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New Horizons in the HumanitiesRoyal Irish Academy, 30. i. 2014
Dr Nicole GrimesMarie Curie Fellow (IOF/SOC)
UCD School of Music
“Brahms and the Fabric of Modernist Culture”
• BRIEF BACKGROUND
• Historical Musicologist– Music analysis– Music history– Aesthetics– German Studies– Philosophy
• The music of Johannes Brahms
• Marie Curie Application Process
• WISSENSCHAFT = SCIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
The Humanities Crisis:Where do we fit?
• Utility argument
• Public good argument
• Civic benefits argument
• Intrinsic worth
The Humanities CrisisConsequentialist Nonconsequentialist
• Utility argument
• Public good argument
• Civic benefits argument
• Intrinsic worth
Brahms and Death
Brahms’s literary and
Philosophical world
Brahms’s Humanism
Brahms and Modernism
Brahms and Death
Brahms’s literary and
Philosophical world
Brahms’s Humanism
Brahms and Modernism
Brahms and Death
Brahms’s literary and
Philosophical world
Brahms’s Humanism
Brahms and Modernism
Brahms and Death
Brahms’s literary and
Philosophical world
Brahms’s Humanism
Brahms and Modernism
New Humanists Frankfurt SchoolLate 18th–early 19th-C Early 20th-Century
Brahms’s Elegies
Schicksalslied (Hölderlin)Nänie (Schiller)
Gesang der Parzen (Goethe)
Vier ernste Gesänge (Lutheran Bible)
1896–971870s– 80s
The Poetics of Loss in German Culture
Application Process:More than Research
• Marie Curie Application Process
– Cutting edge and well-thought out– Independent thinking and leadership– Match between profile and project– Potential to acquire new knowledge– Attainability of research proposal within given timeframe– IMPACT: Knowledge transfer
Application Process:More than Research
• What is your dream career?• What steps do you need to take to make that
attainable– Ready to apply this year?
• If you had a dream team to help you implement that, who would they be?
Application Process:More than Research
• What is your dream career?– 3 facets
• Research• Lecturing• Professional Maturity
• What steps do you need to take to make that attainable– Ready to apply this year?
• If you had a dream team to help you implement that, who would they be?
Application Process:More than Research
• What is your dream career?– 3 facets
• Research• Lecturing• Professional Maturity
• What steps do you need to take to make that attainable– Ready to apply this year?
• Publication Record• Professional Service• Professional Network• YOUR PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY
• If you had a dream team to help you implement that, who would they be?
Application Process:More than Research
• What is your dream career?– 3 facets
• Research• Lecturing• Professional Maturity
• What steps do you need to take to make that attainable– Ready to apply this year?
• Publication Record• Professional Service• Professional Network• YOUR PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY
• If you had a dream team to help you implement that, who would they be?• Leaders in the field• Status of institution/university matters• Figures with whom you have a professional relationship/have worked or collaborated with
beforehand
New Horizons in the HumanitiesRoyal Irish Academy, 30. i. 2014
Dr Nicole GrimesMarie Curie Fellow (IOF/SOC)
UCD School of Music
“Brahms and the Fabric of Modernist Culture”