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Luftbrückendank Visiting Fellowship Centre for British Studies This annual fellowship programme allows researchers from the UK to live and work in Berlin for two months. Eligible researchers will have completed a PhD in a subject such as history, political science, economy, law, literature or cultural studies and engage in innovative research on a topic within the area of post-war Anglo-German relations. The fellowship will include a workplace at the Centre for British Studies, full access to the academic resources of Humboldt University, travel costs and a monthly stipend of EUR 1,000. The fellow should take part in the academic life of the Centre for British Studies and present his/her research in a public lecture at the Centre. The start of the fellowship can be arranged flexibly within the academic year. The foundation Luftbrückendank was founded in 1959 by the then governing mayor Willy Brandt in order to remember the British and American efforts made between 24 June 1948 and 11 May 1949 to keep the city supplied with food, medicine, heating materials etc. The foundation looks after the financial support of veterans and their families and promotes British-German co-operation by financing lectures and lecturers at the Berlin universities. The Centre for British Studies is an interdisciplinary research institute at the Humboldt University Berlin. In addition to its academic research activities, which cover British culture, economics, law and society, it provides the media with information about Great Britain and organizes public events for people interested in British culture. The Centre offers a postgraduate degree course, 'Master in British Studies' (M.B.S.), which has been reaccredited in 2008 with excellent results. Please send your application with a C.V. to Prof. Dr. Christiane Eisenberg, Centre for British Studies, Mohrenstr. 60, 10117 Berlin, Germany. Applications for 2009 are to be received by 31 December 2008. -- Ogunleye, Yemisi (Miss) www.iq4news.com Head of Communications, MeCCSA Post-Graduate Network website: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/pgn/ Media & Communications Dept., Birmingham City University, City North Campus, Birmingham B42 2SU