IREX Question

[Karla Huebner]

Let's just say that some of us looked at the IREX info and decided that it
would be a real pain to try to force humanities research proposals (in my
case relating to the interwar Czech avant-garde) into a "policy relevant"
mold. Maybe it can be done, but...

Karla Huebner
University of Pittsburgh

At 03:09 PM 10/24/2004, you wrote:
>Presumably like many of you, I have just received the announcement of
>Grant Opportunities from IREX for 2005-06.  In the descriptions of the
>three fellowship programs which have funded my past research in Russian
>literature and culture, I noticed the following language:  "grants. . .
>  for research with a policy relevant focus in Europe and Eurasia."
>
>My questions are:  is this a shift in research priorities for IREX? is
>pure research in Russian literature, language and culture considered to
>be  "policy relevant?"   Are grad students and scholars in language,
>lit and culture having to argue the relevance of  their research for
>specific policy questions like, for example, the growth of civil
>society, the role of national and religious minorities  in post-soviet
>Russia?
>
>Looking forward to the discussion,
>
>Tony
>
>
>
>Tony Anemone, Chair MLL
>Associate Professor of Russian
>P.O. Box 8795
>Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
>College of William and Mary
>phone:          757-221-3636
>fax:            757-221-3637
>
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