The Centre for Modern European Literature is pleased to announce that it will be holding a three-day Summer School on 25-27 June 2018, fully funded by the Consortium for the Humanities in South-East England (CHASE).
The Summer School will offer intensive training in the underlying principles, the variant practices, and the latest perspectives of comparative literature. The theoretical assumptions and practical implications of the discipline are so diverse that a residential programme focusing on its common causes is long overdue in the UK. Designed to include both European and non-European perspectives on comparison, this summer school will bring together postgraduate students working in the many fields of comparative literature, introducing them to leading specialists in the discipline and offering them a valuable opportunity for both intellectual training and institutional networking.
Applications are invited from postgraduate students – either currently undertaking a PhD or about to start a PhD – working in the field of comparative literature broadly defined. Accommodation costs and tuition fees of successful applicants will be covered. Students will stay on campus for the duration of the school, and will be expected to participate fully in all aspects of the programme.
Suitably qualified students should submit a letter of motivation, a brief CV, and a one-page outline of their project to: chasecomplit@kent.ac.uk
Deadline for submissions is 15 April 2018; admission decisions will be communicated by early May. Around 12 students will be admitted; CHASE members may be given priority.
Informal enquiries may be directed to Stephanie Obermeier: S.M.Obermeier-32@kent.ac.uk
For further details, including forthcoming updates on the programme, please see the page here: www.kent.ac.uk/secl/researchcentres/eurolit/events/summer-school.html