MCLC: iterative poetics scholarships

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Jacob Edmond <jacob.edmond at otago.ac.nz>
Subject: iterative poetics scholarships
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Two MA Scholarships Available for Studies in Iterative Poetics

Dr Jacob Edmond of the University of Otago's Department of English seeks
students with a strong honours degree in English, Chinese, or Russian
literature, or comparative literature (or another related literary, media,
or cultural studies discipline) and a background in contemporary poetry
and/or literary and cultural theory to carry out independent research on a
poet or poets using his conceptual framework of iterative poetics.

Applicants should be self-motivated and have strong research skills.
Successful applicants will work with Dr Edmond to develop and bring to
completion their MA theses, including the preparation of their research
for publication.  Their work will form part of Dr Edmond's research
project "After the Original: Iterative Poetics and Global Culture,"
supported by New Zealand's premier research funding body, the Marsden Fund.

What is Iterative Poetics?

Iterative poetics is a new framework for contemporary cross-cultural
literary studies that focuses on works that involve the repetition or
reiteration of pre-existing materials through techniques such as
translation, performance, archiving, and sampling.  Iterative works might
include (but are not restricted to) printed texts, electronic poetry,
concrete/visual poetry, sound poetry, performance poetry, and video art.
Research in this area addresses questions in the fields of contemporary
poetry, comparative literature, digital culture, and globalization studies.
 
Twelve-Month Scholarships

The MA scholarship provides a NZ $16000 stipend for one year plus NZ $5000
towards fees.

How to Apply

Candidates should send a CV, a writing sample, and a brief research
proposal outlining the proposed topic (including a bibliography) to
jacob.edmond at otago.ac.nz before the deadline has now been extended to
Tuesday, 6 December.
Successful candidates will be notified in December and be expected to take
up the scholarships between 1 January and 1 October 2012 (the scholarship
runs for one year from the selected start date).

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Dr Edmond also welcomes applications from MA students interested in
research in other areas of modern and contemporary poetry and from
potential PhD candidates, for whom the University of Otago offers a large
number of well-funded scholarships (the stipend has just been raised to NZ
$25,000 p.a.) on a competitive basis.
The University of Otago Department of English welcomes inquiries regarding
MA and PhD studies in a range of research areas. For further particulars,
visit our website or contact the Postgraduate Coordinator at the address
below. 

Department of English, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
Tel 64 3 479 8952
Email english at otago.ac.nz
Web www.otago.ac.nz/english <http://www.otago.ac.nz/english>
General scholarship informationwww.otago.ac.nz/study/scholarships
<http://www.otago.ac.nz/study/scholarships>


Dr Jacob Edmond 
Senior Lecturer
Department of English / Te Reo Ingarihi
University of Otago / Te Whare W?nanga o Ot?go
PO Box 56, Dunedin / ?tepoti  9054, Aotearoa / New Zealand
office and street address: 1S3, 1st Floor, Arts Building, 95 Albany St,
Dunedin 9016, Aotearoa / New Zealand
phone: +64 3 479 7969; fax: +64 3 479 8558
mobile: +64 21 566 397
http://www.otago.ac.nz/english/staff/edmond.html
http://otago.academia.edu/JacobEdmond