicants who would otherwise not be able to attend.
Further details (including details on how to apply) are available on the KSSCT website. The first deadline for applications is Monday 27 March 2017 (with a second deadline of Saturday 29 April).