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Inaugural Weimar-Princeton Summer School for Media Studies 2011

The first international Summer School for Media Studies, a co-operation between the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Internationales Kolleg für Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie, IKKM) and Princeton University (Department of German), will take place from June 6 – June 10, 2011 in Weimar, Germany. Conceived as the first in a series of annual summer schools that will be held alternately at the IKKM Weimar and at Princeton University, the 2011 program will be directed by Lorenz Engell (Weimar) and Thomas Levin (Princeton).

The Weimar-Princeton Summer School for Media Studies addresses advanced students and doctoral candidates of media studies and related fields (e.g. film studies, literature, philosophy, art history, sociology, politics, the history of science, visual culture, architecture, etc.)

How to Apply

Applications should include a brief CV (max 2 pages); a letter of intent, indicating academic experience and interest in the summer school’s annual topic (max. 300 words), a writing sample (max. 20 pages; e.g. published article or seminar paper), and contact information for two potential references.

The participation fee of € 400 will cover accommodation, welcome dinner and lunch during the summer school.

Non-EU students can apply for a travel funding up to € 500. In justified cases, students can apply for a reduction of the participation fee.

Please submit your application no later than February 20, 2011 to:
laura.frahm [at] uni-weimar.de and mgladic [at] princeton.edu.  

Successful applicants will be notified by mid-March 2011.

Participation in the summer school will require the payment of the participation fee no later than March 31, 2011.