The International Institute of Social History (IISH) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam is home to more than 3,000 archival collections, some one million printed volumes and about as many audio-visual items in the field of social history in general and the history of the labour movement in particular. Gathered from across the globe, the IISH collections provide a unique body of materials on social conditions and social movements in many parts of the world.
With the purpose of facilitating the use of these materials for research by scholarly community from developing countries, IISA with funding from SNA has launched a fellowship programme for researchers located in these regions who wish to use its collections for the study of social history, preferably labour history, whether from a regional, national, or comparative and transnational perspective.
Period:
Fellowships are awarded for five months. Each year there are two rounds. This is a call for applications for fellowships for the periods 1 February – 30 June 2012 and 1 September 2012 – 31 January 2013. Candidates should clearly indicate on their applications which of these two rounds they are applying for. After award the fellowships cannot be transferred to a period of stay different from the one indicated in the original application. A call for fellowships to start in 2013 will follow in due course.
Regions:
For the current two rounds we invite applications especially from Africa and Latin America, next to South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Caucasus.
Eligibility requirements:
A Ph.D. degree or equivalent academic track record. The fellow’s research plan should fit the Institute’s focus on social history and make a demonstrable use of the Institute’s library and/or archival collections. A close link with the Institute’s research programme on ‘Global Labour History’ is strongly recommended. Fellows are expected to write a report on their research activities at the end of the fellowship period, to take part in the activities of the Institute’s Research Department, and to give at least one public lecture.
IISH will start accepting applications for both the rounds of fellowship program beginning September 1, 2011
Last date for submitting the application is October 15, 2011
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