V Aedean Doctoral Seminar University of Cantabria, 4 and 5 July 2024

Proposals

When submitting a proposal, doctoral students will include, apart from their personal details and University, a summary of the research they are doing of no more than 300 words, which will include, among other aspects:

• A title.
• The main topic and the central hypothesis of the study.
• The main objectives.
• The proposed methodology.
• Where relevant, the scope, corpus or limits established.
• Problems and challenges.
• Expected results.

Each panel of the Seminar will be coordinated by two experts (to be known as “Convenors”). They will make a selection from the applications received, chair the discussions and respond to the presentations.

Proposals should be sent by e-mail, no later than  31 March 2024, to the Seminar Coordinator, Professor Ignacio Palacios Martínez (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela) – ignacio.palacios@usc.es

A certificate will be granted to all participants and a selection of contributions will be published in the AEDEAN journal Nexus.

Registration fee

50 euros

Aids

AEDEAN offers a total of €3,000 in travel and accommodation, as well as free registration for participants who meet the following requirements:

1. To be a full member of AEDEAN
2. Not to enjoy any other scholarship or aid financed with public or private funds.
3. To be at least in the second year the doctoral programme at the time of the Seminar.

Likewise, those who obtain the aid and participate in the Seminar will have free registration in the next AEDEAN conference, which will take place at the Pablo Olavide University (Sevilla) in November 2024.

Those who have been awarded a grant one year will not be eligible to apply again until two years later.

Applications for financial support should be sent, no later than 13 May 2024, to the Seminar Coordinator, Professor Ignacio Palacios Martínez (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela) – ignacio.palacios@usc.es

Each application for financial support should include three documents (in attachment to the e-mail of application):

1. The applicant’s CV.
2. A letter detailing the applicant’s eligibility clearly and fully explaining the need for financial support, including a provisional budget for travel costs and/or accommodation expenses.
3. A signed statement from the applicant’s supervisor, including a declaration that it is impossible for the applicant to draw on private means or any other sources of funding, including funding earmarked for the ongoing doctoral project, for the purpose of participating in the AEDEAN Doctoral Seminar.

Please note that AEDEAN’s decisions about selection for participation and about financial support are final and not subject to appeal.

Calendar

• Deadline for proposals: 31 March.
• Deadline for communicating acceptance or rejection of proposals: 30 April.
• Deadline for aids applications: 13 May.
• Registration dates: 15 May to 15 June.