SEESA Harrison Small Grants

Fri Dec 15 07:05:03 UTC 2006

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2006-2007 SEESA HARRISON SMALL GRANTS

The Southeast European Studies Association (SEESA) is currently 
accepting applications for its Harrison Small Grants program.

The purpose of the Harrison Small Grants program is to support 
participation of graduate students in conferences at which they will 
be presenting papers in any discipline related to the Southeast 
European region, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, 
Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, 
Slovenia, and/or Turkey.  Proposals that focus on comparative 
analysis of issues across national boundaries in Southeast Europe 
will be given preference.  To be eligible, an applicant must be a 
graduate student at a North American university.  Priority is given 
to students presenting a paper at a conference held in North America. 
In years in which a SEESA Conference is held, applications for this 
grant must be used for participation in the SEESA Conference.  The 
Third SEESA Conference will be held 26-38 April 2007 at The Ohio 
State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Submissions for presentations at the Third SEESA Conference are being 
accepted until 15 January 2007.  The Call for Papers appears at the 
end of this call for applications.  Questions about the conference 
should be addressed to Professor Daniel Collins (Collins.232 at osu.edu) 
or Professor Brian Joseph (joseph.1 at osu.edu).

The award process for the Small Harrison Grant is competitive, as 
only a limited number of grants can be made.  The number and amount 
of each grant, which will not exceed $400, will be contingent upon 
the income from the Harrison Endowment to SEESA each year.  Priority 
will be given to applicants who have not received a Harrison Small 
Grant in the past. The SEESA Grant Committee considers applications 
on a calendar-year basis.

Eligibility for the SEESA Small Harrision Grant in 2006-2007:
- Must be a graduate student at a North American university.
- Grant must be used for presentation at the Third SEESA Conference 
at The Ohio State University from 26-28 April 2007.  (See Call for 
Papers announcement at the end of this document).

Complete application packets for the SEESA Small Harrison Grant will include:
- Cover letter with a brief summary of the proposed paper;
- One-page curriculum vitae;
- One letter of support from a university faculty member; and
- Estimated budget for conference participation (only transportation 
and lodging costs, and conference registration fees).

The application must be received by the deadline: 2 March 2007.

Grants will be disbursed to award recipients when travel, lodging, 
and registration fee receipts from conference participation and a 
brief report on the conference are submitted to the SEESA treasurer 
following the conference.  Grant recipients are also awarded a 
two-year free membership in SEESA, which includes a subscription to 
Balkanistica.

Applications for the SEESA Small Harrison Grant should be sent to:

Dr. Elisabeth Elliott, SEESA President
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Crowe Hall #4-130
1860 Campus Drive
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208-2163
U.S.A.
Attn: SEESA

Inquiries about the grant program may be directed to this same 
address or to eelliott at northwestern.edu

Call For  Papers: Third Conference of the  Southeast European Studies 
Association (SEESA), 26-28 April 2007 at The Ohio State University

Following  on the  success  of the  first  (2002) and second (2005) 
conferences of  the Southeast  European  Studies  Association 
(SEESA), the  third SEESA conference will be held at  The Ohio State 
University (Columbus, Ohio) on 26-28 April 2007.

The Organizing  Committee is now  accepting proposals for papers that 
treat  some aspect  of the  Southeast European  region, including the 
successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, 
Albania, Greece,  and Turkey. All  disciplines are  welcome, 
including but not restricted  to, anthropology,  cultural  studies, 
education, film studies, folklore, history, language,  literature, 
linguistics,  political science, and  sociology.  Papers addressing 
issues  that  cross   national  and disciplinary boundaries are 
particularly welcome.  Papers will be  20 minutes in length, with 10 
minutes beyond that for questions and discussion.

One special feature of this year's SEESA Meeting is that the Tenth 
Annual Kenneth E. Naylor Memorial Lecture will be a plenary event at 
the conference, with Brian Joseph as the lecturer speaking on Balkan 
linguistics.  In addition, in recognition of the special nature of 
this anniversary for the lecture, two panels consisting of previous 
Naylor lecturers (Victor Friedman, Ronelle Alexander, Wayles Browne, 
Howard Aronson, Christina Kramer, Ilse Lehiste, Grace Fielder, and 
Tom Priestly) will be convened to present papers on topics in South 
Slavic and Balkan linguistics and to offer some remembrances of 
Kenneth Naylor.

Potential presenters may submit paper proposals by sending a title 
and a one-page abstract  of the  proposed  paper, together  with  the 
author's name, address,  and   contact information (phone and e- 
mail).  The deadline for  submitting all  proposals is  January 15, 
2007.   The program will be  announced by February 20, 2007.

Please  address all  questions  to Professor Brian  Joseph 
(joseph.1 at osu.edu) or Daniel Collins (collins.232 at osu.edu).  Titles, 
abstracts and  contact  information  may  be   sent  by email to 
collins.232 at osu.edu, by fax to 614-688-3107,  or to the address below.

Daniel Collins, Chair
Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
The Ohio State University
400 Hagerty Hall
1775 College Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1340

___________________________________________
Elisabeth Elliott, Ph.D.
President of Southeast European Studies Association (SEESA)
Slavic Language Coordinator and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
1860 Campus Drive
Crowe Hall, #4-125 (4th floor, new wing of Kresge Hall)
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208-2163
Off: 847-491-8082
Dept.:847-491-5636
Fax:847-467-2596
E-mail: eelliott at northwestern.edu
http://www.slavic.northwestern.edu/

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