The doctoral study | The PhD Curriculum
Doctoral students attend a two-year doctoral curriculum, preferably at the beginning of their research project. This curriculum supplements the individual supervision. Colloquia, lectures and workshops provide the candidates with knowledge, insights and capabilities they need to conduct research in the creative and performing arts. Such classes correspond as closely as possible to the students' research topics and orientate them to the methods and thought processes in the natural sciences, the social sciences, the humanities and the arts.
The curriculum thus includes both research and training components.
The research component encompasses:
- the actual research project with individual supervision;
- the publication of articles, critical reviews or other writings, and the delivery of presentations;
- active and passive participation at conferences and other events (through presentations, papers or conference reports).
The training component encompasses:
- ten monthly gatherings per year, mostly on two consecutive days, over a two-year period. These consist of collegia, theory seminars, PhD colloquia, and training sessions on presentation, documentation and data collection;
- a wide choice of supplementary lectures and seminars.
Click here for an overview of the modules of the docARTES curriculum.
Click here for:
- an overview of the dates of the monthly sessions in 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 (start September 2011).
- an overview of the dates of the monthly sessions in 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 (start September 2012).
Research environment:
The doctoral programme takes place in a research environment that fosters intellectual and artistic exchanges and which ensures an adequate infrastructure. The research environment centres around the current research projects, and all the appropriate facilities, such as databases, libraries, and online texts and images, are made available.
It offers an intellectual and artistic forum that encourages discussion with fellow students, staff members and prominent figures in the academic and artistic communities. Students can draw on interesting examples of good research practice and are able to compare and relate their own field of interest to other research topics and to a broader research context. The forum builds trust and confidence and fosters an appropriate intellectual and artistic vocabulary. Becoming aware of the potentials and complexities that exist at the interface of theory and practice can open new perspectives that enhance both the depth and the breadth of the research.
Students are encouraged to attend lecture series, seminars and conferences and to organise and take part in a wide range of professional activities, including concerts, exhibitions, performances and artistic and academic presentations.