[Bilimsel Haber] NOTICE: Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research (SICAR)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: Gregory Zalasky [mailto:gzalasky at gwu.edu]


Call for Applications
Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research (SICAR) at the George
Washington University
June 11-15, 2007

Ph.D. students working on dissertations involving archival research
(particularly in newly accessible archives) on topics related to
modern history and international relations are invited to apply to the
5th annual Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research (SICAR) at
the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. SICAR trains
graduate students from multiple disciplines to maximize their research
in archives and includes the following sessions:

• preparing to go to an archive and structuring time once there
• understanding how archival documents come to be written and
deposited in archives
• tackling the challenges of interpreting archival documents,
including issues of culture and foreign language

Applicants must submit the application form (found at www.ieres.org),
a two-page proposal indicating how they would benefit from SICAR, a
CV, and one letter of recommendation from a faculty member in their
department. The deadline for applications is February 19, 2007 and
decisions will be announced by March 1, 2007. Please send applications
via e-mail to sicar at gwu.edu (letters of recommendation can be sent via
regular mail to: The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian
Studies; ATTN: SICAR; 1957 E St. N.W., Suite 412, Washington, DC
20052)

GWU will cover the costs of housing and meals, and accepted students
can apply for help with travel costs. For more information:
(202)994-6342 or sicar at gwu.edu. SICAR is funded by the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation.