Deadline: 7 March 2014
Columbia University, Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) is accepting fellowship applications for ‘Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability (AHDA)’ residential fellowship program, Fall 2014. The main purpose of the fellowships is to offer an opportunity to the practitioners of historical dialogue and accountability from conflict, post-conflict and post-dictatorial societies to engage in training, networking, project work, academic and applied study.
AHDA fellows explore both the boundaries of the emerging field of historical dialogue, and they learn to use historical dialogue as a tool of redress and conflict resolution in their particular contexts. During the Fellowship participants will 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 that they will then implement upon their return to their home communities.
Eligibility Criteria –
- NGO practitioners, journalists, lawyers, teachers, social workers, community organizers, and other activists around the world working on issues including (but not limited to) transitional justice, truth and reconciliation, historical conflict, indigenous and minority rights, social accountability, memory studies, oral history, sites of memory and related areas where historical dialogue is a central component are eligible to apply.
- Full-time students will not be considered; doctoral or post-doctoral students may apply, but be advised that this is an applied research program, and it is not recommended for individuals focused on academic research.
- Fluency in English is must.
- Fellows must provide proof of institutional endorsement from their organizations for their participation in the Program and must commit to returning to that organization upon completion of the Program.
For more information, please visit 2014 AHDA Overview page.
