General Objective
The European PhDnet “Literary and Cultural Studies” offers a clearly internationally oriented research and training program in the field of literary and cultural studies, the curriculum of which is jointly managed by the participating partner institutions.
In order to guarantee our doctoral students optimal conditions for working on their doctoral projects, this program builds on the experience we have already gained here at JLU with the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) and the International Doctoral Program “Literary and Cultural Studies” (IPP). In close cooperation with our international partner institutions, we have further improved our research program in line with the objectives of the European PhDnet.
In this way, the PhDnet can
- offer joint doctoral supervision at two international partner institutions and award binational degrees in accordance with the Cotutelle Agreement;
- offer a highly structured and internationally oriented curriculum that is jointly organized by the participating partner institutions and tailored to the specific needs of (international) doctoral candidates;
- introduce its doctoral candidates to national and international research contexts and facilitate the arrival of international doctoral candidates in the German research landscape;
- familiarize doctoral students with the latest theories, methods, approaches and concepts in the field of literary and cultural studies;
- guarantee a high academic quality of the resulting dissertations and at the same time reduce the time required for successful completion;
- support independent research from the outset: by promoting publication and conference experience at home and abroad;
- offer ample opportunities to acquire academic and practice-oriented qualifications. This is done in cooperation with the GCSC Teaching Center and the GGK/GCSC Career Service, which offer university didactic training and other practice- and career-oriented workshops.