teeme doctoral handbook 2013

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Doctoral Student Handbook

Second edition (2013)


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Table of contents

1. Introduction

The TEEME consortium

2. The degree-awarding partners3. Associated partners4. Contact details

Your research

5. Introductory remarks. !uper"ision arrangements#. $rogress meetings

%. !u&mission o' dra't work

The programme

(. )"er"iew o' the T**+* programme1,. etailed programme description11. Indi"idual research plan semester 1/12. *lecti"e modules and special skills course semesters 2 and 3/13. *lectronic plat'orm semester 2/14. 0esearch paper at an international con'erence15. !u&mitting re"iews and scholarly articles

1. 0esearch mission1#. ork placements semester 4/1%. Annual con'erence

Formal arrangements of the TEEME doctorate

1(. octoral Candidate Agreement2,. 0egistration and progression monitoring21. $rogression rules22. inal eamination23. Complaints and appeals24. $rogramme go"ernance

Erasmus Mundus

25. *rasmus +undus 'ellowships2. ellowship Contract

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1. Introduction

elcome to T**+* Tet and *"ent in *arly +odern *urope6 is an internationaldoctoral programme in early modern studies 'unded &y the *uropean 7nion under the*rasmus +undus 8oint octoral scheme. It is structured around a uni9ue colla&oration&etween uni"ersity-&ased researchers in the :umanities and the cultural and creati"esector in 'our *7 countries 7nited ;ingdom< =ermany< $ortugal< C>ech 0epu&lic/. Thepartnership will 'oster intercultural dialogue and disseminate the &est research inhistory< literature and culture to the wider community.

T**+* is a di''erent kind o' doctoral programme. It is international in structure andre9uires all students to study in at least two di''erent *7 countries and speak at leasttwo di''erent languages. It is also international in conception< &ecause all researchpro?ects will ha"e a comparati"e angle. +ost importantly< it &reaks new ground throughits dedicated colla&oration with non-academic institutions representing the cultural and

creati"e industries< such as museums< galleries< theatres< concert "enues< pu&lishers


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The TEEME consortium

2. The degree-aarding !artners

T**+* is a colla&oration &etween the 7ni"ersity o' ;ent in the 7nited ;ingdom< thereie 7ni"ersitBt erlin in =ermany< the 7ni"ersidade do $orto in $ortugal< and7ni"er>ita ;arlo"a " $ra>e in the C>ech 0epu&lic.

These 'our institutions are the degree-awarding uni"ersities and together 'orm theT**+* consortium. The doctoral programme T**+* has &een appro"ed &y the highest

authority within each uni"ersity ice-Chancellor< 0ector or $resident/ and all 'ourmem&ers ha"e signed a Consortium Agreement CA/< a copy o' which can &e consultedon the we&site. The CA is the &inding contract &etween the 'our partners and has mostrele"ance 'or T**+* students &ecause it contains the detailed< o'@icial "ersion o' theT**+* programme speci@ication.

There are two 'urther 'orms o' agreement central to T**+*D the ramework $artnershipAgreement $A/ which the 7ni"ersity o' ;ent as the coordinating institution within theconsortium has signed with the *uropean 7nion in order to recei"e *rasmus +undus'unding< and the octoral Candidate AgreementCA/ which is the legal contract&etween the consortium and each student studying on T**+*. The contents o' the CA

are listed in a section 'urther &elow in this hand&ook. There is a 'ourth type o'agreement< theellowship Contract


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The close working relationships with our associated partners are intended to enhanceyour employa&ility prospects &ut also address the percei"ed disconnect &etweenscholarship and industry. )ur am&ition is to ena&le the @low o' creati"e ideas 'romresearch into and out o'/ cultural and social en"ironments &eyond narrow academiccontets. e en"isage this echange to work in two directionsD through T**+* we

intend to spark new initiati"es outside academia which may result in ehi&itionsed research< according to the re9uirements o' their pro?ect seesection on research mission&elow/. !tudents on research missions at any o' theinstitutions named &elow will &e 'ully supported &y the consortium and recei"e 'urtherguidance 'rom local academics.

