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East European Studies Grant Opportunities
The East European Studies (EES) Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center would like
to bring your attention to the Junior Scholars' Training Seminar. Please pass
this announcement on to those who are eligible and might be interested in
applying.
JUNIOR SCHOLARS' TRAINING SEMINAR (JSTS)
The deadline for receipt of this year's JSTS applications and supporting
materials is April 15, 2004. Applicants will be notified approximately six
weeks later.
Background Information
EES and the Committee on Eastern European Studies of the American Council of
Learned Societies are soliciting applications for the sixteenth annual training
seminar for junior scholars in East European studies, to be held outside of
Washington, DC on the Chesapeake Bay August 13-16, 2004. All
domestic transportation, accommodation and meal costs will be covered by the
sponsors.
Eligibility
These scholarships are available to American citizens or permanent residents.
Graduate students enrolled in a doctoral program at an American university who
have completed all requirements for their Ph.D. except the dissertation, and
scholars who received their Ph.D.s within the past year in any field of East
European or Baltic studies (Russia, the Soviet successor states, and Germany are
excluded) are eligible to apply.
All projects should aim to highlight their potential policy relevance.
Disciplines represented at JSTS 2003 included: anthropology; history; political
science; and, Slavic languages and literatures.
Program Description
JSTS successfully combines formal and informal meetings to promote a variety of
intellectual exchanges. Past activities have included:
- individual presentations;
- constructive feedback and question and answer sessions;
- one-on-one meetings for Junior Scholars with Senior Scholars;
- advice regarding publishing;
- discussions about the state of the profession and obtaining employment in the
field;
- various social activities, including the crab-fest and the annual volleyball
challenge.
Additional Requirements
Successful applicants are expected to submit a five-page paper no later than
July 1 on the sources and methodology of their report and the wider significance
of their work. (In other words, what was researched, how it was researched, and
what it all means.) This paper will serve as the basis for discussion at the
seminar.
Application Information
To apply for the Junior Scholars' Training Seminar (JSTS), the applicant must
submit the following:
- a completed application form (please download from our website at
www.wilsoncenter.org/ees);
- a curriculum vitae (which must include social security number,
institution where degree is expected or was received, title of doctoral
dissertation and name and department of doctoral advisor);
- a single page, single-spaced statement of the work you wish to discuss -
either the dissertation or another project;
- one letter of recommendation from Ph.D. advisor.
Completed application forms should be mailed to the following address:
East European Studies
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027
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