Harriman Core Project Postdoctoral Fellowship Announcement

[Kevin Eric Laney]

Harriman Institute of Columbia University

2011-2012 Core Project Peoples in Motion Postdoctoral Fellowship 

 

The Harriman Institute of Columbia University invites applications for two
postdoctoral fellowships through its 2011-2012 core project, Peoples in
Motion. This fellowship is for the academic year 2011-2012 

and is open to scholars conducting research related to the theme. The
fellowship will cover a 9-month period, beginning September 1, 2011, and
comes with a stipend of $40,000. 

 

About the Core Project

 

Harriman Institute's 2011-2012 Core Project Peoples in Motion, directed by
Alan Timberlake, will investigate from a variety of methodological
perspectives the social, political, and cultural implications of 

how and why people move from one setting to another.  Movements include
migrations (historical or prehistoric), immigration, labor movements, human
trafficking, deportation, refugee dislocation, and 

colonization.  Methodological perspectives include those of demography,
history, political science, anthropology, linguistics, genetic demography,
and archeology.  The project will have a regional focus on 

the peoples of East and Central Europe and successor states of the USSR.
Activities include dedicated workshops and small conferences throughout the
year, a final summary conference in May 2012, and 

preparation of general interest outreach materials.  

 

Requirements  

 

Harriman Institute core project fellows will pursue individual research and
writing, and participate in the planning of events related to the core
project with core project Director and Harriman faculty. Each 

Fellow is required to participate in all activities of the Core Project.

 

Eligibility

 

We encourage applications from all academic disciplines. 

 

Fellowships are open to young scholars who have received (or will have
received) a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline from July 31, 2008 to August 1,
2011.  

 

Recipients must complete all their Ph.D. requirements (completed and filed
the dissertation) by August 1, 2011.

 

Application Process

 

The following list of materials is required of all applicants:

 

1)      Letter of interest, including a plan for research for the period of
the fellowship, 

2)      Curriculum Vitae, 

3)      Writing sample, such as an article or dissertation chapter,     

4)      Two letters of recommendation under separate cover (signed and
sealed).   

 

All application materials (including letters of reference) must be received
by the Institute on or before January 31, 2011. All evaluations made in
connection with applications received are confidential. 

 

Please send completed application materials to:

 

Barbara Singleton 

Harriman Institute
Columbia University

420 W 118th Street, 12th Fl. 
New York, NY 10027 

 

For questions, please contact Barbara Singleton at 212-854-6219.

 

For more information, please visit: www.harriman.columbia.edu. 

 

 

 

 


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