Third-country partners ha"e &een selected with a "iew to the early modern *uropeanperspecti"e on the wider world and the epected glo&al scope o' T**+* studentsEresearch pro?ects. The option o' a research trip to any o' these institutions is alsoa"aila&le to students with no third-country 'ocus in their work &ut who might &ene@it'rom the research opportunities o''ered &y these partners.

Finks to all institutions and contact details o' the institutional representati"e are listedon the T**+* we&site.

#ist 1$ "ssociated !artners !ro%iding orking !lace&ents

1. The ritish Fi&rary2. =lo&e *ducation !hakespeareEs =lo&e Theatre/3. The Gational +aritime +useum4. The Courtauld =allery5. Canter&ury Cathedral Archi"es. Fiterarisches Collo9uium erlin#. !taats&i&liothek >u erlin - $reuHischer ;ultur&esit>%. Casa da +sica(. +useu +unicipal de *tnogra@ia e :istJria da $J"oa de ar>im1,. Teatro Gacional de !Ko 8oKo11. +useu +arLtimodeMlha"o12. Ar9ui"o +unicipal de ila do Conde13. The Gational =allery $rague14. C>ech Gational Archi"es15. Argo $u&lishers1. ;arolinum $ress

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#ist 2$ "ssociated acade&ic !artners

a) Third-country partners:

1. oga>ici 7ni"ersity in Istan&ul< Turkey

2. The American 7ni"ersity in Cairo< *gypt3. The 7ni"ersity o' the estern Cape< !outh A'rica4. The 7ni"ersity o' elhi< India5. $onti@Lcia 7ni"ersidade CatJlica do 0io de 8aneiro< ra>il. 7ni"ersidade de 8ui> de ora< ra>il#. The olger !hakespeare Fi&rary< 7nited !tates%. The )li"eira Fima Fi&rary< 7nited !tates

b) EU partners:

(. :er>og-August-Fi&rary< ol'en&Nttel1,. Anna-Amalia-Fi&rary< eimar11. $russian !tate Archi"es< erlin12. Centre 'or :istorical 0esearch in the :umanities< rank'urt13. !hakespeare Fi&rary< +unich14. Centre 'or Theoretical !tudies< $rague

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'. ontact details

or any academic 9ueries a&out the programme< your @irst point o' contact is the T*generalcoordinator< ernhard ;lein &.kleinOkent.ac.uk/< whose home department isthe !chool o' *nglish at the 7ni"ersity o' ;ent. ernhard can &e contacted with academic9ueries o' a general nature as well with speci@ic 9ueries regarding ;ent.

I' your 9uery relates to circumstances at one o' the other three sites< you should contactthe local coordinatorsin erlin< $orto and $rague.

+reie ,ni%ersitt erlinD !a&ine !chNlting sa&ine.schueltingO'u-&erlin.de/

,ni%ersidade do /ortoD 0ui Car"alho :omem rchomemOnetca&o.pt/,ni%erita arlo%a % /raeD +artin $rochP>ka martin.procha>kaO''.cuni.c>/

Qou will @ind the contact details 'or all other participating academic sta'' at the 'our sitesed with youduring the indi"idual pathway consultations in semester 1. I' neither o' your two mainsuper"isors is a ;ent sta'' mem&er< you will &e allocated a ;ent ad"iser 'or the durationo' the @irst semester U check with the general coordinator./ Together with yoursuper"isors you should arrange a working timeta&le as early as possi&le. ith a&sentsuper"isors you should also esta&lish the most suita&le 'orm o' contact phone< skypeech Fands were a part not only o' the:a&s&urg monarchy &ut also o' the west/ *uropean political system and the impact o'*uropean macro policy on their trou&lesome history.

