Friday, October 21, 2011
ARCS ACADEMIC PROGRAM FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION
THE PROGRAMS
The American Research Center in Sofia (ARCS), Bulgaria, offers three programs with accompanying fellowships for the academic year 2012–2013: a Fall term program (September–November 2012) focusing on the history and archaeology of Bulgaria and neighboring countries, from prehistory to the present day; a Spring term program (February–April 2013) focusing on the history of religion in Bulgaria and neighboring countries; and a nine-month program (September 2012–May 2013) which incorporates the material of both Fall and Spring terms. The programs combine a formal academic curriculum with independent research. ARCS hosts the programs' lectures and seminars; organizes related study trips; facilitates opportunities for taking Bulgarian and other Balkan language classes; and provides logistical support and access to local libraries, museums, and other educational institutions. The Center engages the participants with eminent local scholars relevant to the field of their study and makes arrangements for specialized research at local institutions. Further details about these programs are available on the ARCS webpage (www.einaudi.cornell.edu/arcs) and the ARCS facebook group page.
THE FELLOWSHIPS
ARCS plans to offer three fellowships for the Fall term program, three for the Spring term program, and one for the nine-month program. The fellowships include a monthly stipend ($600/month), housing in Bulgaria, language instruction, travel expenses within the academic program, and up to $1,000 for travel expenses between North America and Bulgaria.
ELIGIBILITY
Graduate students engaged in research on ancient, medieval, or modern Bulgaria or the Balkan peninsula, in any field of the humanities and social sciences, are eligible for all three programs. The Fall term and Spring term programs (but not fellowships) are also open to advanced undergraduate students with similar research interests. Non-U.S. applicants are expected to maintain an affiliation with an educational institution in the United States or Canada. School and university faculty may apply to be admitted for the Fall term or Spring term program, but are ineligible for ARCS fellowships. The American Research Center in Sofia does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, ethnic origin, or disability when considering admission to its programs.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
A complete application consists of: the ARCS application form (available at www.einaudi.cornell.edu/arcs/annualprogram.pdf); a project proposal describing how participation in the ARCS academic program will serve your research interests (not to exceed three double-spaced pages); a current cv; academic transcripts; and two letters of reference from scholars familiar with your work. These materials must be submitted by email to Professor Kevin Clinton (kmc1@cornell.edu), Chair of the ARCS Fellowship Committee, by February 15, 2012. ARCS expects to notify applicants of the decision of the Fellowship Committee by April 1, 2012.
CONTACT
Please direct any questions about ARCS academic programs, fellowships, or application procedures to
Professor Denver Graninger (graninger.arcs@gmail.com), Director of ARCS.
American Research Center in Sofia, 75 Vasil Petleshkov St., Sofia 1510, BULGARIA
TEL: (+359 2) 947 9498; FAX: (+359 2) 840 1962; www.einaudi.cornell.edu/arcs/
Saturday, October 1, 2011
CALL FOR PAPERS: 18th Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature, and Folklore
Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, November 18, 2011
The 18th Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature and Folklore will take place at The University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA, March 29-31, 2012.
The conference organizers are now accepting proposals for papers that treat some aspect of Balkan and/or South Slavic linguistics, literature, and folklore, as well as culture. Abstracts should be maximum one page, including examples and bibliography if needed (12-point font, at least 1" margins), and should be anonymous.
Abstracts should be submitted in PDF format, by email, to Bojan Belic (bojan@uw.edu). The paper title, author name(s), affiliation(s), and contact information should be given in the body of the email.
More information is available at http://depts.washington.edu/
Questions about the conference may be directed to James Augerot (bigjim@uw.edu) or Bojan Belic (bojan@uw.edu).
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Joint Bulgarian-North American conference: abstract deadline Sept. 15
Both members in good standing of the Bulgarian Studies Association (BSA), and any other scholars who join the BSA at this time, are invited to submit individual abstracts for consideration for the conference, which is held in the US every 8 years. Individuals wishing to submit an abstract who are not BSA members at this time may register for membership at http://foreninger.uio.no/bsa/applicat.htm before submitting an abstract. Membership dues may be paid by PayPal at the website.
Papers may be in any discipline and on any topic related to Bulgaria. The abstract must not be longer than 300 words, and must not include the applicant's name or otherwise clearly identify the applicant. The abstract is to be submitted in PDF form, attached to a cover e-mail giving the abstract title and the applicant's full name and email address. The e-mail should be sent to the program committee
c/o vakarel@uoregon.edu. Applicants will receive an acknowledgement of their submissions once they are received and will be informed of the decisions of their abstracts by early November.
