[Discussion] The "Third World" Now - Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

Institute for Advanced Study School of Social Science Fellowships 2006-07

Location:	New Jersey, United States

Fellowship Deadline:	2005-11-15


Each year the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Social Science in
Princeton, New Jersey, invites fifteen to twenty scholars to spend an 
academic
year in residence as Visiting Members, pursuing their own research. It 
welcomes
applications in economics, political science, law, psychology, 
sociology, and
anthropology. It encourages social scientific work with an historical and
humanistic bent and also entertains applications in history, philosophy,
literary criticism, literature, and linguistics. A completed doctorate or
equivalent is required of all applicants; memberships are awarded at 
both the
junior and senior levels. Member awards are funded by the Institute for 
Advanced
Study and other sources, including the National Endowment for the 
Humanities.

The theme for 2006-07 is The "Third World" Now. The last sixty years 
have seen a
dramatic change in the shape of the world. Colonial empires have dissolved
either violently or peacefully and a new international system has taken 
shape.
 From the original 42 members of the League of Nations, the United 
Nations has
grown to 191. In many states founded by charismatic spokesmen for national
liberation there are now a second generation of more managerial types. 
And there
is a different, volatile configuration of alliances and antagonisms 
among them.
There have been many studies over the years of such matters as the 
modernization
and development of emerging economies postcolonial culture and politics, 
ethnic
rivalries within and among nations, and post-Cold War realignments. Most 
such
studies have been conducted within the context of "globalization," and 
have used
categories of analysis that, in the light of recent history, appear 
dated and
inadequate to the task. What is lacking, and what we are hoping to 
provide, is a
map of structure, and form. Such a map requires not only empirical work 
(from
historians, ethnographers, political economists, geographers, 
sociologists), but
new and revised categories of analysis that will illuminate the patterns 
that
have emerged. We want to bring together a group of scholars from all 
over the
world whose individual work (substantive and focused as well as theoretical)
will contribute to the drawing of this map and who collectively will 
articulate
the analytic categories that can make sense of the "third world" as it 
is now.
(Please note that applications that do not fall within the parameters of the
theme for 2006-2007 will also receive full consideration.)

Donne Petito
Administrative Officer
School of Social Science
Institute for Advanced Study
Einstein Drive
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: (609) 734-8250
Email: ssapps@ias.edu
Visit the website at http://www.sss.ias.edu/home/applications.html