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FELLOWSHIPS- ARIT Fellowships for Research in Turkey, 2004-2005

ARIT FELLOWSHIPS FOR 2004 - 2005

The American Research Institute in Turkey is a non-profit academic
organization founded in 1964 for the purpose of supporting research and
promoting scholarly exchange in Turkey.  ARIT maintains two research
institutes in Turkey, one in Istanbul and one in Ankara. Both branches
offer
library and hostel facilities and administrative offices for the support
of
American or Canadian based scholars conducting research in Turkey.  ARIT

administers a number of fellowship programs to support research and
exchange
in Turkey as described in the attached release.  See more information at
the
ARIT website: <http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT> or contact the ARIT
office at
address below.

1) National Endowment for the Humanities/ARIT Advanced Fellowships for
Research in Turkey, 2004 - 2005.

ARIT/NEH Fellowships cover all fields of the humanities, including
prehistory, history, art, archaeology, literature, and linguistics as
well
as interdisciplinary aspects of cultural history for applicants who have

completed their academic training. The fellowships may be held for terms

ranging from four months to a full year.  Stipends range from $13,300 to

40,000.  Deadline November 15, 2003.

2) ARIT Fellowships for Research in Turkey, 2004 - 2005.

ARIT Fellowships are offered for research in ancient, medieval, or
modern
times, in any field of the humanities and social sciences.
Post-doctoral
and advanced doctoral fellowships may be held for various terms, from
two to
three months up to terms of a year.  Stipends range from $4,000 to
$16,000.
Deadline November 15, 2003.

3) Samuel H. Kress Foundation/ARIT Fellowship for Research in
Archaeology
and Art History in 2004 - 2005.

Graduate level fellowships of up to $15,000 and tenures of up to one
year
will be offered for doctoral candidates in Art History or Archaeology
matriculated at U.S. or Canadian institutions.  Deadline November 15,
2003.

4) The Mellon Fellowships for Research in Turkey by East European
Scholars
will continue for 2004 - 2005.

Post-doctoral fellowships up to $11,500 for two to three months periods
for
research in any field of the social sciences or humanities, to be
carried
out in Turkey by scholars from the Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary,
Poland, Romania, or Slovakia.  (Application deadline March 5.)

5) ARIT - Princeton University Turkish Language Program at Bogaziçi
University, for the summer of 2004.  Award includes scholarship, travel,
and
stipend to support eight weeks of intensive, advanced Turkish language
study.
Application deadline February 2003.

Applications for ARIT fellowships (except the Mellon and Bosphorus
University Language Program) must be submitted to ARIT before November
15,
2003.  The fellowship committee will notify applicants by late January,
2004.

For further information please contact:

American Research Institute in Turkey
University of Pennsylvania Museum
33rd and Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324

phone: (215) 898-3474
fax: (215) 898-0657

e-mail: <leinwand@sas.upenn.edu>
web: <http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT>