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[1] From: <mail@gabrielegan.com>
Subject: Re: [Humanist] 37.174: PhD studentships? (34)
[2] From: maurizio lana <maurizio.lana@uniupo.it>
Subject: Re: [Humanist] 37.174: PhD studentships? (101)
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Date: 2023-08-24 10:34:26+00:00
From: <mail@gabrielegan.com>
Subject: Re: [Humanist] 37.174: PhD studentships?
Dear Farinola Augustine
In the United Kingdom, the main PhD funder, the
Arts and Humanities Research Council, has devolved
its funding to various consortia of various
universities.
Among the consortia is one called the 'Midlands
Four Cities' group that funds students at De
Montfort University and Leicester University (both
in Leicester), Warwick University and Coventry
University (both in Coventry), Nottingham Trent
University and Nottingham University (both in
Nottingham), and Birmingham University and
Birmingham City University (both in Birmingham).
The consortia's webpage with all the details is
at:
https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/
Feel free to drop me a line to set up an informal
chat if that would be useful to you. Your topic
is something my institution could supervise.
Regards
Gabriel Egan
________________________________________________________________________
Professor Gabriel Egan, De Montfort University. www.gabrielegan.com
Director of the Centre for Textual Studies http://cts.dmu.ac.uk
Teaching award: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/ntfs/professor-gabriel-egan
New Oxford Shakespeare https://www.oxfordscholarlyeditions.com/nos
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Date: 2023-08-24 07:14:10+00:00
From: maurizio lana <maurizio.lana@uniupo.it>
Subject: Re: [Humanist] 37.174: PhD studentships?
hi,
please, be careful everyone because two links in the personal webpage
(Paint Me Black and EvaReady2Dazzle) bring you to a fake/scam Amazon
page with cascading opening of promo/scam pages.
Maurizio
Il 24/08/23 08:32, Farinola Augustine <austineaf@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> Dear DH Scholars,
>
> I am writing to inquire about any available PhD Studentship positions and
> scholarships. I have applied to a couple of institutions and gained
> admission but have not secured a scholarship yet. I would appreciate any
> assistance from erudite DH scholars on this platform.
>
> ABOUT ME:
>
> Research Interest:
> I am a literary scholar whose research focuses on applying insights from
> philosophical theories to contemporary technological advancement and
> existential challenges. I intend to leverage my expertise in ethics,
> epistemology, digital humanities, and computational technologies towards
> research on the ethics of Large Language Models.
>
> B.A and M.A Thesis:
> Throughout my academic journey, I have maintained a persistent curiosity
> about the ethical application of complex, real-world dilemmas. During my
> undergraduate studies, I wrote a dissertation titled 'Individual Freedom
> and the Legitimacy of the Criminal Law against the Commercialization of
> Sex.' This work scrutinized the intersection of human sexual behaviours,
> preferences, and the influence of liberal ethics. I critically examined the
> harm principle and state paternalism, exploring how ethical frameworks
> could guide us through complex socio-legal issues. Furthermore, my master’s
> thesis, "Common Good and Phillip Kitcher's Idea of a Well-Ordered Science,"
> further developed my understanding of ethical principles, particularly
> their application to contemporary scientific and technological challenges.
> I began with an in-depth analysis of ancient wisdom, which, though
> formulated in a completely different epoch, still resonates today. It
> emphasizes the importance of community and shared prosperity, principles
> that are especially relevant in our interconnected world. I then delved
> into Phillip Kitcher's pragmatic ethics. His idea of a well-ordered science
> highlights the need for science to be not just a pursuit of knowledge but
> also a means to enrich society. Kitcher's views provided a contemporary
> lens through which I could examine the role of science in society. I used a
> combination of Aristotle’s and Aquinas's teachings on the common good and
> Phillip Kitcher's pragmatic ethics as a theoretical framework to address
> various pressing issues within the scientific community, such as climate
> change, income inequality, and the emergence of artificial intelligence.
> The results underscored the need for ethical considerations in our
> scientific and technological advancements.
>
> Past DH Engagement:
> Over the past six years, I have immersed myself in the rapidly changing
> field of computer and digital technologies. I believe that a productive
> philosophical engagement with issues in this field requires an in-depth
> understanding of its theory and praxis. As such, I have acquired skills and
> expertise in various computer tools, worked as an IT specialist, obtained a
> CompTIA certification, EdEx Bootcamp Certification in Frontend Development,
> and ventured into the field of Digital Humanities. I have become proficient
> in using qualitative and quantitative computational tools and have attended
> Digital Humanities workshops and conferences in the UK, Finland, Germany,
> and Canada, including Cambridge Cultural Heritage Data School and European
> Summer School and University Digital Humanities. I have learned various
> digital humanities methodologies such as Named Entity Recognition, Semantic
> Data, Topic Modelling, and Python and R programming languages for textual
> analysis. I am also an expert user of various Artificial Intelligence (AI)
> tools and Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Bard, Claude,
> Cohere, and Jurassic.
>
> My DH Publications:
> My recent academic publications have involved critically examining the
> relationship between humanities and digital tools. In my work "Hermeneutic
> Postphenomenology, Computational Tools and ‘The Lure of Objectivity’"
> (published in the ‘Digital Scholarship in the Humanities’ journal, 2023), I
> explored the nature of human-computer relationships in the context of
> computational textual analysis. I critically assessed the impacts of
> quantification and visualizations in literary studies, arguing for the
> essential role of human interpretation in using computational tools. In
> another study I conducted, "Towards an African Indigenous Model of
> Communication for Software Development in Digital Humanities" (published in
> the International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing, Volume 16,
> Issue 2, 2022), I examined the application of digital tools in the
> humanities within an African context.
>
> I would be extremely grateful for any PhD Studentship and Scholarship
> opportunities. You can contact me on my mobile 07774665109, e-mail:
> austineaf@gmail.com, website:https://www.augustinefarinola.com/
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for AI to truly be our assistant, it needs to be trustworthy
for it to be trustworthy, it must be under our control
it can’t be working behind the scenes for some tech monopoly
Bruce Schneier
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Maurizio Lana
Università del Piemonte Orientale
Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici
Piazza Roma 36 - 13100 Vercelli
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