Research in and through artistic practice
Application Deadline:
1 April 2012 or 1 October 2012
PhDArts offers an international, high-level doctorate in art and design. Each doctoral course of study comprises individual research and participation in the doctoral study programme. Students will be awarded the doctoral title.
PhDArts is a collaboration between the Leiden University Academy of Creative and Performing Arts and the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague.
Research in and through art is an inseparable part of the artistic or design practice of the researcher. Consequently, research in art (as opposed to research about art, such as art history) does not have a set goal or expected result, and neither are there predetermined general procedures. The outcome of the research is completely open. This openness is a condition for conducting research in art and design.
There is a unique relationship between the artist/designer, the research method and the outcome of the research. This research is only possible thanks to the artist’s artistry and, the other way round, the artist develops his artistry through research. The outcome is therefore an artistic product, combined with a discursive product, the dissertation, which does justice to the artistic one.
An appropriate team of supervisors is sought to guide the student’s individual research. The doctoral study programme consists of research and training and allows doctoral students to develop their artistic qualities, broaden their academic knowledge, expand their methodological skills and integrate all those elements in order to be able to function as independent artist researchers.
Application
Prospective PhD candidates can submit an application to the Leiden University Academy of Creative and Performing Arts. The application procedure and form can be found on: www.phdarts.eu
Applicants must have a Master’s of Arts Degree or proof of study at a comparable level. The final decision on admission rests with the Leiden University, which will also award the PhD.
For more information see www.phdarts.eu or mail to:[email protected]
Contact:
PhDArts
c/o Tamara de Groot
Postbus 11670
2502 AR Den Haag
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)70 315 4755
[email protected]
www.phdarts.eu
Partners:
Leiden University
Academy of Creative and Performing Arts
Juliana van Stolberglaan 1
2595 CA The Hague
The Netherlands
KABK – Royal Academy of Art
Department of artist’s theories and artistic practice
Prinsessegracht 4
2514 AN The Hague
The Netherlands
