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Postgraduate Scholarships in 3456
The Public Intellectual in Times of Wicked Problems
Closing Date: 30 November 2018
Successful applicants will be assigned a project supervisor from within the Faculty of Humanities to help develop their application into a formal research proposal and then guide them through their project. Applications should be submitted to: Ms Heather Thuynsma ([email protected]) and cc: [email protected]
The ‘public intellectual’ is central to the performance of intellectual labour in public engagement and is contingent on a recognition of the wicked problems of our time. Nuanced work on the public intellectual is at the heart of humanism and critical responsibility.
This interdisciplinary project, funded by the Andrew W Mellon Foundation, encourages new conceptual, empirical and creative work on the public intellectual. Applicants should propose projects that will help to develop a deep, contextualised understanding about the character, meanings, and features of the public intellectual i.e. how they are shaped and what they disclose for interpretations of the human in relation to the kinds of knowledge that are generated by enquiry in this field.
Proposals should focus broadly on these Areas of Research: • The meaning of the Public Intellectual in South Africa’s context; • The Intellectual in the Public Sphere and theories of public space; • The meaning and reception of public knowledge in African contexts; • A public understanding of science; • Histories and formations of Public Intellectual Life; • The role of the intellectual in emergencies, crises and the court of public
opinion; and • Representations of the Public Intellectual
We would like to invite applications from students in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Preference will be given to previously disadvantaged groups.
Scholarship are available for: - Honours: Maximum of one year - Masters: Maximum of two years - PhD: Maximum of three years - Postdoctoral: Maximum of two years
To apply, please submit the following: - A detailed CV including your degrees and course components - An academic transcript - Contact details of two academic referees whom the Faculty may approach
about your application. - An application letter of 1½ - 2 pages explaining your proposed area of research
and how it fits into this research programme.
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