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2026 Winter Research Program

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Engage in a formal research project over the winter break with the UQ Winter Research Program.

The UQ Winter Research Scholarship Program offers scholarships to students wishing to gain experience working alongside a researcher in a formal research environment in their area of interest at UQ.

Each project will be offered for a period of four (4) weeks between 29 June to 24 July 2026.

Successful applicants will receive a $2,000 grant.

Participation is open to undergraduate (including honours) and master by coursework students who are currently enrolled and will remain at UQ for the entirety of the research program.

Please check your eligibility before submitting an application.

Applications will open on 23 March 2026 and will close on 12 April 2026.

Check out some testimonials from previous scholars.

  1. Exploring pragmatic and categorial aspects of family discourse
  2. Data Analysis in Korean language use by Korean background speakers
  3. Professional conference interpreters’ use of interpreting strategies in real-life Chinese/English simultaneous interpreting at the United Nations
  4. Navigating the AI Revolution: Understanding How GenAI Tools Transform Academic Writing for International EAL Students
  5. Enhancing Infectious Disease Communication for High-Risk Populations
  1. Indigenising Japanese language curriculum: Building learning resources to connect Indigenous cultures and histories in Australia and Japan
  2. How prior language experience shapes new language learning
  3. Mass-mediated women’s voices: experiences of tidal flooding in Indonesia
  4. Connecting the Stolen Generations: The effect of ‘family reunions’ on Stolen Generations survivors
  5. Postmemory and childhood in letters by high school students to executed and disappeared teenagers during the 1973–1990 Chilean dictatorship.

10. Postmemory and childhood in letters by high school students to executed and disappeared teenagers during the 1973–1990 Chilean dictatorship.

Project title: 

Postmemory and childhood in letters by high school students to executed and disappeared teenagers during the 1973–1990 Chilean dictatorship.

Hours of engagement & delivery mode

Winter program: 29 June – 24 July 2026

Hours of engagement: 20 hours per week

Hybrid arrangement. Meeting in person (32-418, St Lucia) once a week, and meeting on Zoom/Teams, as needed.

Description:

This study falls within the fields of Trauma and Memory Studies and Discourse Studies. It consists of producing the annotated translation (Spanish to English) of a corpus of 16 letters published in 2025 as part of the project Epistolario de la memoria (Voces de niñez y adolescencia Voices of Childhood and Adolescence) by the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Chile (https://epistolariodelamemoria.cl/2025/acerca) . These letters from high school students address teenagers who were executed or disappeared during the Pinochet dictatorship that ruled Chile between 1973 and 1990. The translations will be annotated and the scholar will have to identify and code recurrent themes in the letters. This project is part of a study that examines memory and postmemory discourse after a historical traumatic memory has taken place.

Keywords: annotated translation, theme coding, discourse, postmemory, history, trauma, testimony

Expected learning outcomes and deliverables:

Scholars will apply their skills in translation techniques (Spanish to English) acquired in Spanish translation course SPAN3310. They will produce an annotated translation and will identify and code themes for research in discourse studies. They will learn about the topic of traumatic memory and postmemory within the area of Trauma and Memory Studies; and will learn basic discourse analysis skills. Related academic articles will be discussed in each meeting. The scholar should come prepared to summarise and discuss the articles in the meetings.

Scholars will learn about the following fields of research: Memory and Trauma Studies, Transitional Justice, Reparation and Wellbeing, Discourse Studies.

Suitable for:

This project is open to applications from all 3rd and 4th year Spanish students, however, students who have done SPAN3310 will have priority.

Primary Supervisor:

Dr Sol Rojas-Lizana

Further info:

I don’t need to be contacted by students prior to submitting an application, but they can contact me if they have questions about the project (i.rojaslizana@uq.edu.au).