Contact time )ne weekly (,-minute seminar session o"er 14 weeks

Title >ender and >enre in arl *odern #iterature)utline The early modern period and especially the se"enteenth century saw a rapid epansion

o' print culture. !igni@icantly large num&ers o' women contri&uted to this increase. Theprincipal o&?ecti"e o' this module is to 'ocus on works &y women writers and eploremodes o' W'emini>ationE within tets &y &oth men and women in the period. Gecessarilywe shall draw 'rom the methods and @inding o' se"eral related disciplines U literaryhistory< history o' ideas< social and political history< cultural studies and gender studies.etc. U in order to analyse the social< legal and ideological constructions o' women whichwriters had to negotiate. e shall employ the 'ramework o' genre in order to eaminethe chie' modes o' discourse 'rom political satire< amatory @iction< the scandal chroniclea&ly di''erent in argument< 'orm and emphasis 'rom what is &eing su&mittedelsewhere.

2/ !tructure. The written work should ha"e a con"incing structure that matches thestandards o' a pu&lished re"iew or scholarly article. In the case o' the latter< thedi''erence 'rom a dra't chapter will &e most o&"iousD an article needs to do something"ery di''erent in terms o' pitch< contetualisation< critical 'raming< etc< than a chapter ina thesis or monograph.

3/ Argument. The argument must &e well articulated and should &e original.

4/ 7se o' critical sources and re'erencing. The article should &e well 'ootnoted and

indicate clearly that recent work in the @ield has &een consulted and processed. Thenotes should 'ollow a recogni>ed style sheet in the @ield eg Chicago< +FA/.

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5/ ritten epression. The writing should &e o' pu&lisha&le standard in terms o' its useo' critical "oca&ulary and mode o' address.The Academic oard will assess all su&mitted work against these criteria and agree onone o' the 'ollowing categoriesD

1/ Accept the su&mitted work 'ully meets the standards o' a re"iew or a scholarly articleas it would &e accepted &y a ?ournal< minor editing issues notwithstanding/

2/ +inor re"isions re9uired the su&mitted work clearly meets the standards o' are"iew or a scholarly article &ut has minor de@iciencies which need to &e addressed&e'ore it can &e accepted/

3/ +a?or re"isions re9uired the su&mitted work potentially meets the standards o' are"iew or a scholarly article &ut has ma?or de@iciencies which need to &e addressed&e'ore it can &e reconsidered/

4/ 0e?ect the su&mitted work 'alls &elow the minimum standards o' a re"iew orscholarly article/

I' the su&mitted work is assessed as 1/< the credits will &e awarded immediately. I' thework is assessed as 2/ or 3/< the candidate will &e set a deadline &y which to su&mit are"ised "ersion< together with a list o' issues that need to &e addressed. I' the work isassessed as 4/< no credits will &e awarded 'or the work su&mitted. !tudents areencouraged to su&mit articles to pro'essional ?ournals though acceptance &y a ?ournalwill not &e a re9uirement 'or the award o' T**+* credits.


15. :esearch &ission

epending on your pro?ect and your speci@ic needs< you may want to think a&out a &rie'research mission o' no longer than 'our weeks/ to a speciali>ed research institutioned &y students with support 'rom the Academic oard and &ring together allcohorts as well as sta'' 'rom each site to encourage teamwork and scholarly echange.*ach year these con'erences will 'ollow on 'rom the launch o' the new programmeedition. They will &e hosted in turn &y each o' the consortium uni"ersities and e"entuallyin"ol"e all three cohortsD students in their @irst year who will ha"e ?ust started on theprogramme will &e re9uired to attend students starting their second year will organi>ethe con'erence and gi"e presentations students in their third year will organi>e a paneldiscussing their placement eperiences o' the pre"ious semester.


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Formal arrangements of the TEEME doctorate

18. Doctoral andidate "gree&ent

All T**+* students are re9uired to sign a octoral Candidate Agreement CA/. TheCA is a central element o' all *rasmus +undus 8oint octoral programmes andconstitutes a &inding agreement &etween the doctoral candidate and the *+8consortium. The T**+* CA speci@ies the 'ollowing terms and conditionsD

1. The onsortiu& is reuired to$

1.1 eli"er the T**+* programme in accordance with the programme speci@icationand ensure the continuing eistence o' all compulsory acti"ities re9uired &y the

Candidate throughout the period o' registration.

1.2 Agree with the Candidate the pathway and super"isory arrangements 'or thedoctorate< including the indicati"e title o' thesis< a mo&ility plan< a super"isoryteam< the work placement options< and the eamination arrangements.

1.3 *nsure that the Candidate has a super"isor in each o' the two institutions wherestudies will &e &ased and that the super"isors ?ointly take 'ull responsi&ility 'orthe super"ision o' the CandidateEs work within the agreed 'ramework o' theT**+* programme. Candidates will normally ha"e a meeting with a super"isor at

least once e"ery si weeks. The duties o' super"isors include the reading o' theCandidateEs su&mitted work< "er&al and written 'eed&ack to the Candidate< 'ormalcomments on the CandidateEs reports and progress reports to the academic&oard.

1.4 $ro"ide the Candidate with necessary support to 'acilitate mo&ility and theorganisation o' work placements. Candidates will &e 'ull mem&ers o' the partner7ni"ersities in which they are &ased. *ach 7ni"ersity will pro"ide assistance withincoming student procedures< such as "isas< accommodation< opening a &ankaccount and in'ormation on medical pro"ision.

1.5 $ro"ide access to all the li&rary< computing< learning and support ser"ices at eachpartner 7ni"ersity that are re9uired to 'acilitate the completion o' the award.

1. +onitor the CandidateEs progress through si monthly reports and annualprogression &oards. *ach 7ni"ersity will monitor and record the re9uired *CT!credits o&tained per semester and report to the Academic oard on theCandidateZs progress at si monthly inter"als. Candidates will &e in'ormed o'epected per'ormance targets through the indi"idual research plan and theprogramme re9uirements.

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1.# Ad"ise those Candidates in receipt o' ellowships o' the conditions o' theellowship grant.

1.% Adhere to the guidelines o' the *uropean Charter 'or 0esearchers includingresearch 'reedom< taking into account particular research circumstances and

super"isory or operational constraints ethical principles &est practices inresearch dissemination and eploitation o' results pu&lic interest and concernpro'essional responsi&ility and attitudes contractual and legal o&ligations andcontinuing pro'essional de"elopment.

1.( $ro"ide the Candidate with in'ormation on the appealsVcomplaints processthrough the T**+* octoral Candidate :and&ook.

2. The andidate hereb co&&its hi&?herself on his?her honour dul to

attend the T* !rogra&&e in at least to of the !artici!ating,ni%ersities of the onsortiu& and is reuired to$

2.1 !atis'y the registration re9uirements o' the Consortium.

2.2 Attend and acti"ely participate in the T**+* programme in accordance with there9uirements set out in the T**+* octoral Candidate :and&ook.

2.3 eli"er the epected outputs in accordance with the programme re9uirements asset out in the T**+* octoral Candidate :and&ook.

2.4 Attain the epected per'ormance progression as agreed &y hisVher super"isors/

institution. To o&tain a T**+* Consortium award< the candidate mustsuccess'ully appeal at all the institutions where heVshe is registered 'or anaward.

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;ent< reie 7ni"ersitBt erlin< 7ni"ersidade do $orto< and 7ni"er>ita ;arlo"a " $ra>eeneral :egulations

3.1 An *+8 ellowship holder will &e registered initially with the 7ni"ersity o';ent< and su&se9uently with the two institutions o' the Consortium with whichthey are degree seeking< as a 'ull-time postgraduate student 'or a higher degree

&y research and thesis under the rele"ant degree regulations and generalregulations o' the uni"ersities. In addition< all *+8 ellowship holders will &esu&?ect to the 'ollowing terms and conditions and entitlements o' this contract.

