SINS: Summer Course in Narrative Study

The Summer Course in Narrative Study (SINS) is a six days intensive program that brings together doctoral students, faculty members and leading scholars in a multi-disciplinary, international discussion of existing and emerging concepts and approaches in the broad field of narrative study.

Through a combination of keynote lectures, participant papers, workshops and master classes the summer institute covers the state of the art of current approaches as well as provides the participants with outstanding possibilities of getting feedback on their own work.

The institute welcomes scholars working with any and all type of narrative form or function, be that verbal or non-verbal, fictive or non-fictive, spontaneous or artificial, and invites leading key researchers from fields such as postclassical narratology, narrative inquiry, rhetorical narrative theory, storytelling, cognitive narrative theory and transmedial approaches.

Find more information here

Practical Information: The  Summer Course in Narrative Study is hosted by Aarhus University and takes place in August (week 33) at the university’s main conference center The Sandbjerg Estate, located in an area of natural beauty in the southern part of Jutland, Denmark.

Postdoctoral students, scholars and staff members from all fields of study are encouraged to apply for a spot on the course. In 2013 the course holds a maximum of 25 participants. Should more than 25 apply the organizers of the course will select those deemed most qualified based on a number of factors, among those relevance of research topic. 

Deadline for application is April 1, 2013.

Link to signup page: https://auws.au.dk/SINS

In order to be admitted you have to document:
- your PhD relation to your home university (educational background)
- motivation letter (max 200 words) and an overview of current research and interests (max 200 words).

These documents should be mailed by post or emailed in scanned versions (pdf) to:

att. SINS
Stefan Iversen
Department of Aesthetics and Communication
Aarhus University
Jens Chr. Skous Vej 2
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark

There is no tuition fee for students and scholars from universities participating in the SINS-partnership (see list here). Participants from non-partner universities are asked to pay a tuition fee of €150.

The accommodation expenses of €500 are covered by the individual participant and are to be paid shortly after acceptance on the course. Details on payment will follow with the letter of acceptance.