DSh Autumn and Winter 2010 folder available
Download the folder of the DSh Autumn and Winter 2010 Activities here.
DSh37 & DSh38 cancelled
Unfortunately, the two seminars on Advanced techniques in Regression Analysis (DSh37 & DSh38) had to be cancelled, due to the unavailability of the lecturer. The two ANOVA seminars (DSh35 & DSh36) will be condensed into one seminar (DSh35).
Next DSh harvesting moment on October 1, 2010
Members of the DSh that want to organise their own symposium or small conference can make use of the DSh Content Seminar Grants. Those who want to invite an expert in their field for a master class can use the DSh Master Class Grants. More information can be found here.Those who require support for attending an event which is explicitly targeted at PhD students, and which takes place in Europe (outside Belgium) can make use of the DSh Travel Grants. Please do keep in mind that the DSh travel grant cannot be used for attending regular conferences. More information about the conditions (and opportunities) can be found here.
All applications have to reach the DSh before the next harvesting moment, which is on October 1, 2010.
One content seminar and three travel grants approved
After the June harvesting moment, the DSh has approved three travel grant applications. Unfortunately, two travel grant applications had to be rejected, because these applications concerned regular conferences, an activity which is not covered by the DSh travel grants. Other good news is that one content seminar application has also been approved. The PhDs in Logic III conference will take place on 17 and 18 February 2011.
An overview of all approved applications can be found here.
An overview of all approved applications can be found here.
DSh Evaluation meeting
All members of the DSh are invited to provide feedback on the functioning of the DSh and its initiatives. This meeting is crucial to ensure the DSh's quality and future improvements. It will take place on 24 June, from 10 to 13h.
Click here for more information.
Click here for more information.
Call for participation in ‘Histoire croisée’ master class
Click here for the call for contributions in the ‘Histoire croisée’ master class. Interested PhD students are expected to send a short curriculum of approximately 100 words and an abstract in English of approximately 300 words in electronic form to: hans.vandevoorde@vub.ac.be by 16/08/2010. A maximum of 25 applicants will be notified by 08/09//2010 and invited to submit a paper of max. 5000 words by 31/10/2010.
More information can be found here.
More information can be found here.
Four travel grants approved
After the harvesting moment on April 1, the DSh has approved four travel grant applications. For 2010, the number of available travel grants will be increased to 10. An overview of all approved applications can be found here.
New master class on ‘Histoire croisée’ (entangled history)
‘Histoire croisée’, founded by Michael Werner and Bénédicte Zimmermann, provides a different perspective on transnational history that allows to surpass the shortcomings of the classical comparative history. This master class will take place on 18 November, 2010. More information can be found here.
A new DSh activity
In co-organisation with IDNS-PE (Interpersonal, Discursive and Narrative Studies in Psychology & Educational Sciences), the seminar Sociocultural approaches of narratives will take place on 26 April 2010.
Deadline MC Gender, culture, and space extended (DSh22)
The deadline of the master class Gender, culture, and space is extended to 10 April 2010. Interested PhD students should send their CV and 300-400 word abstracts to mabbas@vub.ac.be before this new deadline.
Programme Sixth Day of the PhD Student LK
The programma of the Sixth Day of the PhD Student LK is available here.
DSh27 & DSh42 move to a later date
The seminar Beyond narrative: The shape of traumatic testimony will not take place on 26 February 2010, because of the Eurostar problems. The new date is 10 May 2010. The seminar The Goods and the Bads of using Qualitative Software will also be postponed, because of the sickness of the lecturer. The new date is 17 March 2010.
Two new DSh sponsored activities
The Chair the Netherlands in the world is a 4-lecture series on the Dutch republic. During these lectures, the intellectual context of that period will be discussed, together with its reception and interpretation today. The series starts on 18 March 2010. Secondly, the seminar Machiavelli today will take place on 22 April 2010.
first VUB PhD Research Day
The Central PhD Office and the 3 Doctoral Schools join forces to present the first VUB PhD Research Day on Friday the 28th of May 2010. In recent years we have seen similar successful initiatives from different individual faculties which inspired us to organise a first time great event in honor of all our PhD students of all disciplines. Currently, there are approximately 1200 researchers preparing a PhD at the VUB. By organising the PhD Research Day we would like to give them the opportunity to meet each other and to present their projects to the entire VUB community. The event is meant to be inspiring and we hope to bring our researchers closer together.
Click for more information in English or in Dutch.
Click for more information in English or in Dutch.
Listen to Masoud Yazdani's presentation
Masoud Yazdani held an appreciated presentation at the Meeting the publishers workshop (DSh33). Click here to listen to his presentation. His slides can also be downloaded here: part 1 and part 2.
One presentation day and two travel grants approved
After the first harvesting moment on February 1, the DSh has approved two travel grant applications. Moreover, one presentation day application has also been approved. The Sixth Day of the PhD Student LK will take place on 23 April 2010.
An overview of all approved applications can be found here.
An overview of all approved applications can be found here.
Call for contributions Gender, culture, and space (DSh22)
The DSh content Seminar on Gender, culture, and space calls for participants. Click here for the call for contributions. Interested PhD students should send their CV and 300-400 word abstracts to mabbas@vub.ac.be before 20 February 2010.
Meeting the editors (DSh34) brief report
The DSh organised a "Meeting the editors" workshop on 13 January, 2010. In this workshop, a selected panel of editors of academic journals active in the different fields of the social sciences and humanities talked about the main aspects publishing in academic journals.
Please click here for an overview of the do's and don'ts of publishing, that where discussed during this workshop. Special thanks to Joke Beyl for making this report.
Please click here for an overview of the do's and don'ts of publishing, that where discussed during this workshop. Special thanks to Joke Beyl for making this report.
DSh Winter and Spring 2010 folder available
Download the folder of the DSh Winter and Spring 2010 Activities here.
DSh switches to harvesting system
If you are a VUB PhD Student, and want to apply for financial resources to organize a master class, a PhD presentation day, or a content seminar, you can do this any time of the year. From 2010 onwards, the DSh will use a harvesting system (similar to the ESF). This implies that proposals can always be submitted, but that they will be grouped in order to be evaluated at specific moments in time. These harvesting moments are: 1 February, 1 April, 1 June, 1 October and 1 December. You can find more information here.
Seven new DSh seminars for 2010
Wim Van den Broeck will be teaching four seminars on advanced quantitative methods: Advanced techniques in ANOVA: part 1 (DSh35), Advanced techniques in ANOVA: part 2 (DSh36), Advanced techniques in Regression Analysis: part 1 (DSh37) and Advanced techniques in Regression Analysis: part 2 (DSh38). Moreover, on 10 March, the second edition of Writing an abstract (DSh41) will take place, and on 26 May, Anne Winter will do a workshop on Historical analysis for non-historians (DSh40). On 11 February 2010, the reading seminar series Theories of (immigrant) integration and the public management of cultural diversity (DSh39) will start.
Two new DSh seminars
Two more 2009 seminars will be organised again in 2010. Social and Behavioral Research on the Internet II (DSh31) offers an overview of possibilities and limitations of online research (surveys as well as experiments), and will take place on 25 March 2010. The seminar From theory to data analysis II (DSh32) will take place on 2 April 2010.
Meeting the publishers (DSh33)
The Doctoral School for the Human Sciences is also organising a "Meeting the Publishers" workshop on 20 January, 2010. In this workshop, a selected panel of academic publishers active in the different fields of the social sciences and humanities will talk about the main aspect of getting a book published and the latest trends and main evolutions taking place in the world of academic publishing. Participants are: Mila Steele (SAGE), Masoud Yazdani (Intellect), Gert De Nutte (VUBpress), Erik van Aert (Amsterdam University Press) and JP Van Bendegem (VUB - moderator). More information can be found here.
Meeting the editors (DSh34)
The Doctoral School for the Human Sciences is organising a "Meeting the editors" workshop on 13 January, 2010. In this workshop, a selected panel of editors of academic journals active in the different fields of the social sciences and humanities will talk about the main aspects publishing in academic journals and the latest trends and main evolutions taking place in the world of academic journals. Participants are: JP Van Bendegem ("Logique et Analyse"), Chris Smith ("Journal of Visual Art Practice"), Margaret Harris ("British Journal of Developmental Psychology"), Lars Magnusson and Jan Ottosson ("Economic and Industrial Democracy"). Moderator will be Nico Carpentier. More information can be found here.
Selecting publication sources postponed (DSh20)
The DSh seminar Selecting publication sources has postponed due to the illness of the lecturer. The new date is 10 December 2009, from 14 to 16h. We apologize for any inconvenience.
DSh activities in 2010
The date for the Master Class Doing ethnographic research in social institutions has been set. This master class will take place on April 29, 2010.
A number DSh workshops that have been organised in 2009, will be organised again in 2010. The Seminar: How applied statistics can work against you - the pitfalls II is scheduled for 1 February 2010; the Seminar: Introduction to discourse analysis II will take place on April, 21, 2010; the Seminar: Using Expert Interviews II is on May 6, 2010 and the Seminar: Research design in the human sciences II is on November 2, 2010.
