CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY SOFIA IN COOPERATION WITH
COLLEGIUM BUDAPEST

FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 

“WE, THE PEOPLE” – 

VISIONS OF NATIONAL PECULIARITY AND POLITICAL
MODERNITIES IN THE “EUROPE OF SMALL NATIONS”

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 

The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia, Bulgaria (CAS),
in partnership with Collegium Budapest, Hungary
(ColBud) is announcing a call for applications for
fellowships in the international research project “WE,
THE PEOPLE” – Visions of National Peculiarity and
Political Modernities in the “Europe of Small
Nations”, October 2004 – December 2005. 

Please, see the project summary enclosed below.

Duration and financial conditions of the research

Ten researchers in the area of the humanities and the
social sciences from Southeastern Europe will be
enrolled for a period of 15 months (15th October 2004
– 31 December 2005), six months of which the fellows
will be working either at CAS in Sofia or at ColBud in
Budapest. Several workshops are planned during the
course of the programme.

The participants are expected to carry out an original
research contributing to the broader research
framework of “We, the People” project, to take part in
the workshops and closely collaborate with the other
members of the research team while in residence.

The selected fellows will receive a grant of 4800
Euro, including travel. Accommodation will be
provided. The financial support will be given for the
time when they will be working in CAS and/or ColBud
(on a monthly basis of 800 ˆ), yet the conditions of
the fellowship will stretch over an actual research
period of 15 months.

The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia and the Collegium
Budapest are providing the academic, organizational
and administrative support for the research as well as
for residence costs during the six-month in-residence
period and workshops. Individual schedules for working
at CAS or ColBud will be determined by the fellows
themselves in cooperation with the research
coordinator and the research associate.

Deadline for applications: 15 September 2004

Eligibility:

-  Scholars from Southeastern Europe (priority given
to applicants from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro,
Romania, Serbia), holders of a doctoral degree or in
the final stage of fulfilling the requirements for
such a degree, in the social sciences or the
humanities;

- Excellent knowledge of English (oral and written).

Working language and language skill requirements:

The fellows will work in an international research
team, where all discussions, workshops and lectures
will be in English, as should be the final research
paper to be submitted for publication. Therefore the
applicants should be fluent in oral and written
English, a certificate or other indication of which is
highly recommended. Proficiency in other Southeast
European languages is an advantage.

The application-package (to be submitted by e-mail)
should include:

1. Research proposal (of no more than 1500 – 2000
words) including:

- short description of the planned research;

- references to methodology,

- contribution to the overall research aims of “We,
the People”,

- general framework of interpretation; 

- selected secondary literature bibliography (10-15
works) on the topic.

2. CV and list of publications;

3. Optionally: a relevant text (chapter of
dissertation, publication, etc.);

4. Two recommendation letters from distinguished
scholars (scanned/ faxed/ posted/ sent via e-mail by
the one who recommends). 

Selection procedure: 

The applications will be submitted to CAS and ColBud
international Academic Advisory Boards composed of
prominent scholars in the social sciences and
humanities. The selection process will be held in two
phases. First, a pre-selection based on the submitted
materials will be made (the short-list will be
announced on 25 September 2004 at the CAS and ColBud
web pages: www.cas.bg and www.colbud.hu). After that
the short-listed candidates will be invited to
participate in a workshop (8-10 October 2004), where
each of them will elaborate on his/her submitted
project for 20 minutes and participate in the debates.
On that basis the ten fellows will be selected.

 

Selection criteria:

· relevance of the project proposal to the frame of
the collective project;

· comparative approach;

· innovative insights;

· interdisciplinarity;

· important publications on the topic;

· previous participation in research teamwork

 

Information about the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia
and the project “We, the People” can be obtained at
the following website: www.cas.bg

For more information, please contact:

Asen Kanev

Project Coordinator
Centre for Advanced Study Sofia
70 Neofit Rilski Str., floor 3 -4
Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
tel.: ++359 2 9803704 / fax: ++359 2 9803662
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