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OPEN CALL
Proposals for research and PhD projects
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp launch their call for research and PhD projects starting in September 2027.
The application procedure consists of several steps. Below you’ll find the first deadlines for submitting your proposal for each type of application and school.
One- or two-year research projects
→ Conservatoire: 21 September 2026
→ Academy: 3 November 2026
Four-year PhD projects
→ Academy: 3 November 2026
→ Conservatoire: 10 November 2026
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27 mei 2026
We are very happy to welcome a new group of researchers to CORPoREAL and to share their projects with you!
Two-year projects
Sanderijn Helsen To be(come): theatrale co-creatie als krachtbron voor de stem van adolescenten(promotor: Bob Selderslaghs)
Jenneke Slaets & Jeff Van den Abbeele Object-Oriented Choreographies: Rethinking Agency and Materiality in Dance(promotor: Anne-Lise Brevers)
One-year projects
Nicole Wysokikamien From Desire to Application Form: Dramaturgies of Justification in Contemporary Creation(promotor: Marta Keil)
Rodrigo Atista de Oliveira Translating theory into theater: overflow of content shaping forms not yet born(promotor: Brick De Bois) - start project
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