Lachlan Brown on Tue, 12 Nov 2002 04:43:02 +0100 (CET) |
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I am a scholar at risk. I have faced persecution, repression, censorship, threats of violence and censorship at the hands of senior Professors in my research into the emergence of Intenret in Culture 1994- 2002. Lachlan Brown > > > > > >Call for candidates > >Fellowships for threatened scholars > > > >The Institute of International Education (IIE), Open Society > >Institute, and the Scholars at Risk Network announce the autumn > >application cycle for fellowships from IIE Scholar Rescue Fund, > >supporting scholars who are threatened by violations of their > >fundamental human rights including threats caused by > >displacement, discrimination, censorship, harassment, > >intimidation, or violence. > > > >The Scholar Rescue Fund provides partial fellowships to > >universities and colleges willing to host temporary visits by > >scholars threatened in their home country or region. > >Universities and colleges in any country may serve as hosts. > >Academics, researchers, and independent scholars from any > >country, field or discipline may qualify for support. > >Applications for support of female scholars and scholars who are > >members of ethnic, racial, cultural or religious minority > >groups, or those otherwise underrepresented in their field, are > >strongly encouraged. > > > >Although the Fund invites applications from individual scholars, > >it does not provide awards directly to individuals. Fellowships > >are awarded to host institutions for support of specific > >individuals. The final award amount will depend upon available > >funds, needs of the scholar, costs of living, and duration of > >the visit. The host institution or other source must contribute > >additional support (generally in the form of a stipend, salary > >or other direct funding for the candidate, although in-kind > >contributions in the form of housing, airfare, maintenance, meal > >programs, or tuition support will also be considered). For this > >reason, candidates are strongly encouraged--but not required--to > >apply jointly with a university or college that has agreed to > >host the visit and to provide the necessary matching funds. The > >Fund, through Scholars at Risk, will work to match suitable > >candidates with institutions interested in hosting a scholar. > > > >For application procedure and deadlines, please see: > ><http://scholarsatrisk.uchicago.edu/IIESRF.htm> > > > >Direct applications and inquiries to: > >Robert Quinn, E-mail: rquinn@uchicago.edu > >Scholars at Risk Network > >5828 South University Ave., Pick 124 > >Chicago, IL 60637, USA > >Tel: 1-773-834-4408, Fax: 1-773-702-9286 > > Lachlan Brown T(416) 826 6937 VM (416) 822 1123 -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold