PROGRAM: 2005 Summer Research Lab, University of Illinois

Mon Jan 24 18:29:33 UTC 2005

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the Slavic and East 
European Library at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, are 
pleased to announce its 2005 Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern 
Europe, and Eurasia, June 13 - August 5.  Please check the website for the 
full list of programs, eligibility, and application information: 
http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html

The SRL enables scholars to conduct advanced research in Russian, East 
European and Eurasian Studies.  Lab associates are given full access to the 
collection and resources of the University of Illinois Library, the largest 
Slavic collection west of Washington, DC, and are able to seek assistance 
from the Slavic Reference Service staff.  The SRL provides an opportunity 
for specialists to keep current on knowledge and research in the field, to 
access newly available and archival materials, and disseminate knowledge to 
other scholars, professionals, government officials, and the public.  The 
Summer Lab is an ideal program for doctoral students conducting 
pre-dissertation/dissertation research.

The following persons are eligible to apply to the Summer Lab:
    * Faculty or doctoral students at a university or college who are 
teaching and/or doing research on the region.
    * Individuals who have a PhD and are doing research on the region, even 
if this expertise is not being used in current employment.
    * Individuals working in an area of government or business related to 
the region, regardless of academic training.
    * Librarians specializing in the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian 
field.
To be eligible for housing grants and the new graduate student travel 
grants, the above criteria apply along with the following:
    * Research Area: Scholars conducting policy relevant research on the 
countries of Eurasia and Southeastern Europe. Under US Department of State 
regulations, housing grants MAY NOT be provided to scholars conducting 
research (policy relevant or otherwise) on any of the new EU nations - 
Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Estonia, 
Latvia, and Lithuania.
    * Policy Relevance: All applicants requesting housing grants must state 
the policy relevance of their research. For junior scholars policy 
relevance can be envisioned in fairly broad terms; however, State 
Department regulations stipulate that senior scholars cannot be funded 
unless their research is clearly policy relevant. For more information on 
policy relevance, please check the SRL website under "proposal information".
    * For graduate student travel grant, applicants must be a U.S. 
citizen/permanent resident.
Application Deadlines:
Housing Grants: for Non-citizens  1 April
                    for U.S. citizens and permanent residents  15 April
Graduate Student Travel Grants: for U.S. citizens and permanent residents 
only 15 April
Lab Only (no housing grant): for guaranteed housing availability 15 April, 
or at least 2 weeks prior to arrival (housing not guaranteed)

*For those of you who have applied to the Summer Lab in the past, please 
make note that some of the application procedures has changed.  Please use 
the new 2005 application to apply.

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2005 SUMMER RESEARCH LAB PROGRAMS

Balkan Studies Training Workshop for Junior Scholars
<http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/SRL2005/balkan.htm>Thinking and Writing 
Balkan Studies: Policy and Paradigms for the 21st Century
June 21-23
Moderator: Robert Hayden (Director of CREES & Professor of Anthropology, 
University of Pittsburgh)

Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum(organized with AWSS)
International Conference on 
<http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/SRL2005/../../events/fisher.html>Commodity, 
Consumer, Entrepreneur?: Women and the Marketplace
June 2425, 407 Levis Faculty Center

Summer Symposium
<http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/SRL2005/../../events/symposium.html>Slavery 
in the Twenty-First Century: Trafficking of Women and Children
June 25, 2:005:30 PM, 407 Levis Faculty Center

Research Workshop
June 1524

Summer Lab Noontime Scholars Lecture Series
June 14July 5
Held each Tuesday (unless otherwise indicated) from 12:001:00p.m.

Summer Lab Film Series<http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/SRL2005/film.html>
June 13July 13
Shown Monday and Wednesday evenings.

Slavic Digital Text Workshop<http://www.library.uiuc.edu/spx/slw-dtw/>
July 5 - 8 (tentative)
Coordinator: Miranda Remnek, Slavic and East European Library, University 
of Illinois, <mailto:mremnek at uiuc.edu>mremnek at uiuc.edu

Voluntary Discussion Groups, Workshops, and Conferences
Questions about specific groups should be addressed directly to the group 
coordinator.

Early Russian History, June 13-17
Coordinator:  Ann Kleimola, Department of History, University of Nebraska, 
<mailto: kleimola at unlinfo.unl.edu>kleimola at unlinfo.unl.edu

Nineteenth Century Russian Reading Culture, June 27-29
Coordinator: Miranda Remnek, Slavic and East European Library, University 
of Illinois, <mailto:mremnek at uiuc.edu>mremnek at uiuc.edu

Ukrainian Conference on "Contemporary Ukraine," June 29-July 2
Coordinator: Dmytro Shtohryn, Slavic and East European Library, University 
of Illinois, <mailto:shtohryn at uiuc.edu>shtohryn at uiuc.edu

For more information contact the Russian, East European and Eurasian Center 
at the University of Illinois at reec at uiuc.edu, 217.333.1244.

The Summer Research Lab is funded in part by the U.S. State Department 
Title VIII grant, the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant, and 
generous contributions from private donors.

Lynda Y. Park, Assistant Director
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
University of Illinois
104 International Studies Building, MC-487
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-6022, 333-1244; fax (217) 333-1582
lypark at uiuc.edu
http://www.reec.uiuc.edu

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