[Bilimsel Haber] International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam) Research Fellowships 2011

[Gonul Pultar]

From: Gijs Kessler <gke at iisg.nl>

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL HISTORY

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 2011

The International Institute of Social History (IISH) of the Royal 
Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) is located in Amsterdam. 
Founded in 1935, it is one of the world's largest documentary and 
research institutions in the field of social history in general and the 
history of the labour movement in particular. IISH holds over 3,000 
archival collections, some one million printed volumes and about as many 
audio-visual items. Gathered from across the globe, the IISH collections 
provide a unique body of materials on social conditions and social 
movements in many parts of the world.

Facilitating the use of these materials for research by the global 
scholarly community is central to the mission of the IISH. Whereas 
scholars from Western Europe and North America regularly find their way 
to Amsterdam, the institute’s collections are less widely known among 
social historians from other parts of the world, in particular from 
developing countries. With the generous help of the retail financial 
service provider SNS Reaal, IISH can now launch a fellowship programme 
for researchers located in these regions who wish to use its collections 
for the study of social history, preferably labour history, whether from 
a regional, national, or comparative and transnational perspective.

PERIOD: Fellowships are awarded for five months. Each year there are two 
rounds. This is a call for applications for fellowships for the periods 
1 February- 30 June 2011 and 1 September 2011 - 31 January 2012. The 
call for applications for both of these rounds is open until 1 October 
2010. Candidates should clearly indicate on their applications which of 
these two rounds they are applying for. After award the fellowships 
cannot be transferred to a period of stay different from the one 
indicated in the original application. A call for fellowships to start 
in 2012 will follow in due course.

REGIONS: For the current two rounds we invite applications from the 
following regions: South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Middle 
East, the Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Russia and the countries of the 
former Soviet Union. For scholars from Central Asia, the Middle East, 
and the Caucasus fellowships are awarded in honour of the renowned 
Iranian sociologist Dr Gholam-Hossein Sadighi. In future rounds we 
expect to expand the regional coverage to include Africa and Latin 
America as well.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: a Ph.D. degree or equivalent academic track 
record. The fellow’s research plan should fit the Institute’s focus on 
social history. A close link with the Institute’s research programme on 
‘Global Labour History’ is strongly recommended. Fellows are expected to 
write a report on their research activities at the end of the fellowship 
period, to take part in the activities of the Institute’s Research 
Department, and to give at least one public lecture.

Applications should be submitted no later than 1 October 2010, using the 
application form
which can be downloaded from http://www.iisg.nl/research/fellowships.php
to be returned after completion to: fellowships at iisg.nl

Fellows receive a monthly stipend of € 1,500. The fellowship also 
includes an economy return flight to the Netherlands, visa support, as 
well as arrangements for accommodation and health insurance in Amsterdam.

For general information on the International Institute of Social 
History, please refer to the IISH website (http://www.iisg.nl), in 
particular the sections on the IISH collections 
(http://www.iisg.nl/collections/), the
institute’s research projects (http://www.iisg.nl/research/) and its 
Global Labour History research programme 
(http://www.iisg.nl/publications/globlab.pdf).

For specific information regarding the fellowship programme, please 
point your browser to http://www.iisg.nl/research/fellowships.php or 
send your inquiries to: fellowships at iisg.nl  Selection of applications 
will take place according the following main criteria:

1) the applicant's qualifications

2) quality and novelty of the proposed research project, as well as its 
affinity to social and labour history research conducted at the 
International Institute of Social History

3) relevance of the IISH archival, library and documentary collections 
to the proposed research project

4) applicant's abilities to interact with other fellows and the IISH's 
research staff in the English language.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of the selection procedure no 
later than 15 October 2010.

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Gijs Kessler
International Institute of Social History
Amsterdam, The Netherlands