'. Doctoral andidate "gree&ent

4.1 All *+8 ellows are re9uired to sign a octoral Candidate Agreement CA/with the Consortium which will speci'y the administrati"e and academicarrangements o' the doctorate.

4.2 *+8 ellows are re9uired to agree to the terms and conditions set out in theCA and any supplementary conditions set out in the letter o' o''er. A'tersignature< all pages o' the CA should &e returned to the CoordinatingInstitution.

4.3 This agreement will &ecome e''ecti"e upon receipt o' the signed CA.4.4 *+8 ellows are ad"ised to keep a copy o' these documents 'or their records.

. #ength of +elloshi!

5.1 A ellowship will normally &e tena&le 'or one year in the @irst instanceards< the Consortium will take all reasona&le steps to a"oidthose risks such as altering the *+8 ellows working conditions or o''eringsuita&le alternati"e working en"ironmentVcontract i' this is possi&le.

%.( The Consortium will allow two weeksE paternity lea"e with allowance 'or *+8

ellows who meet the 9uali'ying conditions and who satis'y certain criteria.*+8 ellows must either &eD the &iological 'ather o' the &a&y or the hus&and or partner o' the mother a partner is de@ined as

someone who li"es with the mother o' the &a&y in an enduring'amily relationship< &ut is not an immediate relati"e a partnermay include either a male or 'emale partner in a same-se couple/.

And in addition< the *+8 ellow mustD pro"ide e"idence o' the epected &irth o' the &a&y< and ha"e &een engaged in a ellowship contract continuously 'or 4,

weeks &e'ore the epected week o' child&irth< and continue in the ellowship up to and including the date o' &irth o'

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the &a&y< and take the lea"e either to support the mother or to care 'or the new

&a&y paternity lea"e can not &e used 'or any other purpose/< and not take lea"e until the actual &irth o' the &a&y< and take this as either one weekEs or two consecuti"e weeksE lea"e

'rom either the date the &a&y is &orn or on a date agreed with thesuper"isory panel &ut at least within % weeks o' the &a&yEs &irth.

%.1, Those *+8 ellows who ha"e &een 'ormally noti@ied &y an appro"ed adoptionagency that they ha"e &een matched with a child 'or adoption are eligi&le toapply 'or adoption lea"e. Terms and conditions 'or adoption lea"e mirror those'or maternity and paternity lea"e. here a couple are adopting ?ointly< thecouple must choose which partner will take adoption lea"e the partner thatdoes not take adoption lea"e may &e entitled to paternity lea"e

%.11 *+8 ellows seeking adoption lea"e must noti'y the Consortium within # dayso' &eing noti@ied &y the adoption agency that they ha"e &een matched with achild 'or adoption. The *+8 ellow must con@irm at least 2% days &e'ore thestart o' adoption lea"e o' when they intend to start their lea"e and whether theywish to return to the *+8 ellowship. *+8 ellows must pro"ide e"idence o'the adoption agreement.

%.12 *+8 ellows who lea"e the *+8 programme 'or whate"er reason may &eeligi&le to apply 'or rele"ant social security &ene@it su&?ect to their personalcircumstances and in accordance with national legislation in the Consortiumcountry in which they are resident.

8. Inter&ission

(.1 Intermission 'rom registration will only &e granted in cases o' gra"e andeceptional circumstances. uring periods o' intermission< the *+8 ellowshipallowance will &e suspended. $eriods o' intermission will not normally &egranted 'or periods longer than months. Applications 'or intermission should&e made in ad"ance to the *+8 CoordinatorVChair o' the Academic oard< andre9uire the support o' the super"isor and the local representati"e o' the+anagement oard.

