[Bilimsel Haber] CALL FOR APPLICATIONS- SSRC Eurasia Program/PIIRS Dissertation Development Workshop

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From: Holly Danzeisen <danzeisen@ssrc.org>


CALL FOR APPLICATIONS- SSRC Eurasia/PIIRS Dissertation Development Workshop

Social Science Research Council and Princeton University Dissertation
Development Workshop

Russia/Eurasia in World Context: A Dialogue with East Asian Studies

Princeton University, October 6-8, 2006

Application Submission Deadline: April 24, 2006

The Eurasia Program of the Social Science Research Council, in 
partnership with
Princeton University's Institute for International and Regional Studies 
(PIIRS),
East Asian Studies Program, and Russian and Eurasian Studies Program, 
invites
applications for a three-day dissertation development workshop that opens up
area studies boundaries, encourages interdisciplinary conversations and 
explores
the continuities, connections and contrasts that can be investigated 
across the
Eurasian/East Asian regions.

Following the workshop on Russia/Eurasia in World Context: A Dialogue with
Middle East Studies held in 2004, this workshop focuses on a different, but
analogous, set of cross-regional interactions and comparisons. It aims to
investigate commonalities in research agendas and frameworks, as well as
differences and pitfalls, and to develop new questions through 
juxtapositions.
Discussions should range from interpretive categories (empire, nation, the
state, gender, modernism, modernity, authoritarianism, democracy) to
transnational issues (development, trade, governance, private corporations,
corruption, water, oil, environment, health, disease, terrorism, IT, 
diasporas,
cultural exchange, war), to see what does, or does not, link 
Russia/Eurasia with
East Asia, as well as to investigate the ways in which all regions are
constructed in scholarly and public discussions.

Up to twelve graduate students and six faculty discussants will attend 
the 2006
workshop. Participants will convene for three days of intensive and critical
discussion of the students' dissertation projects, alongside larger 
theoretical
and methodological issues. Graduate students from social science 
disciplines and
the related humanities who are at any stage of the dissertation process 
(from
proposal to write-up) are eligible to apply. Applicants need not possess
expertise in both area-studies contexts but should work within one or 
the other
area-studies field and possess a curiosity to explore potential 
similarities or
differences in subject matter, approach, and or methodology across the 
regional
divide.

The SSRC and Princeton University will cover all transportation, 
accommodation,
and related expenses for participants. SSRC and Princeton envision 
continuing
with additional workshops to promote dialogues among world regions and the
disciplines. Participation in multiple workshops would be possible.

Applicants should submit the following material:

  - A five page, double spaced summary of the dissertation project,
    addressing how their topic speaks to, or can benefit from this 
particular
    inter-regional perspective.
  - One letter of academic recommendation from the applicant's primary 
advisor
  - Curriculum Vitae

If selected, participants will be required to submit a 15-25 page 
dissertation
chapter or writing sample. Selected participants will receive detailed
information as to the requirements for the writing sample, which will be 
due by
September 8, 2006. The five page application statements, writing samples 
and CVs
will be circulated among all conference participants. To be eligible, 
applicants
must be currently enrolled in an accredited PhD program, and working at some
stage on their dissertation projects. A limited number of places will be
available for students in universities outside the United States and such
students are encouraged to apply.

The deadline for receipt of applications is Monday, April 24 2006.

Decisions regarding final participants will be announced by May 22, 2006.

Please address all inquiries and correspondence to the address listed below.

All narrative statements and CVs should be submitted by email, and all 
letters
of reference should be sent by post to the address listed above.

Funding is provided by the United States Department of State, Program for
Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union (Title VIII) and by Princeton University Institute for
International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) and its East Asian Studies and
Russian and Eurasian Studies Programs.

Eurasia Program
Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
USA

Phone: (212) 377-2700 x 459
Fax: (212) 377-2727
Email: eurasia@ssrc.org

Website: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/eurasia



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