WS: Affirmative Narratives for a Post-PhD Career: A Group Discussion
- https://www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties/ggkgcsc/events/semesteroverview/previous/archive/sose2023/extra-courses/affirmative-narratives
- WS: Affirmative Narratives for a Post-PhD Career: A Group Discussion
- 2023-07-04T18:00:00+02:00
- 2023-07-04T20:00:00+02:00
Jul 04, 2023 from 06:00 to 08:00 (Europe/Berlin / UTC200)
GCSC (Konferenzraum 001)
Envisioning a scholarly career, both within and outside academia, after completing a PhD can feel daunting. Dominant cultural narratives often paint a discouraging picture, emphasizing the systemic difficulties of the job market and the uncertainties stemming from current economic instabilities. However, amidst these accounts, there are numerous success stories of young researchers who have pursued fulfilling postdoctoral positions. While these stories often go unnoticed, shedding light on them can provide alternative perspectives and offer guidance for planning and projecting one's future career paths.
With this in mind, the workshop aims to create a safe and relaxed environment where participants can share their concerns, doubts, and questions regarding their postdoc aspirations. It also serves as a platform for developing affirming and encouraging discussions about one's life after the PhD through concrete examples and practical tips.
Following a critical introduction to the topic, the workshop will feature Stefano Rozzoni sharing his own postdoc experience. This session will foster an informal exchange of questions and answers, allowing participants to delve into the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead after completing a PhD.
// Dr. Stefano Rozzoni is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bergamo. He has previously worked as a postdoc Assistant and lecturer at Universität Graz, Austria. His current postdoctoral project is dedicated to exploring human-nonhuman relational ethics in contemporary anglophone literary and cultural texts (2010-present) through the lens of the Digital Environmental Humanities. His research interests encompass environmental narratives, posthumanism, and the pastoral genre within British Modernism and contemporary literature and culture. His work includes various media and covers topics such as Franciscanism, ecology, and economics; urban and rural spaces; human-nonhuman relationalities; and ecofascisms.
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