Ph.D. Performance Studiies, Mass Media

Diane Howard, Ph.D.
Performance Studies
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, TX

Dear Colleagues,

The University of Mainz is offering a new international PhD in Performance and Media Studies.
Please see the information below.

Best regards,
Christopher Balme
[mailto:balme@mail.uni-mainz.de]

International PhD Program Performance and Media Studies

INTRODUCTION
The University of Mainz, together with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Research Association (DFG), has launched an international doctoral program in Performance and Media Studies (Theatre, Film and Television). The program is designed to support interdisciplinary doctoral research at an internationally competitive level in the fields of theatre, drama, performance, film, television and the new media. It offers a unique combination of intensive individual supervision by the local program-faculty and an internationally oriented and interdisciplinary course-program within a network of seven international partner-institutions. The program-faculty consists of the following distinguished scholars:

Prof. Dr. Christopher Balme, Chair (Theatre Studies)
Prof. Dr. Alfred Hornung
(American Studies)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Koebner (Film Studies)
Prof. Dr. Karl Renner (Journalism)
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Reitz (English)
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Schultze (Slavic Studies) Prof. Dr. Andreas Solbach
(Department of German)
PROGRAM INFORMATION

Duration
3 years including Doctoral Thesis

Course Work
50 credits (US)/ 187,5 credits (EU)
including thesis credits (60%),
seminars with local faculty and international guest speakers (20%)
International Summer School (5%)
practical training (5%)
writing workshops (5%)
language courses (5%)

The program is conducted in English.
German language courses will be offered to participants at no cost.

Degrees
The University of Mainz will award a Dr.Phil./Ph.D. Degree for completion of the program and a successfully defended high-level doctoral dissertation.

Fees and Scholarships
No tuition fees are charged.
Scholarships will be available for outstanding candidates. International students are recommended to apply for a DAAD Fellowship in their country of citizenship.
RESOURCES
Centrally located in Europe, in the beautiful Rhine-valley, Mainz University offers superb resources for inter-disciplinary studies in performance and media. The city hosts the headquarters of Europe´s largest TV station, ZDF, as well as numerous other TV and radio-stations. The Rhine-Main area offers an abundance of theatres and performance groups, museums and archives.
On-Campus Resources:
·   a newly opened Media-House with Campus TV
·   specialized libraries and video-archives for film and theatre
·   Interdisciplinary Working Group for Drama and Theatre
·   Center for Intercultural Studies (ZIS)
Selected Off-Campus Resources:
·   Theatersammlung Schloß Wahn, Cologne (theatre)
·   Deutsches Kabarettarchiv Mainz (cabaret)
·   Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv Frankfurt am Main und Babelsberg (radio, tv)
·   Archiv des Deutschen Filmmuseums, Frankfurt/Main (film)
·   Archiv des Deutschen Instituts für Filmkunde (DIF), Frankfurt/Main (film)
·   Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach (literature)

THE UNIVERSITY
The University of Mainz was founded in 1476 and is one of the oldest universities in Germany. It was re-established in 1946 and named after the city's most famous citizen, Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press. 30.000 students including 4000 foreign students from more than 120 nations are enrolled in the 19 faculties on the campus. The university campus is located conveniently close to the city of Mainz and offers a variety of sports and recreation facilities.

THE CITY OF MAINZ
Roman Moguntiacum, a Roman military encampment, was named after the Celtic god of light, Mogo, 2000 years ago. Thanks to its good road and rail connections and its mild climate, Mainz has now grown into a city of 186,000 inhabitants. The old part of the city offers idyllic places to explore; parks and green spaces and the Rhine embankment invite you for strolls; numerous museums and the state theatre form part of a wide range of cultural opportunities. Peaceful, idyllic and yet not far off the beaten track: from Mainz, the city of Frankfurt and Frankfurt Airport can be reached in just 20 minutes, and major European cities such as Amsterdam, Berlin and Paris are only a five-hour train-ride away.

APPLICATION INFORMATION

Admission Requirements:
Considered will be applicants with interdisciplinary dissertation-proposals in the fields of theatre, drama, performance, film, television or the new media. The research should be hermeneutical in its orientation and focus on aspects of intermediality and/or interculturality.

Formal requirements:
Successful completion of a Master's/ Magister Degree or equivalent in a related field. Proof of English language skills: 570 points in the paper-based TOEFL-test (230 points computer-based) or level C1 of the Common European Framework.

Applications:
Send a cover-letter, curriculum vitae, certified copy of highest academic degree and/or official transcript, two letters of recommendation and a ten-page dissertation-proposal to:

Prof. Dr. Christopher Balme, Chair
Performance and Media Studies
Institut für Theaterwissenschaft
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Jacob-Welder-Weg 18
D-55099 Mainz, Germany

Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz

International PHD-Program

Performance and Media Studies