14/04/2025

Call for Short-Term Residencies in Film-Philosophy and Death

We are inviting applications for short-term residencies spanning Autumn 2025 through Summer 2026.

Residents will become members of the FILM AND DEATH project during their stay and will be provided with access to workplace, internet, and university libraries. Residents are expected to actively participate in the project’s activities, present their research through a seminar open to the public, and create outputs like essays, films, or creative works on a topic related to the ERC project.

Eligibility

  • Applicants must hold a doctoral degree, preferably in Philosophy, Communication Sciences, or Artistic Studies.
  • Scholars from underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply.
  • Only applicants with an active appointment at another university or research institution are eligible.

Details

  • Duration: A minimum of 1 month and a maximum of 2 months.
  • Period: Residencies can be undertaken between September 2025 and July 2026. (Note: The visiting residency must not include August, as no FILM AND DEATH activities are scheduled during that month)
  • Support: residents must have the financial means to support their own subsistence. However, travel arrangements related to the residency will be covered.

Application Deadline

Applications must be submitted by 30 May, 2025. Regrettably, feedback cannot be provided to unsuccessful applicants, and all decisions are final and not subject to appeal.

Application Procedure

Applicants should compile the following materials into a single PDF file and email it to filmdeath@fcsh.unl.pt, using the subject line: “FILM AND DEATH Short-Term.”

  1. Cover Letter: Outline your interest and motivations for applying, including your proposed period of residence, a statement about the need for this supplementary funding, and the importance of being in Lisbon to work on the ERC project.
  2. Work Proposal: Provide a 500–1,000-word outline of the project you intend to pursue during the residence (scholarly and/or artistic exploration of film theory and the development of video essays and scholarly articles).
  3. Published Writing Sample: Submit one writing sample that demonstrates your research expertise and writing skills.
  4. Letter of Reference: Include a reference letter from a scholar familiar with your work.

The applicant's work proposal for the short-term visiting residency must align with and enhance the ongoing research of the FILM AND DEATH project.

For more information about the project’s members and research activities, please visit our website: https://filmdeath.fcsh.unl.pt/.

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24/08/2026

New Open Access article by Lucas Ferraço Nassif

We are happy to share that Lucas Ferraço Nassif, our post-doc researcher and FILM AND DEATH team member, has just published a new article titled “The epistemology of dizziness in psychoanalysis and schizoanalysis: Individuation, screen-based media, and the production of unconsciouses” in Revista Latinoamericana de Psicopatologia Fundamental (2026), no. 29. Concerned with the reconceptualization of […]
17/08/2026

New publication by Susana Viegas

Can a firefly and a toxic spore make us think differently about death? In her latest book chapter, Susana Viegas explores how Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Grave of the Fireflies invite us to reflect on mortality through what she calls the death-image. Spores and fireflies, one commonly associated with toxicity, the other […]
07/08/2026

“Swan Songs: Philosophical Reflections on Death, Time, and Memory in Testament Films” is out now!

We are pleased to announce the completion of the Special Issue “Swan Songs: Philosophical Reflections on Death, Time, and Memory in Testament Films”, guest edited by Vasco Baptista Marques and Susana Viegas for Arts. The Special Issue brings together seven original articles examining testament films from a philosophical perspective. Rather than approaching filmmakers’ final works merely as […]
06/08/2026

New Open Access publication by Susana Viegas

We are pleased to share that the book chapter “Derrida on Cinema’s Spectral Images: Time, Repetition, and Belief” by PI Susana Viegas is now available in Open Access through the publisher Brill. Published in “Derrida and Film Studies”, edited by Kamil Lipiński and Andrzej Marzec (Brill, 2025), the chapter explores Jacques Derrida’s reflections on cinema […]
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