Curriculum PhD candidates

Information regarding the courses and events of the educational program 2018-19 will be updated regularly. Please check back here in a couple of weeks. Find some general information under ‘Training program for PhD candidates‘  (for PhD’s)

  • OSL Course: Creative Writing ‘Poetics – A Practioner’s Guide’

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    2 October, 2020 - 30 October, 2020

    Creative Writing Course ‘Poetics – A Practioner’s Guide’

    Skills course | Groningen/online, 2, 9, 16 and 30 October 2020 – Fridays 15:00-18:00, five sessions (teaching mode and exact schedule to be confirmed) | Coordinator: Dr David Ashford (Groningen) | 5 EC | More information

    Open to: PhD candidates and RMA students; OSL members have first access.

    Registration will open September 9, 2020.

  • OSL Seminar: Africa beyond “Africa”: Literary explorations

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    6 October, 2020 - 24 November, 2020

    Online seminar | 6 October, 20 October, 27 October, 3 November, 17 November, 24 November 2020 (15:00 – 17:00) | 5 EC | More information

    Organization: Prof. Dr. Margriet van der Waal (m.c.van.der.waal@rug.nl) and Dr. Astrid Van Weyenberg (a.l.b.van.weyenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl). For questions regarding content, please contact either Margriet or Astrid. For questions regarding practical matters, please contact the OSL office (osl@rug.nl).

    Open to: PhD candidates and RMA students; OSL members have first access. Interested MA students are welcome to participate, but are not able to receive official credits for the course.
    Format: Two-hour (online) seminar, active discussion and participation

    Registration will open September 9, 2020.

  • OSL PhD Workshop: Generalizations, Hypotheses, Evidence in Literary Studies

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    23 October, 2020

    Online PhD workshop | Date: Friday 23 October 2020 | Organizer: Roel Smeets (Radboud University) | Keynote: Prof. Andrew Piper (McGill University) | Credits: 1-2 EC | Open to: PhD candidates | More information

    Registration will open September 9, 2020.

  • OSL Workshop: Women and Transnational Modernism

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    11 November, 2020 - 12 November, 2020

    Dates: 11-12 November 2020 | Venue: tbc | Organizers: Dr. Camilla Sutherland (University of Groningen), Dr. Kathryn Roberts (University of Groningen) and Dr. Ruth Clemens (Utrecht University) | Credits: 1-2 EC | More information

    Open to: PhD candidates and RMA students; OSL members have first access. Interested MA students are welcome to participate, but are not able to receive official credits for the course.

    Registration will open September 9, 2020.

  • OSL Workshop with David Alworth: Literature and the Social

    Groningen

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    4 December, 2020

    Date: 4 December 2020 | Venue: Online | Open to: PhD candidates and RMA students, OSL members will have first access | Organisation: Jesse van Amelsvoort (University of Groningen) | Speaker: Prof. David Alworth (Harvard University) | Credits: 1 EC | Registration: Limited to 15 participants | More information

    Registration will open Fall 2020

  • OSL Schrijfcursus voor geesteswetenschappers: Framen, schrappen en herschrijven

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    11 January, 2021 - 29 January, 2021

    Data: Januari 2021, vier bijeenkomsten (tbc) | Locatie: Universiteit Utrecht | Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Geert Buelens (Universiteit Utrecht) | 3 EC | Meer informatie

    Bestemd voor: Promovendi en RMa Studenten, OSL leden hebben voorrang bij inschrijving

    Registratie opent najaar 2020

  • Ravenstein Seminar 2021: Literature, Language and Belonging

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    20 January, 2021 - 22 January, 2021

    Venue: Utrecht University | Dates: 20-22 January 2021 (the seminar will move online if necessary) | Credits:5-6 EC, or 2 for attendance only | Open to: PhD candidates and RMA students; OSL members have first access | More information

    Organizers: Jesse van Amelsvoort (Groningen), Dr. Birgit Kaiser (Utrecht), Dr. Aukje van Rooden (UvA), prof. dr. Margriet van der Waal (UvA/Groningen)

    Registration will open Fall 2020.

  • OSL Workshop: From Crisis to Critique: Languages of Resistance, Transformation, and Futurity in Mediterranean Crisis-Scapes

    Leiden

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    4 March, 2021 - 5 March, 2021

    Date: 4-5 March 2021 | Venue: Leiden University (will move online if necessary) | Organizers: Prof. Dr. Maria Boletsi (Leiden/UvA), Dr. Liesbeth Minnaard (UvA) and Dr. Janna Houwen (Leiden) | Credits: 1-2 EC | Open to: PhD Candidates and RMa Students, OSL members will have first access | More information

    Registration will open Fall 2020

  • OSL Course: Computational Literary Studies

    Amsterdam

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    5 April, 2021 - 24 May, 2021

    Dates: April – May 2021, five sessions (tbc) | Venue: University of Amsterdam | Credits: 3-6 ECs | Organiser: prof. Karina van Dalen-Oskam (UvA) | Open to: PhD Candidates and RMa Students, OSL members will have first access | More information

    Registration will open Fall 2020

  • OSL Workshop: How Not to Write a Novel

    Amsterdam

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    21 May, 2021

    Date: 21 May 2021 | Venue: Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam | Organizer: Prof. Dr. Pablo Valdivia (Groningen) | Invited author: Jesús Carrasco | Credits: 1-2 EC | Open to: PhD candidates and RMA students; OSL members have first access | More information

    Registration will open Fall 2020