A refereed web-published conference proceedings volume is being planned.
Conference activities will include a welcoming reception and a farewell dinner, both with music, and an optional excursion on June 2 to Crater Lake or the Pacific Coast. The amount of conference registration fee will be announced at the BSA website
(http://logos.uoregon.edu/bulgarian/home/index.php) in early October, when the abstract decisions are announced.
For further information on the conference, which will be updated as it comes in, see http://logos.uoregon.edu/bulgarian/home/index.php. Please address any questions to BSA president Cynthia Vakareliyska at vakarel@uoregon.edu.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Albanian Studies program at the University of Munich risks closure
Këtë katedër, ku kanë dhënë mësim në të shkuarën Martin Camaj dhe Wilfried Fiedler, e drejton tani Bardhyl Demiraj, ndoshta albanologu shqiptar më i shquar i brezit të vet.
Në mediat po qarkullon një thirrje, e sinqertë, që autoritetet shtetërore në Shqipëri dhe në Kosovë të mos e lënë katedrën të mbyllet, duke ia siguruar të paktën mbështetjen financiare."
Symposium Call For Papers
MIHAJLOV'S QUEST
FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
HILTON, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, USA, August 4-7, 2011
All friends, colleagues, students, and admirers of Mihajlo Mihajlov (1934-2010) are cordially invited to participate in a re-assessment of his life, work, and legacy whose significance reaches well beyond Tito's Yugoslavia, the Balkans, and Eastern Europe. Mihajlov's quest for democracy and human rights is an inspiration for all who strive for an open society, pluralism, and tolerance. An indefatigable human rights champion, Mihajlov's example contributed to the rise of dissent, civic culture, and civil society which ushered in momentous changes culminating in the peaceful revolution in Eastern Europe and the demise of Soviet rule. Mihajlov's first freedoms–speech, thought, press, assembly, association, philosophical, political and religious persuasion--remain a continuing challenge, East and West, North and South. Curiously, Mihajlov's thought offers a conceptual bridge between Westernizers and Slavophiles, while his universalism helped him befriend dissidents of all ethnic groups. Indeed, Mihajlov's was a universal message of individual freedom and social justice. His undogmatic spirituality and central conception of human dignity drew on Russian religious philosophy. The question arises: Can the quest for global democracy and basic human rights and freedoms be realized in a world of competing socio-economic, political, and ethno-national interests and ideologies? Can equality be reconciled with liberty? And, can science and technology be harnessed to serve, rather than enslave, humanity?
KEYNOTE: "MIHAJLO MIHAJLOV: HOMELAND IS FREEDOM"
Maria M. Ivusic, Washington (Mihajlo's Sister & Translator)
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
International Journal of Balkan Policy Research
It is edited by an International Editorial Board (please see below) which consists of prominent Academics, Scholars and Practitioners from the field and led by the Editor-in-Chief Dr. Adrian Treacher from the University of Sussex in the UK.
IJBPR is a gateway to key policy research on the Western Balkan region and individual countries. Of interest to policy-makers, scholars, and readers of Western Balkan affairs, it aims to address theoretically-informed and empirically-tested economic, legal and political issues which directly shape policy and attitudes in the region.
The review process ensures that the academic quality of the published articles is approved by experienced scholars/practitioners from the relevant field.
Call for Papers
With the purpose to promote comprehensive research and policy options in the Western Balkans, IJBPR invites scholars, researchers, public policy practitioners, and graduate students at advanced stages of research, to submit papers to be published in the first issue of the Journal in November 2011 or in subsequent issues.
Deadline for submission of Abstract Proposals: July 15, 2011
Deadline for submission of Full Paper: September 15, 2011
All contributions together with a short biography of the author(s) should be sent by email to editor@balkanpolicyjournal.net.
Guidelines for Authors
Articles submitted to IJBPR should be double-spaced, be in Times New Roman 12-point font and have a margin of 1.5 inch on both sides. The numbering of pages, tables and figures is required. Tables and figures, besides being set in the text, should be provided separately to the Editor. Every table and/or figure should have a title or header, as to show its function within the article's context.
Articles should also have a title as well as the author(s) name(s), affiliation(s) and highest academic qualification where applicable. In addition, an abstract of up to 200 words should be submitted. The name(s) and other details of the author(s) will be deleted by the Editor, prior to the paper being sent for peer-review.
Referencing system: the IJBPR recommends and encourages that its authors use the University of Chicago Style B system of referencing. For more information on citations click here.
