Deadline- March 1, 2013
Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) is accepting applications for 2013 Fellowship in practitioners of Historical Dialogue and Accountability/Dealing with the Past. The Fellowship is fully funded. Travel, visa and accommodation costs are fully covered. During the program Fellows will receive health insurance as well as a stipend to cover living expenses in New York City.
Historical dialogue seeks to analyze past violence; to acknowledge the victims of human rights abuses; to challenge and deconstruct national, religious, or ethnic memories of heroism and victim hood; the field also attempts to foster shared work between two or more sides of a conflict; to identify and monitor how history is misused to divide societies; to enhance public discussion about the past.
The fellowship program gives participants the opportunity to engage in training, networking, project work, and academic study at Columbia University in New York City. During the Fellowship participants will also design a project that addresses a long standing sectarian conflict, history of repression or past gross human rights violations in their society, country or region.
The program consists of–
- seminars that examine historical dialogue across the disciplines, covering theoretical and practical applications in different geographical and thematic contexts
- workshops that help fellows identify primary challenges to implementing historical dialogue projects, and that explore a variety of strategies for addressing them, from the proposal stage to the implementation stage
- visits to sites of memory in and around New York City
- relevant networking opportunities and speaking engagements
- Fellows will design individual projects that they will implement upon their return home
- Fellows will live with other students, and have access to a wide range of social and cultural opportunities in New York
- Fellows will have access to extensive resources and faculty members at Columbia University
Eligibility–
This fellowship is open to all nationalities.
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