One new DSh seminar, The Goods and the Bads of using Qualitative Software (How Nvivo 8 can help you with your research) will also be organised (on 25 February 2010). More information about the DSh seminars can be found here.
A number DSh workshops that have been organised in 2009, will be organised again in 2010. The Seminar: How applied statistics can work against you - the pitfalls II is scheduled for 1 February 2010; the Seminar: Introduction to discourse analysis II will take place on April, 21, 2010; the Seminar: Using Expert Interviews II is on May 6, 2010 and the Seminar: Research design in the human sciences II is on November 2, 2010.
One new DSh seminar, The Goods and the Bads of using Qualitative Software (How Nvivo 8 can help you with your research) will also be organised (on 25 February 2010). More information about the DSh seminars can be found here.
DSh activities in 2010
Selecting publication sources (DSh20) postponed
The workshop on Selecting publication sources will be postponed with one week because of the illness of the lecturer. The new date is 10 December from 14h to 16h.
Content seminar on Descartes
On 15 December 2009, (inter)national speakers will present their papers on the philosophy of Descartes and his contemporaries. Several researchers of the 'Centre for the Study of the Enlightenment' will participate, and there will be plenty of time for discussion.
More information can be found here.
How to publish your PhD with VUBPress
As an academic publisher VUBPRESS offers PhD students the possibility to publish their doctoral thesis. Information about the service they offer is included in their new folder, which can be downloaded here.
Date fixed for Content Seminar on Gender, culture, and space (DSh22)
The Content Seminar on Gender, culture, and space (DSh22) will take place on 25 May 2010. More information can be found here.
Call for participation in Master Class on Migration and Integration (DSh17)
On 28 January 2010 Prof. Dr. Godfried Engbersen will give an interdisciplinary master class and public lecture at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Godfried Engbersen is Professor of Sociology at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and has published widely on various issues relating to migration and integration, and endorses a broad inter-disciplinary perspective. His expertise stretches into aspects of social inequality, urban marginality, migration and integration policies, and the positions of ethnic minorities and illegal immigrants.
Interested PhD students should send their CV and a brief description of their research (200 words) to Helga.De.Valk@vub.ac.be before December 1st, 2009. Students are invited to propose names of a Belgian expert in the field whom they would like to comment on their work. A maximum of eight PhD students will be selected. All selected PhD students have to submit a short research paper (between 7 to 10 pages) before January 10th, 2010. More information can be found here.
Interested PhD students should send their CV and a brief description of their research (200 words) to Helga.De.Valk@vub.ac.be before December 1st, 2009. Students are invited to propose names of a Belgian expert in the field whom they would like to comment on their work. A maximum of eight PhD students will be selected. All selected PhD students have to submit a short research paper (between 7 to 10 pages) before January 10th, 2010. More information can be found here.
Deadline Master Class DSh16 postponed
The deadline for participation in the Master Class on “Public and private support of the arts and culture" (DSh16) has been postponed. It is now 30 November 2009.
More information can be found here.
More information can be found here.
5 new DSh activities
The seminar Selecting publication sources: Where to publish your paper? will take place on 3/12/2009. For more information, click here. The seminar Writing an abstract will take place on 17 December 2009. For more information, click here.
In collaboration with Gerrit Loots, the seminar Narrative modalities of power and desire will be organised on 11 December 2009. For more information, click here.
The Master Class Doing ethnographic research in social institutions and the Content Seminar Gender, culture, and space have been approved. More information will be announced soon.
The already announced Master Class on Migration & Integration Research with Prof. Dr. Godfried Engbersen has now been scheduled in. It will take place on 28/01/2010. More information can be found here.
In collaboration with Gerrit Loots, the seminar Narrative modalities of power and desire will be organised on 11 December 2009. For more information, click here.
The Master Class Doing ethnographic research in social institutions and the Content Seminar Gender, culture, and space have been approved. More information will be announced soon.
The already announced Master Class on Migration & Integration Research with Prof. Dr. Godfried Engbersen has now been scheduled in. It will take place on 28/01/2010. More information can be found here.
Studiedag over etnocentrisme
De studiedag “Vreemden. Naar een cultuursociologische benadering van etnocentrisme" gaat door op vrijdag 23 oktober 2009. Inschrijven voor deze studiedag kan nog tot 19 oktober 2009 via het inschrijvingsformulier. Meer informatie kan hier gevonden worden.
Still places for DocBe workshops
There are still places free for the DocBe “Project Management” (in English) and “Sollicitatie-training” (in Dutch) workshops.
Eerste Jaarverslag DSh klaar
Het jaarverslag van de DSh voor haar eerste werkingsjaar (2008-2009) kan hier gedownload worden. Deze tekst is enkel in het Nederlands beschikbaar.