Editorial Team
Editor in-chief:
Dr. Adrian Treacher, University of Sussex, UK
Managing Editor:
Alejtin Berisha, Universum University College, Kosovo
Editorial Board:
Prof. Franz-Lothar Altmann, State University of Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Edna Andrews, Duke University, USA
Prof. Margaret Beissinger, Princeton University, USA
Kujtese Bejtullahu-Michalopoulos, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland
Prof. Horst Brezinski, University of Freiberg, Germany
Prof. David Chandler, University of Westminster, UK
Prof. Lenard Cohen, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Prof. Rory Conces, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Prof. László Csaba, CEU and Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Dr. Anna Di Lellio, New School University, USA
Prof. Donald Dyers, University of Mississippi, USA
Dr. Arolda Elbasani, Wissenschaftszentrum fur Sozialforschung, Germany
Dr. Adam Fagan, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Prof. Kevin Featherstone, London School of Economics, UK
Prof. Danica Fink Hafner, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prof. Tom Gallagher, formerly with the University of Bradford, UK
Dr. Josip Glaurdic, University of Cambridge, UK
Dr. Eric Gordy, SSEES UCL, UK
Dr. Bersant Hobdari, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Prof. Leslie Holmes, University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Soeren Keil, University of Kent, UK
Dr. James Korovilas, University of the West of England, UK
Prof. Satoshi Mizobata, University of Kyoto, Japan
Dr. Klejda Mulaj, University of Exeter, UK
Prof. Neill Nugent, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and College of Europe, Belgium
Dr. Dimitris Papadimitriou, University of Manchester, UK
Prof. Slavo Radosevic, SSEES, UCL, UK
Prof. Xavier Richet, University Sorbonne Nouvelle, France & CEFC-CNRS, Hong Kong
Prof. Marcello Signorelli, University of Perugia, Italy
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
The Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History
Rules of eligibility for the Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History competition are as follows:
- The copyright date inside the book must list the previous calendar year as the date of publication (the book must have been published in 2010 to be eligible for the 2011 competition)
- The book must be originally in the form of a monograph, preferably by a single author, or by no more than two authors
- Authors may be of any nationality as long as the work is originally published in English
- Works may deal with any area of Russia, Eastern Europe, or Eurasia
- The competition is open to works of scholarship in history
- Textbooks, collections, translations, bibliographies, and reference works are ineligible
Send one copy of eligible monograph to each Committee member (see addresses below) AND to the ASEEES main office. Nominations must be received no later than May 6, 2011.
Submissions should be clearly marked "Reginald Zelnik Book Prize Nomination." If you would like to receive an acknowledgment that your nomination was received please enclose with the copy mailed to the ASEEES main office a note with your e-mail address or a self-addressed stamped envelope or a postcard.
Henry Reichman, California State University East Bay; Committee Chair, 2009-2012
(mailing address):
Henry Reichman
1507 Beverly Place
Albany, CA 94706
Alice Freifeld, University of Florida; 2009-2011
(mailing address):
Alice Freifeld
Department of History
University of Florida
POB 117320
Gainesville, Florida 32611-8525
Marianne Kamp, University of Wyoming; 2009-2011(mailing address):
Marianne Kamp
University of Wyoming
Department of History, Dept 3198
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
New Book: Theodora Dragostinova, Between Two Motherlands
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=9922
Between Two Motherlands
Nationality and Emigration among the Greeks of Bulgaria, 1900-1949
Theodora Dragostinova
978-0-8014-4945-1
45.00
In 1900, some 100,000 people living in Bulgaria—2 percent of the
country’s population—could be described as Greek, whether by
nationality, language, or religion. The complex identities of the
population—proud heirs of ancient Hellenic colonists, loyal citizens
of their Bulgarian homeland, members of a wider Greek diasporic
community, devout followers of the Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul,
and reluctant supporters of the Greek government in Athens—became
entangled in the growing national tensions between Bulgaria and Greece
during the first half of the twentieth century.
In Between Two Motherlands, Theodora Dragostinova explores the
shifting allegiances of this Greek minority in Bulgaria. Diverse
social groups contested the meaning of the nation, shaping and
reshaping what it meant to be Greek and Bulgarian during the slow and
painful transition from empire to nation-states in the Balkans. In
these decades, the region was racked by a series of upheavals (the
Balkan Wars, World War I, interwar population exchanges, World War II,
and Communist revolutions). The Bulgarian Greeks were caught between
the competing agendas of two states increasingly bent on establishing
national homogeneity.
