The SSRC invites applications for its pilot postdoctoral fellowship program based on trans-regional research, under the issue, Inter-Asian Contexts and Connections. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will be funding the program that is developed to help junior scholars complete their first books and/or undertake second projects. The program will not just be limited to providing grants, but will also help in the development of networks and resources that will help the researchers even after the program.
The main aim of the program is to help people develop a better understanding of issues and geographies that are not at present properly classified under the existing divisions of academia or the world, and to create innovative methods, practices, and opportunities in international, regional, and area studies in the United States. The Postdoctoral Fellowship for Trans-regional Research will provide support and aid to scholars in their career.
Speaking about the opportunity, Craig Calhoun, SSRC President, said, “Recent PhDs have written brilliant dissertations bringing new excitement to the social sciences and humanities by taking on the intellectual challenges of innovative trans-regional work. We want to help them complete, consolidate, and expand the work they’ve undertaken.”
Primarily, the pilot project will be concerned with revival of the concept of Asia being linked historically and geographically, from the Middle East through Eurasia, Central Asia, and South Asia to Southeast Asia and East Asia. Thus, the proposals that are submitted for the fellowship should focus on connecting places and people, like migration, media, and resource flows, and re-configuring local and trans-local contexts, like shifting borders, urbanization, and social movements. The program will also help connect scholars across various disciplines like the arts, the humanities, and the social sciences.
The program will be extended over a period of two years. Fifteen fellowships will be granted during this period.
The last date to submit the application is October 21, 2011. More information at this link.