Call for participation in Master Class “Public and private support of the arts and culture (DSh16)”
This international master class, organized by the Doctoral school of Human Sciences and CEMESO (Centre for the Studies on Media and Culture) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, addresses the research on public & private support of the arts/ culture in a variety of academic disciplines. PhD students are invited to present their research concerning public and private support of the arts and culture in a broad sense, including contemporary and historical research about arts & artistic policy, public and private support of the arts and research about broadcasting institutions. The presenters will receive feedback on their work from experts representing different scientific disciplines.
Interested PhD students are expected to submit a short curriculum of approximately 100 words (including author’s name, affiliation, address, phone number and e-mail) and an abstract in English of approximately 300 words in electronic form (Font: Verdana, 9 pt, line spacing 1,5) to: ldecang@vub.ac.be by 30/10/2009, 12 a.m. mentioning as subject ‘seminar DSh16’ and the chosen format: poster or oral presentation.
More information can be found here.
Interested PhD students are expected to submit a short curriculum of approximately 100 words (including author’s name, affiliation, address, phone number and e-mail) and an abstract in English of approximately 300 words in electronic form (Font: Verdana, 9 pt, line spacing 1,5) to: ldecang@vub.ac.be by 30/10/2009, 12 a.m. mentioning as subject ‘seminar DSh16’ and the chosen format: poster or oral presentation.
More information can be found here.
New call for Content Seminars
The Doctoral School of the Human Sciences (DSh) calls for proposals for the organisation of content seminars in 2010. With this call the DSh aims to support VUB PhD researchers by facilitating them to organise thematic seminars, workshops and conferences. The call text and the application procedure can be found here.
Two new master classes approved
After the June 2009 call for master classes, two master classes have been approved. The first master class, entitled Public and private support of the arts and culture (DSh16), with Volker Kirchberg will take place on 25 February 2010. More information on this master class can be found here. The second master class is the Master Class on Migration & Integration Research with Prof. Dr. Godfried Engbersen. More information about this second master class will be announced soon.
Five new DSh activities
The two first (related) activities are the seminars "Advanced techniques in ANOVA" (DSh12) which will take place on 19 November 2009 and "Advanced techniques in regression techniques" (DSh11) which will take place on 26 November 2009. A third seminar is "Research design in the human sciences" (DSh15), on 26 October 2009. The DSh is also organising (together with R&D) a practical information session on writing FWO projects (in Dutch) on 9 December 2009. Finally, the DSh is supporting the "Cross-fertilizations in Law and Criminology" (DSh13) PhD presentation day, which is an initiative of Katja De Vries and Niels van Dijk. More information can be found here.
A general overview can be found here.
A general overview can be found here.
Call for participation in Master Class "Contemporary research on the well-being of children (DSh03)"
This international master class, organized by CEMESO and the Doctoral school of Human Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, addresses the importance of children as research subjects in a variety of academic disciplines. PhD students are invited to present their research in thematic sessions concerning the well-being of children in the wide sense, including health, nutrition, exercise, leisure and rights. The presenters will receive feedback on their work from experts representing different scientific disciplines.
Interested PhD students are expected to submit a short curriculum (including author’s name, affiliation, address, phone number and e-mail) and an abstract in English of approximately 300 words in electronic form to: nvdcruyc@vub.ac.be by 15/06/09, mentioning the chosen format (poster or oral presentation).
More information can be found here.
Interested PhD students are expected to submit a short curriculum (including author’s name, affiliation, address, phone number and e-mail) and an abstract in English of approximately 300 words in electronic form to: nvdcruyc@vub.ac.be by 15/06/09, mentioning the chosen format (poster or oral presentation).
More information can be found here.
Two new DSh activities
The first activity is the seminar "Using expert interviews" (DSh09) which will take place on 22 May 2009. More information can be found here. Secondly, the DSh is supporting the "ES Faculty Research Day" (DSh10), which is an initiative of the ES Faculty Research Committee. More information can be found here.
A general overview can be found here.
A general overview can be found here.
Four DSh seminars
Four new seminars have been planned. The first is "Social and Behavioral Research on the Internet" (DSh07) which will take place on 26 June 2009 (see here for more information). The second seminar will take place on 7 October 2009, and is entitled "Introduction to discourse analysis" (DSh06) (see here for more information). The third workshop is called "From theory to data analysis - an overview of multivariate data analysis methods and their applicability" (DSh08) and is scheduled for 16 October 2009 (see here for more information). The fourth workshop is take place on 3 November 2009, and is called "How applied statistics can work against you - the pitfalls" (DSh05) (see here for more information).