Based on extensive research in the archives of Bulgaria and Greece, as
well as fieldwork in the two countries, Dragostinova shows that the
Greek population did not blindly follow Greek nationalist leaders but
was torn between identification with the land of their birth and
loyalty to the Greek cause. Many emigrated to Greece in response to
nationalist pressures; others sought to maintain their Greek identity
and traditions within Bulgaria; some even switched sides when it
suited their personal interests. National loyalties remained fluid
despite state efforts to fix ethnic and political borders by such
means as population movements, minority treaties, and stringent
citizenship rules. The lessons of a case such as this continue to
reverberate wherever and whenever states try to adjust national
borders in regions long inhabited by mixed populations.
Theodora Dragostinova is Assistant Professor of History at The Ohio
State University.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics 5.2 (EMCL-5.2) — Chicago
The Center for the Study of Languages (CSL)
together with
The Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies (CEERES),
at the University of Chicago
present
Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics 5.2 (EMCL-5.2) — Chicago
The Integration of Corpus and Experimental Methods
SCLC-2011
THE SLAVIC COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION (SCLC-2011)
October 14-16, 2011
American University (Washington, DC, USA)
The Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association (SCLA) announces the Call for Papers for the 2011 annual conference. The conference will be held on the campus of American University (Washington, DC, USA) on Friday, October 14 through Sunday, October 16, 2011. Keynote speakers:
Abstracts are invited for presentations addressing issues of significance for cognitive linguistics with some bearing on data from the Slavic languages. As long as there is a cognitive orientation, papers may be on synchronic or diachronic topics in any of the traditional areas of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse analysis, or sociolinguistics. In addition to the Slavic Languages, relevant papers on other languages of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are also acceptable.
Abstracts may be submitted up until the deadline of April 8, 2011 to sclcAbstracts@gmail.com. Abstracts should be approximately 500 words, but strict word limits are not required. Notification of acceptance will be provided by May 31, 2011. The abstract should be submitted as a word or pdf file as an attachment to an email message with “SCLC abstract submission” in the subject headline. Abstracts should be anonymous, but the author’s name, affiliation and contact information should be included in the email message.
Most presentations at SCLC are given in English, but may be in the native (Slavic) language of the presenter. However, if the presentation is not to be made in English we ask that you provide an abstract in English in addition to an abstract in any other SCLA language. Each presentation will be given 20 minutes and will be followed by a 10-minute discussion period.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Information on transportation, accommodations, and the conference venue will be forthcoming. Please see the organization and conference websites for further information:
http://languages.uchicago.edu/
If you have questions, contact Alina Israeli (aisrael@AMERICAN.EDU>) or Tore Nesset (tore.nesset@uit.no).
Friday, March 11, 2011
SRS Book Prize
The prize will be presented at the ASEEES National Convention in 2011 and carries with it an award of $500. Nominations will be due to the SRS prize committee by 1 June 2011 .
Books should be sent directly to each committee member. Please address all questions or inquiries to the chair of the committee.
*Book Prize Committee Members:*
Margaret Beissinger (Chair)
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
249 East Pyne
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
mhbeissi@Princeton.edu
F. Peter Wagner
Department of Political Science
301 White Hall
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
800 West Main Street
Whitewater, WI 53190, USA
wagnerp@uww.edu
Lavinia Stan
Department of Political Science
St. Francis Xavier University
Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5, Canada
lstan@stfx.ca
Balkan Spectrum: From Light to Colour
22-24 March 2011
Moscow, Institute of Slavic Studies, 32A Leninskii Prospekt, Room 901
Tuesday, 22 March
Morning Session 11:00
Chair: I. A. Sedakova
B. Joseph (Ohio State University). Sound symbolism and light in the Balkans
V. Friedman (University of Chicago). Balkanisms of Color: Black, and White and Red All Over
П. Асенова (София), У. Дукова (Frankfurt am Main). Homo balcanicus в мрак и на светлина
Е.Црвенковска (Скопjе). Светлината во църковнословенската химнографиja на Балканот.
Afternoon Session 14:00
Chair: T. M. Nikolaeva
Н.Н. Казанский (Санкт-Петербург). Светозарность цвета в Древней Греции и в Риме
Л.И. Акимова (Москва). Раннегреческий хроматизм в его отношении к пространству – времени.
А.А. Новохатько (Freiburg). Тьма и мрак в древней аттической комедии.
Т.Ф. Теперик (Москва). Pallentia ora (комментарий к X, 822, Verg. Aen.) или к вопросу о семантике цвета в "Энеиде" Вергилия.
Evening Session 16:30
Chair: N. V. Zlydneva
Л. Попович (Белград). Блеск как прототип цвета в языковой картине мира славян (на примере анализа цветообозначений в сербском, русском и украинском фольклоре)
M.Mencej (Ljubljana). Witches in the shape of lights and fires
Л.Н. Виноградова (Москва). Светоносные ночные духи в мифологии западных и южных славян.
Wednesday, 23 March
Morning Session 11:00
Chair: В.Фридман
R. Alexander (University of California at Berkeley). Bulgarian Dialects and the Balkan Model of the World.
E. Adamou (Paris). A temporal set of uses of the deictic suffixes in a Pomak variety of Thrace, Greece.
Е. Бужаровска (Скопье). Полисемия сака в балканском контексте.
А.Ю. Русаков (Санкт-Петербург). Некоторые изоглоссы на диалектной карте Албании: контактное влияние или внутреннее развитие?
А.Н. Соболев (Санкт-Петербург). Балканская лингвокультурная антропогеография и принцип множественности.
Afternoon Session 14:30
Chair: T. V. Tsiv'jan
Ф.А. Елоева (Санкт-Петербург). Цветная память Кавафиса.
И.А. Седакова (Москва). Свет и цвет в романе Петре М.Андреевского «Пырей».
М.М. Макарцев (Москва). Цвет и свет в балканославянских и албанских балладах «Приход мертвого брата».
[Сообщение] Д.С. Ермолин (Санкт-Петербург). Цвет на границе миров: семантика цвета в похоронной обрядности албанцев Приазовья.
Evening Session 17:00
Chair: L. Radenkovic
Н.В. Злыднева (Москва). Архаическая триада черное-белое-красное в балканской модели мира.
Л.Раденкович (Белград). Красный цвет в погребальной обрядности и народной демонологии славян.
Z. Šmitek (Ljubljana). Symbolism and classification of colours in the Slovenian folk culture
Thirsday, 24 March
Morning Session 11:00
Chair: С.М.Толстая
А.А. Новик (Санкт-Петербург). Краситель — краска — цвет — свет в одежде и традиции албанцев.
Н.Г. Голант (Санкт-Петербург). Цветовая символика в румынских традиционных оберегах.
А.А. Плотникова (Москва). Цветовой спектр при определении судьбы ребенка у южных славян: «рубашечка» новорожденного.
[Сообщение] А.П..Якимова (Москва). Цвет одежды как маркер жизненного пути болгарина.
Afternoon Session 14:00
Chair: P. Asenova
А.Б. Ипполитова (Москва). Цвет в слове и цвет в изображении: соотношение спектров в тексте и миниатюрах Лицевого травника конца XVIII в.
В.Г. Колосова (Санкт-Петербург). «Огненные» травы в славянской народной ботанике.
О.В. Белова (Москва). Цветовой код народной культуры в словаре «Славянские древности».
[Сообщение] А.Е. Тунин (Москва). Цветовой код в новогреческих загадках.
Т.В. Цивьян (Москва). Балканский свет и цвет в мозаиках Газанфера Байрама.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
STUDIES ON LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, Volume 14
Migrations Compared. Central and Eastern European Contexts.
München - Berlin, Verlag Otto Sagner, 2010. ISBN 978-3-86688-126-6.
Geb., 293 S., 32,00 Euro
This book deals with the displacement of the populations that have so
far been studied mainly under the headings of "(co-)ethnic migration"
and "ethnically privileged migration". As the main adjective found in
these syntagmata indicates, these are migrations in which ethnicity
figures as a prominent factor, both at the point of origin and at the
point of the migrants' destination. These migrations have been
engendered by the reconfiguration of the political landscape after
major European 20th-century wars and/or the more or less peaceful
demise of the communist regime in Europe at the end of the last
century. The recent most prominent examples of both of these processes
are the former Soviet Union and the former Socialist Federative
Republic of Yugoslavia. Methodologically and epistemologically, this
volume is an exercise in the comparative treatment of co-ethnic
migrations, in particular with regard to the question as to what
happened to these co-ethnic groups after their resettlement in their
putative ethnic homeland.
Friday, January 21, 2011
UIUC 2011 Summer Research Lab and Junior Scholars Training Workshops
The Russian, East European and Eurasian Center at the University of Illinois announces its annual Summer Research Laboratory June 13-August 5, 2011.
