Announcing a new intake to the interdisciplinary, cross institutional =
PhD programme between
NUI, Galway and Mary Immaculate College in the University of
Limerick.
This full time programme will provide students with a PhD following
four years of thesis-orientated research and taught modules.(In effect, =
the programme offers a combined taught masters and doctoral degree.) =
Students
will be registered at one or other of the host institutions but will =
attend classes
provided by both.
Over the four years, the programme will provide students with access
to the expertise of a range of scholars within each institution, as they
develop their research ideas and enhance their research skills.
The programme draws on two main contemporary approaches to
philosophical aesthetics and culture =96 the Anglo-American analytic
tradition, and that of Continental Philosophy.
These two approaches rarely intersect. In consequence, their respective
strengths are exercised in isolation, and often in contexts that fail to
engage directly with theory and practice in the arts, and the broader
cultural issues in which they are embedded.
This new research programme overcomes these divisions at all levels.
Indeed, by blending expertise from the two institutions, the programme
explores the philosophy of art and culture in an intellectually enriched
setting. The programme is also able to give equal emphasis to visual art
and literature, and to offer special strength in phenomenological and
hermeneutical approaches.
What modules will I take>
The programme has the great advantage of allowing students to
combine subject-specific philosophy courses, related academic studies,
and generic skills modules, from those on offer at BOTH institutions.
Students will take a number of core and optional modules from
the following:
=95 Phenomenology of Art and Culture (NUI, Galway)
=95 Arts Community Internship (NUI, Galway)
=95 History and Philosophy of Pictorial Space (NUI, Galway)
=95 Modernity and Knowledge (NUI, Galway)
=95 Philosophy and the Subject (Mary Immaculate College, Limerick)
=95 Literary Aesthetics (Mary Immaculate College, Limerick)
=95 Introduction to Hermeneutics (Mary Immaculate College, Limerick)
=95 Arts and Cultures of Display: Museums, Galleries, Curating
(University of Limerick)
Assessment
Performance will be evaluated on the basis of a successful pass on all
taught modules and a substantial research thesis. The examination of
the thesis will include an oral examination by the External and Internal
Examiners at the end of the programme.

http://www.nuigalway.ie/philosophy/

All applications for NUI, Galway must be made online, via the =
Postgraduate Applications Centre, www.pac.ie
For applications to University of Limerick please see contact details =
below.
Applicants to NUI, Galway will be eligible to apply to the Galway =
Doctoral Research Scholarship Scheme.
Assistantships will be available for applicants to Mary Immaculate =
College, University of Limerick on a competitive basis.
Professor Paul Crowther: paul.crowther@nuigalway.ie
Dr Tsarina Doyle: tsarina.doyle@nuigalway.ie
Philosophy
School of Humanities
National University of Ireland, Galway
T +353 (0)91 495473
F +353 (0)91 494554
Ms Linda McGrath: linda.mcgrath@mic.ul.ie
Dr. Niall Keane: niall.keane@mic.ul.ie
Department of Philosophy
MIC, University of Limerick,
South Circular Road, Limerick, Ireland
T + 353 (0)61 204579/ 204525