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Post-Doctoral Fellowships

University of Southern California, Center for International Studies

The Center for International Studies offers two Post-Doctoral Fellowships for 2006-07.   Deadline for applications January 16, 2006. The competition is open to junior scholars: those who received a Ph.D. within the last 3 years or who will have completed/defended a dissertation by August 2006.  CIS invites applications for scholars doing innovative research in Global Governance. Specific topics might include:

Further information can be found here

McMaster University, Canada
Research Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies

Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)

“Identity, Citizenship and Cultural Studies”

The grantee will conduct research, develop collaborations, and offer occasional guest lectures at the undergraduate or graduate level.  Specializations include globalization and cultural studies, with a focus on globalization and the media, the politics of contemporary global culture, and globalization and gender.  Themes might include:  war and militarization; globalization and the politics of place; globalizing cultural resistance; globalization and the politics of fundamentalism; and globalizing racial justice.  The Research Chair provides a fixed sum of $25,000 for four to nine months.  Deadline is August 1, 2006.  Contact Michael Lashinsky (mlashinsky@cies.iie.org) for further information.
 

Grants for Work in Racial Justice
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

Funds support projects and individuals working to (1) promote issues of racial justice with policy shapers and opinion formers, (2) monitor and challenge racism and racial injustice whether relating to colour or culture, (3) explore ways to eliminate racial violence and harassment.  The Trust seeks to encourage work aimed at furthering its objectives in the European Union.  The average grant is £30,000.  Upcoming deadlines are January 3, 2006 and April 10, 2006.  See http://jrct.org.uk/ for more information.

Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
Visiting Fellowships in Program on Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding (PRCP)

With support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Kroc Institute’s PRCP explores the complex role of religion in contemporary conflicts, ranging from the legitimation or sacralization of violence, to participation in conflict mediation and reconciliation, to the advocacy and practice of nonviolent resistance as a religious imperative.  The PRCP encourages applications for 2006-07 that aim to foster greater sophistication in the public knowledge of and discourse about religion’s roles in conflict.  Fellowships are ordinarily for one year, with stipends beginning at $35,000.  Application deadline is November 15, 2006.  More information can be found here

Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Postdoctoral and Predoctoral Research Fellowships in Science and International Affairs

BCSIA offers ten-month stipends of $34,000 to postdoctoral research fellows and $20,000 to predoctoral research fellows.  The BCSIA is the hub of the Kennedy School’s research, teaching, and training in international security affairs, environmental and natural resource issues, and science and technology policy.  Fellowship research interests include internal and ethnic conflict, conflict resolution in divided states, democracy and democratization as a factor in international politics, domestic preparedness for terrorism, and social determinants of scientific and technological change.  Application deadline is February 1, 2006.  For more information can be found here

Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships

German Historical Institute (GHI)

The German Historical Institute awards short-term fellowship to German and American doctoral students as well as postdoctoral scholars in the fields of German history, the history of German-American relations, and the role of Germany and the USA in international relations.  The fellowships are also available to German doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars in the field of American history.  The research projects must draw upon source material located in the United States.  The GHI will not provide funding for preliminary research.  Deadlines are May 20, 2006 and October 15, 2006.  More information can be found here

Visiting Fellowships

Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton University

Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Democratic Politics is seeking up to five visitors for the 2006-2007 academic year.  The Center supports empirical research on democratic political processes and institutions, primarily but not exclusively in the contemporary American setting, with a particular focus on the relationship between democratic theory and democratic practice.  Each visitor will pursue research and contribute to the intellectual life of the Center, the Department of Politics, and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.  More information can be found here