SSRC Eurasia Program Dissertation Development Workshop

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Social Science Research Council

Eurasia Program

Dissertation Development Workshop


 


Governing Eurasia: Social Transformations and Governance Through Time

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
March 4-6, 2005
 
The Eurasia Program of the Social Science Research Council invites
applications for a three-day dissertation development workshop focusing
on issues of social transformation and governance, broadly conceived.
The workshop will be held on March 4-6, 2005.  Graduate students from
relevant social science and humanities disciplines, who are at any stage
of the dissertation process (from proposal to write-up), and whose
projects examine Eurasia are eligible to apply.  Proposals may examine
any aspect of social transformation and governance, whether from a
historical or contemporary perspective.
 
Governance encompasses the processes of interaction through which power
is exercised in the distribution of economic, political and cultural
resources among and between individuals and socio-political
institutions. These processes can be examined at global, regional,
national and local levels. Those interactions have tremendous influence
over the health and welfare of individuals, social forces and
associations, family forms, state capacity, and economic development.
Within a society, the process of governing occurs through various
channels and means, including:


*          civil society organizations
*          social and economic networks
*          systems of cultural production
*          formal state institutions at national and sub national levels


 
Issues of governance and social transformation may be found among a
diverse range of subject matter such as, but not limited to:


*          relations of power, authority, and hierarchies
*          health and welfare of the population 
*          urban processes
*          state capacity, and
*          social movements (including religious and democratization
movements)


 
The practical setting in which these broad problems may be investigated
varies from scholar to scholar.  Thus, we are soliciting applicants from
various disciplines across the humanities and social sciences, including
history, literature, anthropology, sociology, political science,
regional studies, and other scholarly fields.  Each individual scholar's
interests will vary; however, we encourage projects that recognize the
ways in which social systems produce and reproduce governing
relationships, understanding that governing relationships exist both
within and outside of state institutions and that they change over time.
We particularly invite applications that propose theoretical
perspectives and methodologies and that encourage the rethinking of
expected relationships by emphasizing historical, social and cultural
issues.
 
In order to participate, individuals must be U.S. citizens or permanent
residents who are currently enrolled in an accredited PhD program and
working at some stage on their dissertation projects.  They must also
submit the following materials by November 30th, 2004:
 
*     A five-page, double spaced summary of the dissertation project,
highlighting the dissertation's relationship to the themes and
objectives of the workshop
*     One letter of recommendation from the applicant's primary advisor
*     Curriculum Vitae
 
The five-page summary and CV should be submitted electronically to
eurasia at ssrc.org.  The signed letter of recommendation must be received
by mail at the Eurasia Program by the application deadline.  If
selected, participants will be required to submit a 15-25 page
dissertation chapter or writing sample for circulation, along with their
CV and initial five-page summary, prior to the workshop.
 
Funding for this workshop is provided by the United States Department of
State, Program for Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII).
 

Deadline:  November 30, 2004

www.ssrc.org/programs/eurasia/Title8_Dissertation_Workshops 
 
Social Science Research Council
Eurasia Program
810 Seventh Ave 31st Floor
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-377-2700/Fax: 212-377-2727
eurasia at ssrc.org <mailto:eurasia at ssrc.org>  
 
 

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