10. Holida

1,.1 *+8 ellows are entitled to a maimum o' 3, daysE holiday inclusi"e o' pu&licholidays and 7ni"ersity closure/ per annum and pro rata. :olidays should &eagreed in ad"ance with the super"isory panel.

11. *onitoring

11.1 Continuation o' the *+8 ellowship is su&?ect to satis'actory progress inresearch training and in the preparation o' the thesis. +onitoring procedures

will &e determined &y the ConsortiumEs Academic oard o' !tudies and all *+8ellows and super"isory panels will &e o&liged to con'orm to these pu&lished

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procedures. ailure to comply satis'actorily may put the *+8 ellowship at risko' termination.

12. Sub&ission of Thesis

12.1 All *+8 ellows are epected to su&mit their thesis no later than 3 monthsa'ter the start o' the period o' registration in con'ormity with the stipulations inthe CA and any su&se9uent agreements. *tensions to this period are possi&le'or a period o' up to si months such etensions will only &e gi"en in gra"e oreceptional circumstances. *+8 ellows should su&mit applications 'oretensions to the Academic oard no later than three months &e'ore the end o'their original period o' registration. As per clause # a&o"e< payment o' theellowship allowance will cease a'ter 3 months< irrespecti"e o' whether anetension has &een granted or not.

13. Ter&ination of +elloshi!

13.1 The Consortium will terminate an *+8 ellowship when progress orper'ormance is deemed to &e unsatis'actory. *+8 ellows should there'orein'orm their super"isors and the Consortium o' any pro&lems or di'@iculties atthe earliest opportunity. !imilarly< super"isors should assist in identi'yingpro&lems so that a ellowEs progress is not impeded.

13.2 *+8 ellows may only recei"e an *+8 allowance while they are acti"e inregistration with a Consortium Institution an allowance is not awarded during&reaks in study unless in accordance with sections ( and 1, o' this agreement.

An *+8 ellowEs allowance will &e held in a&eyance during periods o'intermission.

13.3 In any such situation where an *+8 ellowEs allowance has &een dis&ursed 'ora period that was deemed ineligi&le< the *+8 ellow will &e re9uired toreim&urse the Consortium 'or any o"erpayment.

13.4 here the Consortium terminates an *+8 ellowship< the Consortium will paythe regular allowance to the ellow 'or the month in which the termination takese''ect. ellows are re9uired to use this allowance to pay any outstanding 'ees orepenses due to partner institutions 'or the month o' termination.

13.5 ellows will &e re9uired to reim&urse the Consortium 'or any o"erpayment o'tra"el costs. The Consortium will take into account the cost o' tra"el home indetermining the amount o' tra"el costs to &e reim&ursed. ellows should pro"idereceipts as e"idence o' the cost o' tra"el.

13. Any unspent ellowship 'unds will &e made a"aila&le to a new applicant orreturned to the *ducation< Audio"isual ` Culture *ecuti"e Agency *AC*A/ o'the Commission o' the *uropean Communities.

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1'. oordinating Institution

14.1 The 7ni"ersity o' ;ent will act as the Coordinating Institution and will o"erseethe administrati"e arrangements o' this contract.

1. "gree&ent

15.1 This contract go"erns the terms and conditions o' the *+8 ellowships and is'ormulated on the understanding that *+8 ellows are eclusi"ely students inthe pursuit o' a higher degree. This contract does not esta&lish an employmentrelationship with any o' the institutions within the Consortium nor does itentitle the holder to any rights or duties associated with such a relationship.

15.2 This contract is su&?ect to the laws o' *ngland and ales and any dispute shall&e su&?ect to the eclusi"e ?urisdiction o' the courts o' *ngland and ales.

15.3 *+8 ellows are re9uired to sign a copy o' this contract agreeing to the termsand conditions herein and return a 'ull copy o' this contract to the coordinatinginstitution. *+8 ellows are re9uested to keep a copy o' this contract 'or theirrecords.

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