For more information on the SRL and JSTWs, please visit: www.reeec.illinois.edu/srl or contact reec@illinois.edu
Sunday, January 16, 2011
SUMMER SESSION IN BULGARIA
The American Research Center in Sofia (ARCS), Bulgaria, sponsors a three-week summer session on Bulgarian history and culture. The session consists of lectures at ARCS with visit to sites in and near Sofia and historical and cultural excursions throughout Bulgaria. Lectures and site reports are given by leading experts from Bulgarian universities and museums.
The program is open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students in North America, high-school and college teachers, and other scholars with a serious interest in Bulgarian history and culture. The total cost for participation not including international travel is $2,000 (full room and board, use of research facilities, local travel, and lectures).
Applications may be downloaded on line at: http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/arcs/summersession.pdf and should be returned by e-mail to Dr. Emil Nankov (ehn2@cornell.edu). Applicants need to submit also a statement of interest (up to three pages), a CV, and, in the case of student applicants, two letters of recommendation (sent separately by e-mail). A limited number of grants to cover part of the participation fees will be available to the student applicants, to be awarded on the basis of merit.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: All application materials must be sent by February 15th.
The approved participants will receive a notification by March 15. The participation fee and a photocopy of a valid medical insurance card will be due by April 15.
CONTACT
Please direct any questions about ARCS academic programs, fellowships, or application procedures to Prof. Denver Graninger, Director of ARCS.
American Research Center in Sofia, 75 Vasil Petleshkov St., Sofia 1510, BULGARIA
TEL: (+359 2) 947 9498; FAX: (+359 2) 840 1962
graninger.arcs@gmail.com
www.einaudi.cornell.edu/arcs/
AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN SOFIA - ACADEMIC PROGRAM FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION
The American Research Center in Sofia , Bulgaria, offers three programs with accompanying fellowships for the academic year 2011-2012: a Fall term program (September-November 2011) focusing on the history and archaeology of Bulgaria and neighboring countries, from prehistory to the present day; a Spring term program (February-April 2012) focusing on the history of religion in Bulgaria and neighboring countries; and a nine-month program (September 2011-May 2012) which incorporates both Fall and Spring term programs. The programs combine a formal academic curriculum with independent research. ARCS hosts the programs' lectures and
seminars; organizes related study trips; facilitates opportunities for taking Bulgarian and other Balkan language classes; and provides logistical support and access to local libraries, museums, and other educational institutions.
The Center engages the participants with eminent local scholars relevant to the field of their study and makes arrangements for specialized research at local institutions. Further details about these programs are available on the ARCS webpage (www.einaudi.cornell.edu/arcs) and the ARCS facebook group page (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=106253216070705). THE PROGRAMS
THE FELLOWSHIPS
ARCS plans to offer three fellowships for the Fall term program, three for the Spring term program, and one for the nine-month program. The fellowships include a monthly stipend ($550/month), housing in Bulgaria, language instruction, travel expenses within the academic program, and up to $1,000 for travel expenses between North America and Bulgaria.
ELIGIBILITY
Graduate students engaged in research on ancient, medieval, or modern Bulgaria or the Balkan peninsula, in any field of the humanities and social sciences, are eligible for all three programs. The Fall term and Spring term programs are also open to advanced undergraduate students with similar research interests. Non-U.S. applicants are expected to maintain an affiliation with an educational institution in the United States or Canada. School and university faculty may apply to be admitted for the Fall term or Spring term program, but are ineligible for ARCS
fellowships. The American Research Center in Sofia does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, ethnic origin, or disability when considering admission to its programs.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
A complete application consists of: the ARCS application form (available at www.einaudi.cornell.edu/arcs/annualprogram.pdf); a project proposal
describing how participation in the ARCS academic program will serve your research interests (not to exceed three double-spaced pages); a current cv; academic transcripts; and two letters of reference from scholars familiar with your work. These materials must be submitted by email to Professor Kevin Clinton (kmc1@cornell.edu). Chair of the ARCS Fellowship Committee, by February 15, 2011. ARCS expects to notify applicants of the decision of the Fellowship Committee by April 1,2011.
CONTACT
Please direct any questions about ARCS academic programs, fellowships, or application procedures to Professor Denver Graninger, Director of ARCS.
American Research Center in Sofia, 75 Vasil Petleshkov St., Sofia 1510, BULGARIA
TEL: (+359 2) 947 9498; FAX: (+359 2) 840 1962
graninger.arcs@gmail.com
www.einaudi.cornell.edu/arcs/