A general overview can be found here.
A general overview can be found here.
Report on Historical Use of Images conference (DSh02)
The Art Sciences and Archaeology Department and History Department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and FARO (Vlaams Steunpunt voor Cultureel Erfgoed), in collaboration with the DSh, organised the conference on the Historical Use of Images, that took place on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 March 2009. The conference report can be found here.
Lecturers needed for methodology and publication seminars
The Doctoral School of the Human Sciences (DSh) is looking for experienced lecturers to organise one or more DSh workshops on a specific set of topics: Advanced Quantitative Methodologies, Advanced Quantitative Methodologies, Research Design, Grants & Resources, Publishing. This is an open call, with no deadline. The call text and the application procedure can be found here.
New call for PhD Presentation Days
The Doctoral School of the Human Sciences (DSh) calls for proposals for the organisation of PhD Presentation days in 2009. With this call the DSh aims to support VUB PhD researchers by communicating their work to their peers inside and outside the VUB. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2009. The call text and the application procedure can be found here.
DSh call system ready
The Call is seen as one of the major instruments of the DSh, calling upon PhD students to propose an activity within a pre-determined format. The DSh wants to provide the VUB PhD community with the structural opportunity to decide on the content of DSh activities, by launching calls for activities. At this moment, the following formats are used: 1/master classes; 2/phd presentation days; 3/content seminars. A call for phd presentation days openened on April 1 (see here). A new call for master classes is expected in June, and a call for content seminars in September. For more information on the call system and the time table, see here.
Fifth Day of the PhD Student LK / 5de Dag van de Doctorandi LK
The DSh is co-organising the 5th Day of the LK PhD student, which aims to offer a skills training to the participating PhD students. It gives them the opportunity to practice in giving a short lecture on their research (15 minutes + 5 minutes questioning). The audience is asked to assess the quality of the presentations. All presenters (PhD students) will receive a written report with the outcome of the analysis of all assessments provided. This way, the presenters receive individual feedback addressing their performance. More information can be found here.
First Master Class to be organised
Following the February call, the first master class will be organised in November 2009. The title is: Contemporary research on the well-being of children. In this master class, PhD students from different disciplines will present contemporary research on the well-being of children. Moniek Buijzen will provide feedback to the researchers projects and will deliver a keynote speech. Well-being is interpreted in a broad manner, including health, nutrition, exercise, leisure and rights. More information can be found here.
First Meeting of DSh Council
The first meeting of the DSh Council took place on March 25, 2009, at the VUB. The members of the DSh Council are the Deans of the member faculties, and representatives of PhD students and post-doctoral fellows. Moreover, the chair persons of the PhD Monitoring Committees joined the DSh Council as advisors. During the first meeting, mainly the structures and activities of the DSh were discussed.
First DSh seminar launched
The first seminar to be organised in collaboration with the DSh, by Prof. dr. K. Verstrynge & Prof. dr. J. Bauwens, will start on 19 February, 2009. It is entitled "Virtual Media", and will focus on a specific theoretical author who has played a key role in the field of new media. The working language will be Dutch, but if there are two non-Dutch speaking participants, English will be used. More information can be found here.
6 Faculties join the DSh
By January 2009, six faculties have joined the DSh: the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy; the Faculty of Law and Criminology; the Faculty of Economics, Social and Political Sciences and the Solvay Business School; the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences; the Faculty of Engineering Sciences; and the Faculty of Physical Education and physiotherapy. Each of them will be represented in the DSh Council.
Information sessions on Doctoral Schools/Doctoral Training Programme VUB.
From this academic year on, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel will again be offering its PhD students the opportunity to take part in the Doctoral Training Programme ('Doctoraatsopleiding'). The aim of this new Doctoral Training Programme is to support the PhD students during their PhD project, to stimulate a qualitative research culture and to enable PhD students to develop a wider range of skills. The emphasis of the Programme lies on flexibility. In this way the Doctoral Training Programme is tailored to the actual needs of individual PhD students. In concrete terms the Programme will be organised in three Doctoral Schools: Doctoral School of Human Sciences; Doctoral School of Natural Sciences and (Bioscience) Engineering; Doctoral School of Life Sciences and Medicine. To inform all interested PhD students, professors and other members of the staff of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the Central PhD Office organises two information sessions on the PhD Training Programme and the Docoral Schools. At the campus Etterbeek the session will take place on Wednesday 26 November 2008 between 12.30 and 13.30 in QC. The session in Jette takes place on Thursday 27 November 2008 between 12.30 and 13.30 in Auditorium 1 (Building A).