The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College has announced the Human Rights Fellowship 2012 program and will start accepting the applications for the same from early September. The fellows are expected to teach and conduct research while residing at the College. The Institute organizes lectures and other events centered around the fellow’s area of expertise.
Purpose
The purpose of the fellowship is to offer an opportunity for prominent practitioners in international human rights to take a sabbatical leave from their work and spend as long as a semester as a scholar-in-residence at the College. This provides the Fellow time for reflection, research, and writing.
Eligibility Requirements
All human rights practitioners are eligible, the institute especially encourages, those who are currently or were recently involved in “on-the-ground” work at some level of personal risk. The Oak Fellow’s responsibilities include regular meetings with students either through formal classes or informal discussion groups and assistance in shaping a lecture series or symposium associated with the particular aspect of human rights of interest to the fellowship. The fellowship also is expected to participate in the intellectual life of the campus and enable our students to work or study with a professional in the human rights field.
Fellowship Provisions
The Fellow will receive a stipend and College fringe benefits, plus round-trip transportation from the fellow’s home site, a two-bedroom apartment, use of a car, and meals on campus. The Fellow will also receive research support, including office space, secretarial support, computer and library facilities, and a student assistant. The Fellowship is awarded for the fall semester (September through December) each year. Following the period of the award, the fellow is expected to return to her or his human rights work.
Time Frame
- December 2011 – January 2012: Review of applications and research on candidates
- February 2012: Selection committee meetings to select final candidates
- Late February – Early March 2012: Phone interviews with finalists
- March 2012: Decision notification to all applicants
Last date for submission of applications is December 15, 2011
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