Dear AoIRists, Please forward and distribute as seems best. == The Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, is pleased to invite doctoral students from a range of disciplines including media and communication studies, sociology, philosophy, and political science to participate in the interdisciplinary PhD course, "Researching the relational/sociable self: Politics, Privacy, Ethics." Co-organized and co-taught by Charles Ess (Oslo) and Stine Lomborg (Copenhagen), the course will take place on 12-13 December, 2012, in Room 418, Department of Media and Communication, Forskningsparken, University of Oslo. Maximum number of participants: 15 ECTs will be awarded correlative to participation: 1) Presence and active participation = 0,5 ECT 2) Presence and active participation + presentation of presubmitted paper = 1,0 ECT 3) ³2² + reading of course curriculum + post-course paper submission = 3 ECTs For more complete course description and application details, please see <http://www.hf.uio.no/forskning/doktorgrad-karriere/forskerutdanning/gjennom foring/linjer/medie/arr_medie/2012/politics-privacy-ethics.html> Any questions, etc., may be directed to the course co-organizers: Charles Ess <charles.ess@media.uio.no> Stine Lomborg <slomborg@hum.ku.dk> == Cheers, - charles Associate Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway Tel. +47 228 50404 email: charles.ess@media.uio.no Lifetime member, Association of Internet Researchers ³At vove er at miste fodfæstet for en stund, ikke at vove er at miste sig selv² [To dare is to lose your footing for an hour; not to dare is to lose yourself] - Kierkegaard