Blakemore Freeman Fellowships for Advanced Asian Language Study

The Blakemore Foundation plans to make up to 24 grants for the advanced study of modern Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian languages during the 2009/2010 academic year.

more info | Deadline: December 30, 2008



Visiting Fellows in Asian Studies
Center for Asian Democracy, University of Louisville

The Center for Asian Democracy at the University of Louisville invites applications for its Visiting Fellows program for the 2009-2010 academic year. Fellows are expected to be in residence with the Center for the academic year and will receive a stipend of $40,000 and an additional $3,000 for research and travel expenses to Louisville.  We expect to appoint three fellows for this academic year.   

Applicants need to demonstrate their competency in Asian studies with a solid record of publications. The fellowship will be ideal for junior scholars whose work is related to democratization in Asia, and senior scholars on sabbatical leave. Fellows are expected to be actively involved in the Center's scholarly activities and to present their research in a public forum.

Created in 2006 with a substantial endowment, the Center is in the process of hiring an endowed chair, runs a speakers' series, runs three international research projects in China, Kazakhstan, and Vietnam and Laos, and holds conferences and workshops on a regular basis.  The Center also publishes two book series with the University Press of Kentucky in English and with Renmin University of China Press in Chinese (translations). The Center's research covers South, East, Southeast and Central Asia.
 
Applicants should send a research proposal of approximately 1,000 words, curriculum vita, one writing sample, and three letters of recommendation by December 1, 2008 to:

Dr. Shiping Hua, Director
Center for Asian Democracy, Ford Hall 205,
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292
United States of America.

Phone: 502-852-2667
Fax: 502-852-7923.
Email: [email protected]



International Dissertation Research Fellowships
Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York

• Targeted Fields: Humanities. Social Sciences.
• Open To: Students Working on Doctoral Dissertation.
• Citizenship: No citizenship requirements.
• Eligibility Requirements: Proposals must demonstrate cross-disciplinary interest. Applicants must be advanced to doctoral candidacy by the time the fellowship begins and have language fluency adequate to complete the project.
• Stipend: Stipends up to $20,000.

Program Description: Up to 75 fellowships awarded to graduate students to conduct dissertation field research in all areas and regions of the world. Program encourages research that is relevant to societies, cultures, economies and/or politics outside the United States. Supports 9 to 12 months in the field.


more info | Deadline: November 5, 2008



Graduate and Postgraduate Scholarships
Empowering Network for International Thai Studies Project

To increase and disseminate research works and encourage young researchers in Thai studies, Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University, with support from The Thailand Research Fund (TRF), wishes to call your attention of the availability of scholarships for graduate students and scholars working on Thai studies or related disciplines.  Applicants must not be receiving TRF Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. Grant or TRF Master Research Grant.

Scholarships are available:

• for Graduate Students enrolled in Thai institutions
• for Graduate Students enrolled in institutions outside Thailand, and
• for anyone who has received master's or doctoral degree of any discipline related to Thai studies no more than 2 years from any institution.

more info | Deadline: December 15, 2008



Mellon Post-doctoral Fellowships
Associated Colleges of the Midwest

The Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM), a consortium of 13 academically excellent, independent liberal arts colleges, announces the ACM-Mellon Post-doctoral Teacher-Scholar Fellowship Program. With generous support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this program will place up to 26 new Ph.D.s in two-year teaching and research residencies on ACM member colleges over the next 5-6 years. Fellows have a one-half teaching load and receive strong support for their research; the Fellowship program combines campus-based mentoring with consortial orientations and workshops to provide the Fellows a rich introduction to teaching, scholarship, and professional development at residential liberal arts colleges.

Several ACM-Mellon Fellows will be hired for the 2009-11 academic years. Please direct all correspondence to the individual search chair; full job descriptions available through the colleges.

Islamic Studies
Religion Department; Lake Forest College

more info | Deadline: October 15, 2008

Asian Religions
Religion Department; Ripon College

more info | Deadline: October 17, 2008

Ethnomusicology
Department of Music and Asian Studies; St. Olaf College

more info | Deadline: November 7, 2008



Local Liaison Consultant
The Lemelson Foundation, Indonesia

The mission of the Lemelson Foundation is to support and inspire invention and innovation that improves people's lives. The Foundation works internationally through its Invention for Sustainable Development Program that aims to foster human creativity and invention to meet basic human needs and to build sustainable livelihoods for the world's poorest citizens. To accomplish its international goals, one of the Foundation's strategic programs is the Recognition and Mentoring Program (RAMP).

In support of this Program, the Lemelson Foundation, based in Portland Oregon USA, is searching for a consultant based in Indonesia to serve as a liaison for the Lemelson Foundation.

more info | Contact info: [email protected]



Teaching Position, Hmong Culture & Society
St. Cloud State University
Starting date: January 5, 2009

more info | Application Review Starts: Immediately



Student Intern Program
United States Department of State

• Targeted Fields: Open to all fields.
• Open To: Prospective/Current Graduate Students.
• Citizenship: Open only to U.S. citizens.
• Eligibility Requirements: Open to currently enrolled graduate students, college juniors and seniors in good academic standing. Women and minority students encouraged to apply.
• Stipend: Mostly unpaid, but paid internships have annual salaries of $18,687 to $25,897

Program Description: Over 800 internships allow students a chance to gain firsthand knowledge of American foreign affairs. Most internships are in Washington, D.C., but some openings exists at embassies and consulates overseas, and at the United Nations in New York. Internships are available only during the summer in the U.S. and have a minimum duration of 10 weeks. Ninety-five percent of internship opportunities are unpaid.

more info | Deadline: November 1, 2008 for summer
March 1, 2009 for fall | July 1, 2009 for spring

Language of Southeast Asia
University of California, Los Angeles
January 30 - February 1, 2009

more info | Deadline: November 3, 2008


Strategies and Consequences of Intercultural Exchange in Southeast Asia c.1500-1800
an interdisciplinary conference
Jesus College, Cambridge University (UK)
Saturday, 25 April 2009

more info | Deadline:January 15, 2009


Translation in Asia: Theories, Practices, Histories
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
March 5-6, 2009

This conference seeks to convene scholars from the region and beyond who are working on various aspects of the study of translation across Asia. In particular, it will focus on attempts to better understand and theorize how translation - as an ideological act, as an artistic endeavor, as an opening to unknown terrain - was understood and practiced within Asian societies during particular historical moments.

This call is issued for papers discussing current research on translation in Southeast, South and East Asian cultures with an emphasis on the seventeenth to early twentieth centuries. However, we will also be open to considering how earlier forms of translation continue to echo in Asian societies in the present.


more info | Deadline: October 31, 2008


Contested Innocence-Sexual Agency in Public and Private Space
Hanoi, Viet Nam
April 15-18, 2009

We are very pleased to announce the seventh biennial meeting of the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS). This conference is co-hosted by the Institute for Social Development Studies, and the Consultation of Investment in Health Promotion, and co-sponsored by the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations.

IASSCS aims to strengthen the field of social and cultural sexuality research globally. It is committed to building equity in research capacity worldwide, to developing a broad range of research activities, and to strengthening communication among researchers, policy makers and activists.

more info | Deadline: October 31, 2008