Deadline- October 10, 2012
Countries/Region- Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland
Research fellowship grants offered by International Visegrad Fund through which 12 fellowships will be awarded annually to selected scholars, researchers or journalists from the Visegrad Group countries at Open Society Archives (OSA) at the Central European University in Budapest.
Applicants, preferably but not exclusively, from a V4 country, may be researchers, students after their second degree carrying out research, or artists, journalists, academics, or others, who have already started their project that is relevant for the holdings at OSA.
The successful candidates of each category will work at the OSA during their term of research and at the end of the research period they will present their individual research findings to the community of the Central European University, within the framework of the Visegrad Fund Fellow Lecture Series. OSA will publish the final research report, either in text or in audio-visual format, on the webpage of OSA/Visegrad Fund.
Research topics for academic year 2012/2013–
- History of science and technology in East and Central Europe between 1945–1989
- The social welfare state: Its financial foundations and social consequences
- Statistics, surveys, empirical studies: Production of facts and data under communism
- Contextual analysis of conspiracy theories and urban legends under communism
- The emergence of human rights movements and the fall of communist regimes in East-Central Europe
How to apply?
- Application letter in English (should specify expected period of stay and preferred dates).
- Research description/plan in English (about 800 words; should indicate relationship between the current research topic, the chosen collection in the OSA holdings and your research, the intended use of text based or audio-visual research results, etc.) Artists are expected to submit a portfolio, too.
- Curriculum Vitae (C.V.)
- Proof of officially recognized advanced level English language exam (if not native speaker)
- Names of two referees with contact address.
For more information, visit this link
